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Exactly when Rose first made out the ghost's gray outline is unclear. But on the 1973 night of his 2,000th hit, near the end of an interview, he observed casually, "Cobb took this long to get 1,861." By 1981, when Rose led the league in hits at the age of 40, but 55 games were struck, he was heard to worry, "Cobb is getting further away." If not in Philadelphia at the mean end of the 1983 World Series against Baltimore, then in Montreal at the bad beginning of last year, the chase seemed doomed. Thanks...
Question: Who is the first batter in the major leagues to be the 4,000th strikeout victim of a pitcher? Answer: New York Met Danny Heep. After two fast-balls and a curve that fooled him badly, Mr. Heep became the latest answer to a trivia question on the occasion last week of Nolan Ryan's unmatched milestone. A crowd of more than 20,000, including Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth, gave the Houston Astros pitcher a two-minute standing ovation when he reached four grand. Ryan, 38, chalked up four more batters before leaving the game in the seventh inning...
...Cooke's Tour Columnist and BBC commentator Alistair Cooke, who died in March [MILESTONES, April 12], dazzled radio listeners as an analyzer of American life for almost 60 years. When he celebrated his 1,000th broadcast for the British network 36 years ago, we described his journalistic habits [April...
...accurate about what's happening in the present. Kerry first introduced this charge back in November, when the nation had lost more than 3 million private-sector jobs since the start of the Bush presidency. (The number has since dipped under 3 million.) The 1,500,000th minute of the Bush presidency ticked by in December. Divide the jobs lost by the number of minutes and--presto!--two jobs a minute. But hirings began overtaking firings last September, and the economy has been creating jobs for a net increase since then of 364,000. So right now, the country...
...previous night, the Crimson enjoyed a dominating victory against the Bulldogs and a rare milestone for one of the program’s greatest players. Peljto scored her 2,000th point with 18:37 left in the first half on a layup, assisted by Katie Murphy. The game stopped as her teammates rushed the court to give Peljto hugs and a bouquet of flowers...