saint0917
April 29th, 2009, 06:12 AM
4/29/56:
Wally Post slugs four home runs (two in each game) to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a doubleheader sweep of the Chicago Cubs, 5-4 and 8-4 at Crosley Field. The power-laden Reds will battle all season long for the pennant before falling just two games shy of Brooklyn’s 93-61 ledger. Post will contribute 36 round-trippers to a record-tying total of 221 homers by the Reds in 1956, equaling the mark of the 1947 New York Giants (since broken).
B I R T H D A Y S
George Allen b. 1922
Luis Aparicio b. 1934
Jim Ryun b. 1947
Dale Earnhardt Sr. b. 1952
Andre Agassi b. 1970
Wally Post slugs four home runs (two in each game) to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a doubleheader sweep of the Chicago Cubs, 5-4 and 8-4 at Crosley Field. The power-laden Reds will battle all season long for the pennant before falling just two games shy of Brooklyn’s 93-61 ledger. Post will contribute 36 round-trippers to a record-tying total of 221 homers by the Reds in 1956, equaling the mark of the 1947 New York Giants (since broken).
B I R T H D A Y S
George Allen b. 1922
Luis Aparicio b. 1934
Jim Ryun b. 1947
Dale Earnhardt Sr. b. 1952
Andre Agassi b. 1970