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Instead, the first game was March 11, 1977 against the New York Mets. Wire services reported, "Spectators who arrived too late to purchase tickets inhabited areas down both foul lines, outside the outfield fences and some even took seats in the Babe Ruth League grandstand located down the right field line, some 500 feet away from home plate."
First championship season – 1945. First player drafted – Johnny Drake, 1937. First Ram elected to the Hall of Fame – QB Bob Waterfield, 1965. First to pass 400 yards in a game – Jim Hardy, 406 yards vs. Chicago Cardinals, 10/31/48. First to rush 200 yards in a game – Dan Towler, 205 yards vs. the Baltimore Colts, 11/22/53.
Third baseman Mike Schmidt had a breakout season in 1974, leading the National League in home runs and demonstrating his prowess in the field. On June 10, Schmidt hit a ball that many felt should have been a home run when it struck the public address speaker hanging 117 feet above and 329 feet away from home plate at the Astrodome in Houston ...
On September 12, 2016, the Rams played their first regular season game since returning to Los Angeles, where they lost to the San Francisco 49ers 28–0 at Levi's Stadium. On September 18, in front of over 91,000 fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum , The Rams played their first home game on September 18, 2016, defeating the Seattle ...
The Warriors led by nine with 2:41 left in the game, but Dallas scored 15 straight points. On May 3, 2007, the Warriors, with the help of their explosive third quarter, eliminated the Mavericks and became the first #8 seed to beat a #1 seed in a seven-game series. This was the Warriors' first playoff series win in 16 years.
"I knew today is Game 7,” said Haliburton, who finished with 26 on 10-for-17 shooting, including a 6-for-12 mark from long range, to go with six assists in the biggest game of his career thus ...
The first game in Rockies history was played on April 5, 1993, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium. David Nied was the starting pitcher in a game the Rockies lost, 3–0. The franchise's first home game at Mile High Stadium, and first win in franchise history, came four days later with an 11–4 win over the Montreal Expos.
Down on the field, a man collapsed about 12 feet away from Roth. “All I heard was somebody say that somebody just passed out,” Roth said. “So I turned and went to work and started helping.”