An ordinary baseball day

As the day of June 3, 1932 many baseball fans knew that it would be a historical day in Baseball. Few had an idea as to how historical the day would be. Most of those who knew it would be a historical day were fans of the Columbus Redbirds of the Class AA American Association.

That was day their new stadium, Redbird Stadium, was to be opened. By itself this event warrents calling the day historical. On this date the redbirds opened their new home with an 11-2 victory over the Louisville Colonels. Most people outside the league failed to notice the event as there was more history on this date.

At Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Yankee players Lou Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri had other ideas. In the Yankees 20-13 win over the Philadelphia A's, Gehrig had 4 home runs and Lazzeri had a natural cycle capped by a grand slam home run. Gehrig became the first player in the 20th century and third overall to hit four home runs in one game. This game certianly would have taken a majority of the headlines in the days sports pages except...

This was the day that longtime New York Giants manager John J McGraw chose to resign his position. For the headline stealing McGraw this the end of a long and honorable career in the game. Although the Hall of Fame had not yet been concieved everyone knew that McGraw was a great of the game.

Somedays its easy to take the headlines, other times their is lots of competion. Tommorrow we look at a wild no-hitter.