Sports Fact of the Day 4/2/2007

4/2/1997:

Yankee first baseman Tino Martinez crashes three homers against his former team as New York demolishes Seattle, 16-2, at the Kingdome. Martinez homers his first three times up, all against the Mariners’ Scott Sanders. The affable slugger gets four more at bats but fails to connect on a fourth homer. He scores five runs, drives in seven, and is off and running on a 44-homer, 141-RBI campaign, both career bests.

Birthdays

Luke Appling b. 1907

Carmen Basilio b. 1927

Don Sutton b. 1945

Ayako Okamoto b. 1951

Linford Christie b. 1960