2.  U.S. author  “T’was the Night Before Christmas” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Clarke_Moore

3.  Nolan Ryan threw two no-hitters in a season http://nolanryanstats.com/about-me/

4.  Johnny Bench hit his 314 th homerun  This broke Yogi Berra’s record http://www.johnnybench.com/

5.  Lee May hit 4 homeruns in a double-header http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/wp- content/uploads/2013/06/LeeMay.jpg

6.  Ty Cobb hit 2 inside the park homeruns!! http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1005/mlb.unbreakable.baseball.r ecords/images/ty-cobb.jpg

7.  Brooks Robinson hit for the cycle going 5-5 with the Orioles.  Arguably hardest thing to do in baseball. http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/10971/11386130_1.jpg?v=8CE613004551D30

8.  Baseball’s first no-hitter!!  St. Louis’ George W Bradley! http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/attachments/ootp-mods-rosters-photos- quick-starts/206441d1296069514-gambo-t_wil1-photopack-george_bradley.jpg

9.  Baseball players voted to strike if no contract was reached with baseball owners.  The strike was just a one-day thing.

10.  The 57 th MLB All-Star game was in Houston.  Roger Clemens was MVP. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Roger_Clemens_2005_( 4).jpg/220px-Roger_Clemens_2005_(4).jpg

11.  Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 HRs.  “McCovey Cove” http://www.realclearsports.com http://tedsobel.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/mccovey-cove.jpg