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Happy birthday to Leon Durham, and a mighty host of others.

Today in baseball history, in 2005 – Among thousands of high-spirited Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs fans and the 48 Hall of Famers sitting on the dais, Wade Boggs and Ryne Sandberg are enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and other stories as well.

Today in baseball history :

1891 – At New York, Giants’ fireballer Amos Rusie walks 8 batters and hits another, but still no-hits the visiting Grooms to claim a 6-0 shutout victory. This will be the first of four 30-win seasons for the 20 year-old, and the second of four times that he leads the…

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