Agate
ON SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, JULY 18
Independent Baseball
Steel City Slammin’ Sammies at Wild Things, 3 p.m.
Baseball Brilliance Sox vs. Road Warriors at Wild Things Park, 7 p.m.
SUNDAY, JULY 19
Independent Baseball
Road Warriors vs. Steel City Slammin’ Sammies at Wild Things Park, 1 p.m.
Baseball Brilliance Sox at Wild Things, 5 p.m.
ON THIS DATE
July 18
1950 – Washington & Jefferson College announces it will play two home football games at night – against Case and Bucknell – during the 1950 season. They are the first home night games in school history.
1951 – Jersey Joe Walcott, at 37, becomes the oldest fighter to win the world heavyweight title with a seventh-round knockout of Ezzard Charles before 25,000 at Forbes Field.
1967 – The Pittsburgh Pirates fire manager Harry Walker and replace him with Danny Murtaugh.
1979 – Larry Marshall submits his resignation after four seasons as Trinity High School’s boys basketball coach.
July 19
1955 – Throwing on three days rest, Pittsburgh’s Vernon Law pitches 18 innings but doesn’t get a decision in the Pirates’ 4-3 victory in 19 innings over the Milwaukee Braves at Forbes Field. Law, pitching on three days rest, gives up nine hits and two walks. He strikes out 12.
1961 – The Pittsburgh Steelers trade end Jimmy Orr, tackle Joe Lewis and linebacker Dick Campbell to the Baltimore Colts for center Buz Nutter and former all-pro defensive lineman Gene “Big Daddy” Lipscomb.
1976 – Hank Aaron hits the 755th and final home run of his career to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-2 win over California.
1990 – Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, is sentenced to five months in prison and an additional three months in a halfway house for cheating on his taxes.
2004 – Pittsburgh is awarded its record-tying fifth baseball all-star game. PNC Park will host the 2006 game.