On a walk from Phillies pitcher Jose Mesa, Rickey Henderson breaks the career walks record established by Babe Ruth in 1935 when he receives his 2,063rd base on balls.
On a walk from Phillies pitcher Jose Mesa, Rickey Henderson breaks the career walks record established by Babe Ruth in 1935 when he receives his 2,063rd base on balls.
After getting off to a 4–7 start, the Padres fire Preston Gomez, and replace him with third base coach Don Zimmer. Gomez, a native of Oriente, Cuba, was the only manager the team had known since it’s inception in 1969.