MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Minnesota Twins 8, Detroit Tigers 2 – Game 1 Detroit Tigers 4, Minnesota Twins 0 – Game 2 Toronto Blue Jays 6, Chicago White Sox 5 Chicago Cubs 8, Milwaukee
WAY BACK WHEN for Wednesday, June 1, 2022 1813 U.S. Captain James Lawrence ordered “Don’t give up the ship” after being mortally wounded in battle during the War of 1812. 1869 Inventor Thomas Edison was granted his first
Golf – Champions – Alker shoots 63 and rallies to win Senior PGA for 1st major Steven Alker is on a roll and now has his first senior major. Alker rallied from four shots behind with a
WAY BACK WHEN for Tuesday, May 31, 2022 1678 The first Lady Godiva Procession to celebrate the legend Godiva’s famous nude ride through Coventry marketplace. Her husband,had promised to relieve Coventry of its heavy taxes if she
Golf – Senior PGA – Steven Alker, Bob Estes share Senior PGA lead at 64 On a day when birdies were flying around Harbor Shores in the first round of the Senior PGA Championship, Steven Alker began
WAY BACK WHEN for Friday, May 27, 2022 1937 The Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco, California to Marin County (the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula) opened. Many experts believed that a bridge could not
MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 4, Minnesota Twins 2 – 10 Innings Chicago White Sox 3, Boston Red Sox 1 Cincinnati Reds 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Tigers 4, Twins 2 – 10 Innings
WAY BACK WHEN for Thursday, May 26, 2022 1637 The first battle of the Pequot War (the first war between the settlers and Indians) begins, near present-day New Haven, Connecticut. 1994 The King of Pop Michael Jackson married
Golf – Senior PGA – Steve Stricker out of Senior PGA with positive COVID-19 test Former Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker has pulled out of the Senior PGA Championship after testing positive for the coronavirus. Stricker revealed
WAY BACK WHEN for Wednesday, May 25, 2022 1951 Baseball legend Willie Mays played his first major-league game. 1969 The controversial film is released. Midnight Cowboy was the first X-Rated film to win an Oscar; however, its rating was later
MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Minnesota Twins 5, Detroit Tigers 4 Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati Reds 4 White Sox were off Twins 5, Tigers 4 – Kepler hits slam, Urshela and Twins walk off Tigers
WAY BACK WHEN for Tuesday, May 24, 2022 1883 The Brooklyn Bridge over the East River is opened. It connected the cities of New York and Brooklyn for the first time in history. Its construction took 14
MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Guardians 2 Chicago Cubs 5, Arizona Diamondbacks 4 Chicago White Sox 3, New York Yankees 1 – Game 1 Chicago White Sox 5, New York Yankees
WAY BACK WHEN for Monday, May 23, 2022 1701 Scottish pirate, Capt. William ‘Billy the” Kidd was hanged. He had been commissioned by the King to hunt pirates, but instead became one, for which he was hanged
WAY BACK WHEN for Friday, May 20, 2022 1927 The first ‘solo’ transatlantic flight by a man. Charles Lindberg, in The Spirit of St. Louis, left New York. He landed in Paris the following day. Five years later… 1932
MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Tampa Bay Rays 6, Detroit Tigers 1 Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Chicago Cubs 2 Rays 6, Tigers 1 – Paredes homers twice, Rodriguez
WAY BACK WHEN for Thursday, May 19, 2022 1906 The Federated Boys’ Clubs was organized. It is now known as the Boys’ Clubs of America. 1910 The earth passed through the tail of Halley’s Comet. The comet’s
MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Tampa Bay Rays 8, Detroit Tigers 1 Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 0 – Game 1 Kansas City Royals 2, Chicago White Sox 1 – Game 2 Chicago
WAY BACK WHEN for Wednesday, May 18, 2022 1860, Abraham Lincoln was nominated as the Republican candidate for U.S. president at a convention in Chicago. 1927, Grauman’s Chinese Theater opened in Hollywood, California, with the premiere of Cecil B. De Mille’s “The King of Kings”. 001,
MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 3, Tampa Bay Rays 2 Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City 3 – 10 innings Chicago Cubs 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 Tigers 3, Rays 2 – Castro homers
WAY BACK WHEN for Tuesday, May 17, 2022 1792, The New York Stock Exchange was founded by brokers meeting under a tree located on what is now Wall Street. 1845, the Rubber Band was patented. 1875 The first Kentucky Derby is run.
MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 5, Baltimore Orioles 1 New York Yankees 5, Chicago White Sox 1 Chicago Cubs 3, Arizona Diamondbacks 2 Tigers 5, Orioles 1 – Cabrera homers, Skubal strikes out 11
WAY BACK WHEN for Friday, May 13, 2022 1866, Congress authorized minting the nickel Five-Cent Piece to replace the smaller silver piece known as the “Half-Dime”. 1960 Theodore Maiman emitted the world’s first laser light. The term “laser” is an acronym for
MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Oakland A’s 5, Detroit Tigers 3 New York Yankees 15, Chicago WHITE Sox 7 Cubs were off A’s 5, Tigers 3 – Brown hits go-ahead HR in 8th, A’s take 4
WAY BACK WHEN for Friday, May 13, 2022 1637, Cardinal Richelieu of France invented the Table Knife. Until then, people used daggers to cut their meat. Cardinal Richelieu had the points rounded off all the knives at his table.
MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Oakland A’s 9, Detroit Tigers 0 Cleveland Guardians at Chicago White Sox, PPD – Covid Chicago Cubs 7, San Diego Padres 5 A’s 9, Tigers 0 – Logue pitches gem in
MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 6, Oakland A’s 0 – Game 1 Oakland A’s 4, Detroit Tigers 1 – Game 2 Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland Guardians 1 San Diego Padres 5, Chicago Cubs
WAY BACK WHEN for Weds., May 11, 2022 1502 Explorer Christopher Columbus set sail on his fourth voyage to the “New World.” He was searching for a westward passage to the Indian Ocean mainland. 1659 The celebration of
MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Oakland A’s 2, Detroit Tigers 0 Cleveland Guardians 12, Chicago White Sox 9 – 11 Innings Chicago Cubs 6, San Diego Padres 0 Athletics 2, Tigers 0 – A’s beat
WAY BACK WHEN for Monday, May 9, 2022 1508 Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo began his work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. He completed the masterpiece 5 years later. 1869, America’s First Transcontinental Railroad was finished. The
