By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
Aug 27, 2020

August 27th, 2020 was remembered for the NBA players deciding to resume games after postponing Wednesday’s, Thursday’s, and Friday’s NBA Playoff games. After three games were postponed on Wednesday, seven MLB games on Thursday got postponed, including the Mets-Marlins, A’s-Rangers, Phillies-Nationals, Twins-Tigers, Rockies-Diamondbacks, Orioles-Rays and Red Sox-Blue Jays. Check out everything that happened in sports on August 27th last year.

This daily sports article includes real headlines only (no clickbait rumors), all of the best highlights, interesting facts from around the NFL, NBA, & MLB, the main games to watch, top performances of the day, significant birthdays, and a quick recap of notable events on this day in sports history.

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Climatic comeback

Tatis touches rooftop

Yaz’s HR robbery

Cards web gems

Red heart of the lineup

Vintage Kershaw


Deshaun was dominant

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[Highlights] 3B Manny Machado, SD (v.SEA): 4-8, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R, 0 BB [Player of the Day]

[Highlights] SP Clayton Kershaw, LAD (@SF): 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 4 K, 0 BB, W

[Highlights] DH Jesse Winker, CIN (@MIL): 5-7, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, 1 BB 

[Highlights] 1B Jose Marmolejos, SEA (@SD): 3-7, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 R, 0 BB

[Highlights] RP Victor Gonzalez, LAD (@SF): 2.1 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 3 K, 0 BB, W

NBA: SG Kevin Huerter, Atlanta Hawks (turns 22)

NFL: OL Erik McCoy, New Orleans Saints (23)

NFL: RB Darren McFadden, Retired after 2017 (33)

NFL: CB Rashean Mathis, Retired after 2015 (39)

MLB: 1B Jim Thome, Hall of Fame (50)

2019: 1B Pete Alonso broke the New York Mets franchise record for Home Runs by a rookie with his 42nd HR

2005: Dodgers 2B Jeff Kent became the 1st at his position to hit 300 home runs since Rogers Hornsby did in 1934

2004: With an 89-81 loss to Argentina, USA Basketball fell out of gold medal contention for the 1st time since NBA players were allowed to compete in the Olympic Games (1989)

1999: The Vancouver Grizzlies, Houston Rockets, and Orlando Magic completed what was the largest trade in NBA history, as 11 players (including PG Steve Francis, PF Antoine Carr, PF Don MacLean) and 3 draft picks changed teams

1982: Athletics OF Rickey Henderson stole 4 bases against Milwaukee to give him 122 on the season, breaking Lou Brock’s record of 118

1978: Reds 2B Joe Morgan hit his 200th career home run, becoming the 1st in MLB history with 200 HRs and 500 stolen bases

1977: Rangers 3B Toby Harrah and 2B Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park HRs on consecutive pitches in a victory over the Yankees 

1918: HOF SP Christy Mathewson, now manager of the Reds, resigned from his position to accept a commission as a captain in the U.S. Army’s chemical warfare division

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