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The Mets, Bobby Bonilla, and Bernie Madoff, Rube Waddell's Immaculate Inning, and Jack Nicklaus a Bridesmaid again - This DiSH for July 1
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In 2011, the New York Mets started paying Bobby Bonilla $1.2 million as part of a deferred payment play. The Mets had invested money with Bernie Madoff and were set to pay Bonilla's deferred payment with an annuity. The 2008 financial crisis and Madoff's Ponzi scheme ended that.
In 1920, Walter Johnson came within one out of a perfect game but an error ruined it.
In 1990, Andy Hawkins pitched an 8 inning no-hitter and lost.
In 1902, Rube Waddell threw an Immaculate Inning.
In 1984, Greg Norman was the beneficiary of a rather favorable ruling and the kindness of a patron to win the Canadian Open.
In 1998, the first NBA lockout that led to a cancellation of games for the first time began.
In 1985, Philadelphia's third baseman Mike Schmidt came out of the dugout in a disguise.
THIS DAY IN SPORTS BACKGROUND
Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact.
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