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After 232 days, the longest strike in Baseball comes to an end after Judge Sonya Sotomayor's injunction against the owners gets support from the Court of Appeals.
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The 1995 season, which has been shortened to 144 games, gets underway.
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Cal Ripken Jr breaks Lou Gehrig consecutive game streak when he takes the field for the 2131st straight game. Ripken would continue the streak until September 20th, 1998, having played in 2632 consecutive games.
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Albert Belle blasts his 50th home run of the season becoming the first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season.
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The Yankees hire Joe Torre to replace Buck Showalter. He would go on to win 3 World Championships with the team during his tenure.
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Esatdio Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico hosts the first Major League baseball game played outside of the United States and Canada. The Padres win with Fernando Valenzuela on the mound.
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Eddie Murray blasts his 500th career home run, becoming only the 3rd player to have hit 500 HRs and 3000 hits; the other two being Hank Aaron and Willie Mays.
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On the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball, Commissioner Selig, along side President Clinton, declare that the number 42 be retired from all major league teams in perpetuity.
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Stealing second in the 6th inning of a game against the Astros, Barry Bonds joins the 30 home run/30 stolen base club for the fifth time in his career, tying none other than his father, Bobby Bonda.
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Tony Gwynn wins his 8th batting title tying him with Honus Wagner for most all time.
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During the season. Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa are neck in neck in home runs, but on this day, McGuire blasts one out of Busch Stadium for the record breaking 62nd home run against Sosa's Cubs. McGuire would end up with 70 home runs in the 1998 season.
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With Padres outfielder Greg Vaughn hitting his 50th home run of the season, it marks the first time in history that four players have 50+ home runs in a season; Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa and Ken Griffey Jr round out the group.
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Dodgers make Kevin Brown the highest paid free agent when they sign him to a 7 year/$105 million dollar contract.
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Tony Gywnn hits a ball in the 5.5 hole for the 3000th of his career. The following day, Wade Boggs blasts a home run for his 3000th hit.
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There are a total of 931 home runs hit in the Major Leagues in the month of April, which is 140 more than were hit the previous April.
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With Tim Salmon hitting his 30th home run of the season, the Angels become the first team in American League history with four players hitting 30+ home runs in the same season; Troy Glaus, Mo Vaughn and Garret Anderson are the others.
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Texas Rangers sign free agent Alex Rodriguez to the richest contract at that time when they ink him for 10 years at $252 million dollars.
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Barry Bonds becomes the 17th player to hit 500 home runs.
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Randy Johnson gets his 300th strikeout of the season, making him the first player in MLB history to have 300+ strikeouts in four consecutive seasons.
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With his 60th home run of the season, Sammy Sosa becomes the only player in MLB history to have 3 season with 60+ HRs.
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When he hits a home run during the game, Rickey Henderson becomes the All Time Runs Scored leader with 2246.
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Barry Bonds hits two home runs, #71 and #72 of the season. Two days later, he'd hit another to set the new season home run record at 73.
