saint0917
April 30th, 2009, 06:46 AM
4/30/44:
Journeyman first baseman Phil Weintraub of the New York Giants explodes for 11 RBIs at the Polo Grounds as part of a 26-8 demolition of the Dodgers in the opener of a doubleheader that draws over 58,000 fans including Babe Ruth, to Coogan’s Bluff. Weintraub (who once hit .401 in the minors at Nashville in 1934) raps out two doubles, a triple and a home run, and earns a postgame visit from the Bambino in the Giants clubhouse. His 11 ribbies fall just shy of Jim Bottomley’s NL and MLB record of 12 set in 1924 for the Cardinals.
B I R T H D A Y S
Bob Hendley b. 1939
Phil Garner b. 1949
Isiah Thomas b. 1961
Al Toon b. 1963
Dave Meggett b. 1966
Journeyman first baseman Phil Weintraub of the New York Giants explodes for 11 RBIs at the Polo Grounds as part of a 26-8 demolition of the Dodgers in the opener of a doubleheader that draws over 58,000 fans including Babe Ruth, to Coogan’s Bluff. Weintraub (who once hit .401 in the minors at Nashville in 1934) raps out two doubles, a triple and a home run, and earns a postgame visit from the Bambino in the Giants clubhouse. His 11 ribbies fall just shy of Jim Bottomley’s NL and MLB record of 12 set in 1924 for the Cardinals.
B I R T H D A Y S
Bob Hendley b. 1939
Phil Garner b. 1949
Isiah Thomas b. 1961
Al Toon b. 1963
Dave Meggett b. 1966