On This Day - May 3rd

OTD - 1938 - Lefty Grove defeats the Tigers 4-3 in 10 innings for the first of a record 20 consecutive victories at his home field, Fenway Park in Boston. He will not lose there until May 12, 1941.


OTD - 1979 - Bobby Bonds hits his 300th home run against Moose Haas in a 6-1 loss to Milwaukee. He has 413 stolen bases at the time and becomes the second player, after Willie Mays, to have 300 stolen bases and 300 home runs.


OTD - 1980 - Giants first baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st and final career home run. His shot against Montreal's Scott Sanderson ties him with Ted Williams on the all-time list. He will retire on June 6.


OTD - 1980 - Rangers pitcher Fergie Jenkins defeats the Orioles 3-2 to become only the fourth pitcher to win 100 games in each league. He won 149 games for the Phillies and Cubs before moving to the A.L. in 1974.


OTD - 1995 - David Bell makes his major league debut at third base for the Indians in a 14-7 victory over the Tigers. His appearance makes the Bells, with his father Buddy and his grandfather Gus, the second three-generation family in major league history (the Boones were the first). Gus Bell dies four days later.


Cheers,

Request for a swap

Thanks to several diligent bloggers I became aware of another card I need to add to my personally invented subset collection. I collect any and all cards of players attempting to bunt;


The #3 redemption card in the Topps Red Hot Rookie set features Andrew McCutchen doing just that. Unfortunately In all the Series 2 Topps that I busted I was only graced with these 3 redemption cards.



As a result I throw the obsessive completest in me on the mercy of the blogging collective. If any kind soul out there would like to trade a #3 for one of these or would like to wait and trade whoever is selected at either of these numbers let me know.