This Date In Sox History 7-28

[Lip Man 1]

July 28, 1963 - Sox second baseman Nellie Fox bangs out his 2,500th career hit, a single to center off the Orioles Dave McNally. It comes in the 6th inning of the Sox 4 - 1 win in Baltimore.

July 28, 1976 - John "Blue Moon" Odom and Francisco Barrios combine to throw a no hitter against the A’s in Oakland. The Sox win it 2 - 1. It’s one of the strangest no-hitters in history. Odom and Barrios combine to walk eleven Oakland hitters!

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[jackbrohamer]

July 28, 1976 - John "Blue Moon" Odom and Francisco Barrios combine to throw a no hitter against the A’s in Oakland. The Sox win it 2 - 1. It’s one of the strangest no-hitters in history. Odom and Barrios combine to walk eleven Oakland hitters!

Odom gave up 9 walks in 5.0 innings, but Barrios actually pitched pretty well & got the save. I remember the Daily News the next day had a headline of something like "Semi-Precious Gem"

Even though Oakland was having a lot of organizational problems at the time, it's still surprising that they had only 3,400 fans attend a game in July http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=197607280OAK

[LITTLE NELL]

Odom gave up 9 walks in 5.0 innings, but Barrios actually pitched pretty well & got the save. I remember the Daily News the next day had a headline of something like "Semi-Precious Gem"

Even though Oakland was having a lot of organizational problems at the time, it's still surprising that they had only 3,400 fans attend a game in July http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=197607280OAK
Nothing should surprise you when it comes to the attendance for the the Athletics. Down through the years the Phil-KC-Oakland Athletics franchise is the worst franchise in home attendance.

[Bucky F. Dent]

I've still got that Barrios card in a box in my attic.

He wasn't a bad pitcher in his time.

[Medford Bobby]

:smile:I can still remember listening to this game at my mom's northside apartment huddled in bed with a little transistor on...ah those late late west coast games!!! :wink:!

[Hitmen77]

Even though Oakland was having a lot of organizational problems at the time, it's still surprising that they had only 3,400 fans attend a game in July http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxs1score.php?boxid=197607280OAK (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=197607280OAK)


Weren't they only 18 months removed from a "3-peat" in World Series titles? :o: