1973: Remember the day that Secretariat was the world's favorite horse?

On this day in 1973, Secretariat captivated the world's attention by winning the Triple Crown in absolutely spectacular fashion.

I can not think of another event like it.  

Perhaps, the US beating the USSR in hockey in the 1980 Winter Olympics is a close second.

Secretariat was just an amazing horse.  He was clearly the favorite to win the Belmont and Triple Crown but no one expected a race like this.

I was very lucky to watch this race on TV.

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June 1966 and 5 Twins go deep in the same inning

We remember Tony Oliva for winning 3 AL batting titles. 

We remember Zoilo Versalles for the 1965 AL MVP.  

They were 2 of the 4 cubanos who played for the 1965 AL champion Twins.   The other two were Camilo Pascual and Sandy Valdespino.

Back in June 1966, Tony and Zoilo were a part of very unique baseball history.  They both hit home runs along with teammates Rich Rollins, future Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew and Don Mincher.   

Yes, 5 homeruns against the then Kansas City A’s in the same inning!

I should add that Camilo Pascual and Sandy Valdespino were also involved in that historic game.  Pascual started the game but left early.  Valdespino grounded out between Versalles and Oliva’s home runs.

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