On This Day

Yankees manager Billy Martin, who had noticed a large amount of pine tar on Brett's bat, requested that the umpires inspect his bat. The umpires ruled that the amount of pine tar on the bat exceeded the amount allowed by rule, nullified Brett's home run,

Stefanie Graf lost to Tracy Austin, in her first professional tournament at Filderstadt, Germany.

Former world No. 1 professional tennis player Andrew Roddick was born the youngest of three boys in Omaha, Nebraska.

Pete "Charlie Hustle" Rose sets a Major League Baseball record with his 13,941st plate appearance.

Isiah Thomas made his debut for the Detroit Pistons, who he played his entire career for, at home against the Milwaukee Bucks,the Pistons won 118-113.

Pat Riley made his NBA coaching debut for the Los Angeles Lakers at home against Houston in a double-overtime loss for the Lakers.

Cuban born long-distance runner Alberto Salazar won the first of his three consecutive New York City marathons in a time of 2 hours 9 minutes 41 seconds.

The Phillies faced Kansas City in the 1980 World Series, Philadelphia was lead by the hitting of Mike Schmidt and Pete Rose to win their first ever MLB world championship.

The Dallas Mavericks opened their first NBA season with a 103-92 victory at home against in state rivals the San Antonio Spurs.

Kevin McHale scored 10 points in his debut for the Boston Celtics against Cleveland, Boston won 130-103.