Catcher/first baseman Dave Nilsson was, arguably, the most accomplished Australian baseball player in history. He was the first Australian to make the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. He was MVP of the first major international competition in which the Australian national team won a Gold Medal. He won a Silver Medal in the Olympics. In the Australian Baseball League, Nilsson set numerous records. His career was sidelined several times due to injuries, including foot, shoulder, knee and virus problems. He later led a group that purchased the ABL and tried to keep it afloat under a new name and structure. Nilsson was part of the first All-Australian battery in major league history. Australian baseball analysts Flintoff & Dunn write that "David Nilsson owns the biggest profile in Australian baseball history".

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• ...that Harry Ables (pictured) set three Texas League records in 1910?
• ...that Herman Wedemeyer was a minor league outfielder who went on to fame as a TV actor?
• ...that Chu-Ming Lee was the first player to get 1,000 hits in Taiwanese professional baseball?
• ...when the The Star Spangled Banner was first played during the 7th-inning stretch?
• ...what international event Alejo O'Reilly ended with a dramatic home run?
• ...that Alex Smith threw 244 pitches in one game in 2008?
• ...what controversy led Minoru Yamashita to retire from umpiring?
• ...which stars were scouted by Joe Lewis Sr.?
• ...what award is given out in honor of Ed Kirkpatrick?
• ...in what major event Miguel Gómez beat the Cuban national team?
• ...that Alvin Spearman was a Gold Gloves boxer before he became a non-Gold Glove baseball player?
• ...what series derailed the hopes of the 1922 Browns?
• ...that Olympic shortstop Mat Buckley made five errors in the finale of the Australian Baseball League one year to cost his team the title?

• The Amsterdam Pirates win the 2008 Holland Series (logo pictured) in a sweep.
• Puerto Rico wins the 2008 Americas Baseball Cup. Carlos Rivera wins MVP honors.
• The SK Wyverns set a new single-season Korea Baseball Organization record for wins as they improve to 82-40.
• The Regensburg Legionäre win the 2008 Bundesliga pennant, their first title ever. Markus Gienger is MVP of the finals.
• Alex Ramirez breaks Wally Yonamine's decades-old record for hits by a foreign batter in NPB.

• 1904 - Spitballer Jack Chesbro throws a wild pitch that costs the New York Highlanders the 1904 AL pennant. Lou Criger scores the key run that gives the game and title to the Pilgrims.
• 1920 - In one of the most famous World Series games ever, Elmer Smith hits the first grand slam in Series history and Jim Bagby, Sr. hits the first home run by a pitch in Series records. The game is most noted, though, for an act by their teammate, Bill Wambsganss, who turns an unassisted triple play.
• 1926 - Grover Cleveland Alexander comes out of the bullpen to strike out Tony Lazzeri in the clutch and help the Cardinals top the Yankees in the 1926 World Series.
• 1937 - Lefty Gómez (pictured) records his record fifth straight World Series win without a loss and also drives in the winning run.
• 1967 - Tsuneo Horiuchi of the Yomiuri Giants has an amazing day, throwing a no-hitter and belting three home runs.

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• August 24, 2008 - The 2008 Women's Baseball World Cup began.
• August 8, 2008 - The 2008 Olympics began in China.
• July 27, 2008 - Hall of Fame inductions in Cooperstown, New York.
• July 25, 2008 - The 2008 World Junior Championship began in Edmonton.

• September 1, 2008 - Major League Baseball active rosters expand from 25 to 40 players.
• September 28, 2008 - Final day of the Major League Baseball regular season.