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April 5 Wrigley Field hosted its first opening night against the St. Louis Cardinals. This game aired nationally and became ESPN's first Sunday Night Baseball telecast of the 2015 season. [36] [37] June 15 Brandon Flowers The Desired Effect Tour concert at the Captain Morgan Club. August 27 Billy Joel in Concert performance.
Worlds of Fun, is a 235-acre (95 ha) theme park located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Owned and operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation , it was founded by American businessmen Lamar Hunt and Jack Steadman under the ownership of Hunt's company, MId-America Enterprises in 1973.
August 14 – Pee Wee Reese, 81, Hall of Fame shortstop and leadoff hitter and captain of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers in 16 seasons (1940–1942, 1946–1958); ten-time All-Star who played on seven National League pennant winners and 1955 World Series champions, three times batting over .300 in the series; led NL in runs, walks and steals ...
The 1999 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees sweeping the Atlanta Braves in the World Series. The previous record of most home runs hit in a season, set at 5,064 in 1998, [ 1 ] was broken once again as the American League and National League combined to hit 5,528 home runs. [ 2 ]
On opening day, April 10, he tossed a 6–0 shutout against the Phillies, allowing a walk with five hits while striking out five. On August 20, he blanked the expansion New York Mets, 2-0, whiffing six with two walks and four hits. Pittsburgh went 93-68, finishing in fourth place eight games behind the pennant-winning San Francisco Giants.
April 23 at Sydney, Australia – 1999 ANZAC test match is won by Australia 20–14 against New Zealand at Stadium Australia before 30,245. June 23 at Brisbane , Australia – 1999 State of Origin is retained by Queensland as the third and deciding match of the series is drawn 10 – 10 with New South Wales .
National Fun Day. National Greeting Card Day. National Handmade Day. ... National Tell A Story Day. World Design Day. April 28. Global Pay It Forward Day. National Blueberry Pie Day.
MLB Pennant Race experienced exceptionally long delays, and some critics felt that it greatly suffered as a result, being a game with 1995 stats released when the 1996 MLB season was over. [3] [5] [6] Other common criticisms were the slowness of the games [4] [6] and scorekeeper bugs such as counting swung-on strikes as balls.