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Deion Sanders appeared in a record 641 MLB games and 189 NFL games. Former Michigan All-American Ernie Vick was a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals for four years and played for three NFL teams. The following athletes have appeared in at least one game in both Major League Baseball and the National Football League.
Eddie Gaedel. Edward Carl Gaedel (June 8, 1925 – June 18, 1961) was the smallest player to appear in a Major League Baseball game. [1] Gaedel gained recognition in the second game of a St. Louis Browns doubleheader on August 19, 1951. [2] Weighing 60 pounds (27 kg) and standing 3 feet 7 inches (109 cm) tall, he became the shortest player in ...
Gil Hodges was first player to ever win the Gold Glove in 1957; at the time it was a consolidated award between both the NL and AL. Mark Teixeira (2005–2006, 2009–2010, 2012 AL Gold Glove winner) Carlos Peña (2008 AL Gold Glove winner) Kevin Youkilis (left; 2007 AL Gold Glove winner) Year. Player. Team.
The 2000 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 2000 season. The 96th edition of the World Series, [1] it was a best-of-seven playoff between crosstown opponents, the two-time defending World Series champions and American League (AL) champion New York Yankees and the National League (NL) champion New York ...
FX ( F ox e X tended) [2] [3] [4] is an American pay television channel owned by FX Networks, LLC, a subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment business segment and division of The Walt Disney Company. It is based at the Fox Studios lot in Century City, California. FX was originally launched by News Corporation on June 1, 1994, [5] and later became ...
Launched. January 1, 2009; 15 years ago. ( 2009-01-01) Links. Website. MLBNetwork.com. The MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated to baseball. It is primarily owned by Major League Baseball, [1] with TNT Sports, Comcast 's NBC Sports Group, Charter Communications, and Cox Communications having minority ownership. [2]
Andrés Galarraga, Venezuelan-born Major League Baseball star; in Caracas; Died: Eddie Gaedel, 36, the shortest player in Major League Baseball history, after being mugged. On August 19, 1951, the 3-foot-7-inch (1.09 m) Gaedel had appeared for the St. Louis Browns in a game against the Detroit Tigers, as a stunt for Browns' owner Bill Veeck.
This is a list of television programs broadcast by Nickelodeon in the United States. The channel was first tested on December 1, 1977, as an experimental local channel in Columbus, Ohio. On April 1, 1979, the channel expanded into a national network named Nickelodeon. The first program broadcast on Nickelodeon was Pinwheel, a preschool series ...