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Events with high posterior probability

Larry Barnett	In the 10th inning of Game 3 of the 1975 World Series, in which Barnett was working behind home plate, Cincinnati Reds hitter Ed Armbrister laid down a sacrifice bunt, and then collided with Boston Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk who was trying to field the ball.
Monte Irvin	On June 26, 2010, the San Francisco Giants officially retired his number 20 uniform.
Roger Craig (baseball)	Under Craig (who along the way, instilled the unique motto and rallying cry'' Humm Baby'') the Giants won the National League West ern Division title in 1987.
Glenallen Hill	In 2007, Hill started wearing a helmet while coaching first base following the death of Tulsa Drillers (a Rockies minor-league affiliate) first base coach and former major leaguer Mike Coolbaugh from injuries sustained when hit in the head by a batted ball.
Mitch Williams	Williams came under some criticism for stating that the correct way to catch a fly ball was with one hand rather than two, after the Cincinnati Reds' OF Fred Lewis made an error in a game vs. the Atlanta Braves on July 23, 2011.
Jim Edmonds	On June 10, 1997, while playing center field for the Anaheim Angels, Edmonds ran straight back towards the center field wall of Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, and dove outstretched for a fly ball over his head, making the catch on the warning track.
Ron Kulpa	Kulpa was infamously head-butted by Carl Everett of the Boston Red Sox in 2000 during an argument about the location of the inner boundary of the batter's box.
Ken Kaiser	Kaiser wore uniform number 21 when the AL adopted them for umpires in 1980.
Harry Kalas	In 1980, after the Phillies won the World Series, Kalas and the rest of the Phillies' radio crew re-created the call that Kalas probably would have made when Tug McGraw struck out Willie Wilson to win Game 6 and the World Series between the Phillies and the Kansas City Royals.
Brian Runge	In September 2007, Runge was part of an incident involving then Padres outfielder Milton Bradley and first base umpire Mike Winters.
Harry Grabiner	Suffering from a malady that has been variously described as a stroke, cerebral hemorrhage or brain tumor, he lapsed into a coma and never witnessed the Tribe's AL playoff win over the Boston Red Sox or its six-game victory in the 1948 World Series.
Babe Ruth	Introduced along with his surviving teammates from 1923, Ruth used a bat as a cane.
George W. Bush	He also attended every home playoff game for the Texas Rangers 2010 season and, accompanied by his father, threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington for Game 4 of the 2010 World Series on October 31, 2010.
Michael Barkann	Before going on air for Phillies Postgame Live, Barkann, along with former Phillies all-stars Ricky Bottalico and Darren Daulton, watched Game 4 of the 2009 NLCS from their set.
Ken Wilson (sportscaster)	Wilson returned to the Seattle Mariners' television booth on July 27, 2008 to fill in for his former partner Dave Niehaus, who was being inducted to the Hall of Fame on the same day.
Roberto Clemente	PNC Park, the home ballpark of the Pirates which opened in 2001, includes a right field wall high, in reference to Clemente's uniform number and his normal fielding position during his years with the Pirates.
Babe Ruth	Ruth retired in 1935 after a short stint with the Boston Braves, and the following year, he became one of the first five players to be elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Keith Jackson	In baseball, Keith Jackson called (alongside Tim McCarver) the famous 16-inning sixth game of the 1986 National League Championship Series between the New York Mets and Houston Astros.
Sam Rice	Rice was best known for making a controversial catch in the 1925 World Series which carried him over the fence and into the stands.
Mark Roth	On March 6, 2011, as part of the 2011 Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship, he rolled the honorary first ball for the televised finals and downed seven pins.
Pete Kozma	In Game 1 of the 2013 World Series against the Boston Red Sox, Kozma was involved in a controversial error/blown call that was overturned by the umpiring crew.
Bud Selig	After a dramatic conclusion of the 2001 World Series, less than 48 hours later, Selig held a vote on contracting two teams, reportedly the Minnesota Twins and Montreal Expos.
Honus Wagner	thumb | upright | right | Honus Wagner (Vittor) | Wagner statue at -LSB- -LSB- PNC Park -RSB- -RSB- When the Baseball Hall of Fame held its first election in 1936, Wagner tied for second in the voting with Babe Ruth, trailing Cobb.
Bobby Cox	His final game was on October 11, 2010, when the Braves were eliminated by the San Francisco Giants in Game 4 of the National League Division Series.
Lou Piniella	After winning the 2001 AL Division Series, the Mariners dropped the first two games of the AL Championship Series, and Piniella held an angry post-game press conference in which he guaranteed the Mariners would win two out of three games in New York to return the ALCS to Seattle.
Gus Zernial	When the Oakland Athletics played the Philadelphia Phillies for the first time in interleague play in June 2003 at Veterans Stadium, the Phillies invited former Philadelphia A's Eddie Joost and Zernial to the games and recognized them prior to the first game.
Bud Selig	Selig oversaw baseball through the 1994 strike, the introduction of the wild card, interleague play, and the merging of the National and American League s under the Office of the Commissioner.
Reggie Jackson	In 2008, he threw out the first pitch at Yankees Opening Day, the last one at Yankee Stadium.
David Eckstein	Eckstein was brought back in front of over 47,000 fans to throw out the first pitch of Game 6 of the World Series in St. Louis on October 27, 2011.
Jerry Meals	Meals and Major League Baseball both acknowledged that he missed a call in the 19th inning of a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Atlanta Braves on July 26, 2011.
Durwood Merrill	Merrill wore number 33 starting in 1980 when the AL adopted uniform numbers.
Dick Williams	With the A's leading power hitter, Jackson, out with an injury, Cincinnati's Big Red Machine was favored to win, but the home run heroics of Oakland catcher Gene Tenace and the managerial maneuvering of Williams resulted in a seven-game World Series victory for the A's, their first championship since 1930, when they played in Philadelphia.
Mary Shane	In 1976, while working in the County Stadium press box for a White Sox - Brewers game, White Sox announcer Harry Caray was surprised to see a young woman in the press box and invited her to do some play-by-play.
Harry Caray	Ronald Reagan in the press box with Harry Caray during a Chicago Cubs and -LSB- -LSB- Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game at Wrigley Field on September 30, 1988. -RSB- -RSB-
Don Hutson	His number 14, was the first number retired by the Packers (in a public ceremony at a game at City Stadium) on December 2, 1951.
George Steinbrenner	During the 1973 home opener against the Cleveland Indians, as the Yankees, cap s removed, were standing at attention for the National Anthem, Steinbrenner, in the owner's box next to the New York dugout, noticed that several players' hair was too long for his standards.
Cortez Kennedy	His jersey number, 96, was also retired by the Seattle Seahawks during a game against the New England Patriots on October 14, 2012.
Jack Fournier	thumb | 175px | left Purchased by the White Sox from the Red Sox in 1912, Fournier presented Clarence'' Pants'' Rowland, and a half-dozen other managers, with the dilemma of what to do with this poor-fielding, pure hitter.
Steve McMichael	On August 7, 2001, McMichael took a turn as the guest singer for'' Take Me Out to the Ball Game'' at Wrigley Field for a game between the Chicago Cubs and Colorado Rockies.
Ed Hickox (umpire)	On July 12, 2013, while working the plate at Dodger Stadium, Hickox was struck by an eighth inning foul ball -- a 99 miles-per-hour fastball -- in the mask, though he remained in the game through its completion one inning later.
Ken Harrelson	Following an on-air outburst about umpire Mark Wegner during a game on May 30, 2012, Harrelson received a reprimand from MLB commissioner Bud Selig.
Josh Hutcherson	On April 7, 2012, Hutcherson threw the ceremonial opening pitch before the Reds' game against the Miami Marlins at Great American Ball Park.
Jim Nabors	Also in 1973, Nabors sang the Star Spangled Banner before Game One of the Major League Baseball World Series.
Earl Scruggs	On September 13, 2006, Scruggs was honored at Turner Field in Atlanta as part of the pre-game show for an Atlanta Braves home game.
Edward A. Batchelor	The team honored Batchelor on the occasion by presenting him with a television set and driving him around the field at Tiger Stadium in a 1915 Ford Model T along with Davy Jones, a member of the outfield with Ty Cobb and the first player to face Walter Johnson in a major League game.
Lou DiMuro	Mike began wearing number 16 to honor his father in 2000 ; the number had previously been retired by American League umpires since Lou's death.
Mike Modano	On January 21, 2007, the NHL announced Modano as the Special Ambassador to the 2007 NHL All-Star Celebration, thanks to his numerous contributions towards bringing the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game to Dallas and also for his contributions to Dallas hockey as a whole.
Tom Wopat	On May 26, 2008, Wopat sang the'' Star Spangled Banner'' and'' God Bless America'' at the Milwaukee Brewers vs. Washington Nationals MLB game.
Adam LaRoche	On May 13, 2009, LaRoche became the first player in major league history to have a home run taken away through the use of video replay.
Mariano Rivera	Leading up to the 2008 MLB All-Star Game, which was held at Yankee Stadium in the venue's final year of existence, a few sportswriters proposed making Rivera the AL's starting pitcher as a tribute to him and his home ballpark ; he instead was used as a reliever in the AL's extra-inning win.
Matt Kemp	During the second major league game of Kemp's career, on May 29, 2006, he stole second base in the fourth inning, after which Atlanta Braves television announcer Don Sutton said he looked'' like a big buffalo running around the bases.''
Samuel Green (Ku Klux Klan)	After the Dodgers announced in January that their exhibition games would be in Macon and Atlanta, Green stated'' there is no law against the game.
Ernie Banks	The 1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was dedicated to Banks.
Josh Hancock	right | thumb | Memorial # 32 patch being worn by the St. Louis Cardinals during the 2007 season to honor Josh Hancock.
Rob Thomson	On September 27, 2006, Thomson took over as first base coach in place of Tony Peña, who learned before the game that his father had died.
Marty Brennaman	In 1988, Brennaman and Nuxhall appeared before National League President Bart Giamatti at the NL office, in New York in regards to accusations that Brennaman incited the crowd to cause a delay of game after an altercation between Red's manager Pete Rose and umpire Dave Pallone.
Jim Frey	So Frey made a bold move in the winter of 1988, trading budding star Rafael Palmeiro and young pitcher Jamie Moyer to the Texas Rangers for a number of players, including Mitch Williams.
Pam Oliver	thumb | Oliver on Philadelphia Eagles sideline at 2009 NFC Wild Card Game.
Freddie Patek	A memorable image was captured by NBC-TV of Patek sitting painfully alone in the Royals' empty dugout while the New York Yankees celebrated on-field their come-from-behind victory to win the last game of the 1977 American League Championship Series, played in Kansas City on Patek's 33rd birthday.
Willie Mays	At the 2007 All-Star Game in San Francisco, Mays received a special tribute for his legendary contributions to the game and threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Jim Joyce	In September 1996, Joyce restrained fellow umpire John Hirschbeck when Hirschbeck angrily charged into the Toronto clubhouse to confront Roberto Alomar.
Jack Buck	Buck, along with CBS Radio colleagues Johnny Bench and John Rooney, was on hand at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on October 17, 1989, when the Loma Prieta earthquake hit.
Gil Hodges	mural was dedicated in Hodges' hometown of Petersburg, Indiana in 2009 ; it was painted by artist Randy Hedden and includes pictures of Hodges as Brooklyn Dodger, manager of the New York Mets, and batting at Ebbets Field.
Al Salerno	Salerno worked as the right field umpire in the 1964 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
Charley Steiner	Steiner left the Yankees after the following season, his last game being Game 7 of the 2004 American League Championship Series.
Jose Peralta	Peralta attended a Dominican-American heritage event Merengue Night at the New York Mets Shea Stadium in July 2005, where general manager Omar Minaya was honored.
Charlie Manuel	It was his first World Series ring after years of close calls (including the 1997 Cleveland Indians).
Nancy Mudge	In 1992, Mudge, along Jean Havlish and Kay Heim, two other Minnesota residents and former AAGPBL players, were invited to throw out the first pitch in a game Angels - Twins played at the Metrodome.
Bruce Froemming	In April 2001, Froemming was the home plate umpire for the first game at Miller Park in his hometown of Milwaukee.
Derryl Cousins	On May 12, 2001, Cousins was the third base umpire during A. J. Burnett's no-hitter against the San Diego Padres.
Michael McDonald (singer)	Michael also sang the United States National Anthem at game one of the 2011 NBA Finals.
Wataru Misaka	He debuted as the first non-Caucasian player in professional basketball in 1947, the same year that Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line.
Phillip Phillips	He performed the National Anthem at the opening game of the 2012 World Series on October 24, 2012.
Jorge Posada	During a game against the Toronto Blue Jays on September 15, 2009, Posada took exception of a pitch that was thrown behind him by Jesse Carlson.
Bob Murray (ice hockey, born 1954)	On May 14, 2009, Murray, who was watching a playoff game between Detroit and Anaheim from inside the press box at Joe Louis Arena, swung a chair after Anaheim's loss.
Mary J. Blige	On November 4, 2009, Blige sang The Star-Spangled Banner at Yankee Stadium before the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies played the last game (game 6) of the World Series.
Chris Cuthbert	Cuthbert made National Hockey League history on December 1, 2006 as the first play-by-play announcer in NHL's history to deliberately broadcast a game from ice level, rather than a high up broadcast gondola.
Gene Monahan	He was present, however, for an emotional World Series ring Ceremony on Opening Day, April 12, 2010.
Babe Herman	This led to the following popular joke : On two occasions in 1930 -- May 30 and September 15 -- Herman stopped to watch a home run while running the bases and was passed by the hitter, in each case causing the home run to count only as a single.
Gary Bender	On December 17, 2009, Bender filled in for Marv Albert, who was battling throat problems, to call the Phoenix Suns at Portland Trail Blazers game on TNT and called the game with Reggie Miller.
Jim Perry (baseball)	On June 11, 2011, Perry was inducted into the Twins Hall of Fame in a ceremony prior to a Twins home game and attended by current members including Rod Carew, Bert Blyleven, Rick Aguilera, Gary Gaetti, Tom Kelly, Jim Rantz, and Tony Oliva.
Joe Brinkman	When he retired, he was the last active umpire to have used the outside chest protector, which was required for AL umpires through the 1974 season.
Joe Morgan (manager)	On July 30, 2013, the Red Sox honored him with'' Joe Morgan Night'' at Fenway Park, with Clemens among the former players participating in the festivities.
Steve Wilstein	His writing style was distinguished by its depth of detail about players and events, among them : Rickey Henderson's romp to the stolen base record ; the drug-related deaths of pitchers Eric Show and Rod Scurry ; Glenn Burke's battle with AIDS ; Ted Williams' emotional appearance at the All-Star Game shortly before his death ; Kirk Gibson's World Series homer on two injured legs ; and Curt Schilling's `` bloody sock'' performance in 2004 as the Boston Red Sox rose to world champions after an 86-year drought.
Nancy Faust	Nancy Faust (born March 11, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois) is the popular former long-time stadium organist for Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox.
Skip Caray	Shortly after Caray's death, the Atlanta Braves began wearing a memorial patch on their uniforms that read'' SKIP'', which appeared on the sleeve opposite the'' BEACH'' patch honoring Jim Beauchamp that they had been wearing since the beginning of the 2008 season.
Harry Kalas	High Hopes (1959 song) | High Hopes Kalas' familiar home run call was'' Swing... and a long drive, this ball is... outta here !
Monte Irvin	He later joined those same Giants Hall of Famers in throwing out the ceremonial first pitch of Game 1 of 2010 World Series.
Reggie White	On December 5, 2005, the Philadelphia Eagles retired his jersey in a halftime ceremony during the Eagles' Monday Night Football game with the Seattle Seahawks, who were coached by Mike Holmgren, White's former coach in Green Bay.
Augie Donatelli	When the National League umpires began wearing uniform numbers in 1970, Donatelli was assigned uniform number 7.
Jack Fisher	The home starting pitcher in first game ever at Shea Stadium, Fisher received the honor of throwing the stadium's first official pitch in 1964.
Tom Gorman (umpire)	During a game in the 1962 season, he discovered that the Giants (by now in San Francisco) were having their groundskeepers water down the Candlestick Park infield to slow down the Los Angeles Dodgers' Maury Wills ; Gorman stopped the game for an hour and a half to allow the field to dry out.
Bobby Mattick	He was part of the Blue Jays' delegation at the 2004 Major League Baseball winter meeting s in Anaheim, California.
Joe Buck	Two-sport, same-day doubleheader On October 14, 2012, Buck called a doubleheader, first with New York Giants - San Francisco 49ers game at 4:25 PM, then traveled via trolley, for the seven mile journey across town to call Game 1 of the NLCS between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants.
Willard Hershberger	After a slump in late July and early August, Hershberger committed suicide on August 3, 1940 in his hotel room ; the Reds retired his jersey number and went on to win the 1940 World Series in his honor.
Mike Reilly (umpire)	Reilly wore the uniform number 31 after the American League adopted numbers in 1980.
Bill Deegan	His work in the 1984 ALCS marked the last time an umpire called balls and strikes in a postseason game using the balloon-style outside chest protector which was common throughout the Junior Circuit until the early 1980s.
Andy Hansen	| alt A baseball-card image of a smiling man in a white baseball jersey and a blue baseball cap ; above his head, it reads'' Fred Ostermueller'', the player's given name Hansen was called up to the major league club to make his debut on June 30, 1944, in place of Cliff Melton.
Bobby Cox	By a strange twist of fate, his first ejection happened when manager of the Braves in a game against the Mets, on May 1, 1978.
Maurice Lucas	The Portland Trail Blazers retired his jersey number, 20, in a ceremony on November 4, 1988.