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Today in Sports History: "Down Goes Anderson"

Today in Sports History one of the most notable fights to happen on a baseball diamond since 2020 took place in a game between the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians. The fight in question happened between José Ramírez and Tim Anderson. On August 5th of 2023 in a game which was in favor of the White Sox 6-1 in the bottom of the sixth turned into a all out brawl when Ramírez slid into second base between the legs of Tim Anderson. The 2 men would go onto exchange words and cause Tim Anderson to square up. The 2 men would throw punches before ball players from both sides would come in to break the fight up. Before they could fully seperate the 2 men, Anderson would connect a right which would drop Anderson and cause Guardians lead commentator Tom Hamilton to exclaim, "DOWN GOES ANDERSON!" Anderson would go on to receive a 6 game suspension and Ramírez would receive a 3 game suspension.

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Weirdly Wild Starts

Joey Cantillo pitched a very weird game today. He gave up 7 walks while going 6 innings and not allowing an extra base hit. I already thought that was weird, but the Angels broadcast mentioned that it had happened at Angel Stadium twice before this, and it was 2 current broadcasters for the Angels. Mark Gubicza did this with the Royals back on September 8th of 1987, and Mark Langston did it in his first season as an Angel on May 9th, 1990. Gubie is the current color commentator for the Angels’ TV broadcast, while Langer does the same for the radio. While Cantillo (unfortunately) ended up with the no decision and Langston’s Angels were demolished in that game 9-1, Gubicza actually got the win. This was thanks to a 2 run shot from George Brett to start the game, and another hit from Brett to break the 2-2 tie.

@noahd

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Double Duty for Danny Jansen

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OTD in 1939

Today in 1939: A game between the Reds and Dodgers became the first pro baseball game to be televised. It took place during the world's fair in New York City to showcase the emerging tech, Red Barber broadcast the game on W2XBS, which is now NBCNewYork