(The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)
- Brooks Koepka becomes the seventh golfer to win back-to-back US Open Championships. The last was Curtis Strange who did it in 1988-89.
- Mexico shocks defending Champion Germany 1-0 in first round of World Cup Pool play.
- The Dodgers have won 7 of 10 including a stretch of five straight to pull to within 1.5 games of the Diamondbacks.
- Barry Trotz tendered his resignation as the Washington Capitals head coach after leading them to the first Stanley Cup title in team history.
- Matt Kemp continues to lead the NL in hitting with a .338 average.
- Former San Diego Charger Antonio Gates and former Buffalo Bill Bruce Smith share a birthday today. Gates #38 and Smith #55.
- At halftime in their game on September 23, the Vikings will induct former head coach the late Dennis Green into the Ring of Honor.
- On this day in 1975 Fred Lynn collected 10 rbi’s in a 15-1 Red Sox win over the Tigers. In the game Lynn hit three home runs, a triple and an infield single.
- If he doesn’t miss any games before then, the Angels Mike Trout will play in his 1,000 career game Thursday night.
- “The last time I hit three home runs in a game before then, I think it was the very last game I played in Little League when I was 12 years old. I wasn’t a home run hitter per se, but I had power, and if I got into a groove, I could hit ‘em out. It was a magical night. Nobody has these kind of games. Maybe a handful of guys in the history of the game have had them.’’ Fred Lynn
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