Today in sports history, August 17
Aug. 17 Today in sports history Today is Aug. 17. On this date in: 1920: Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman died after being struck in the head by a Carl Mays pitch the previous day, becoming… [+2972 chars]
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