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What Happened in Sports: June 21, 2022
See what happened in sports on June 21, 2022 ft. Rob Gronkowski retiring, Ohtani's all-time game, White Sox winning 12-inning thriller, and more!
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June 21st, 2022 was highlighted by Rob Gronkowski retiring after a legendary career where he won four Super Bowls and cemented himself as one of the greatest tight ends ever. Shohei Ohani had an all-time game (8 RBI & 9th inning game-tying HR) in a loss to KC, Josh Harrison’s walk-off single helped CHW win a 12-inning classic vs. Toronto, while Isaac Paredes had a 3-HR day vs NYY. Nolan Gorman, Eugenio Suarez, and Jessie Winker made history, Oneil Cruz continued his unbelievable start, plus Jorge Alfaro walked off Arizona in the 11th.
See what happened in sports on June 21st last year, headlined by Jacob deGrom continuing his unprecedented 12-game start where he held a 0.50 ERA, the MLB beginning to check pitchers for foreign substances, and Miguel Sano hitting a 12th-inning walk-off bomb as well as what happened in sports on June 21st, 2020 ft. Ken Griffey Jr.‘s documentary premiering on MLB Network.
WHAT HAPPENED IN SPORTS OVERVIEW: This daily sports post includes real headlines only (no clickbait rumors), all of the best highlights, interesting facts & records from around the NFL, NBA, & MLB, the main games to watch, notable birthdays, and a quick recap of significant events on this day in sports history.
Rob Gronkowski's HOF resume:
– 5x Pro Bowl
– 4x All-Pro 1st Team
– 4x Super Bowl Champ
– 2014 NFL CPOY
– 2011 NFL REC TD (17) leader
– 2010s NFL REC TD (79) leader
– 2010s NFL All-Decade
– NFL 100th Anniversary Team
– #Patriots career REC TD (79) leaderhttps://t.co/UNhHZNpJjS
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 22, 2022
Gronk's NFL TE records:
– REC TD/GP (0.65)
– Season REC TD (17)
– Seasons (5) of 10+ REC TD
– Playoff REC YDS (1,389) & REC TD (15)
– GP of 100+ REC YDS (32) or 2+ REC TD (24)
– Led NFL in season REC TD (2011)
– Career (90) & Playoff TD (14) by QB/TE combopic.twitter.com/qkHQZ9vk2l
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 22, 2022
Rob Gronkowski's #Patriots records:
– Career REC TD (79)
– Seasons (5) of 10+ REC TD
– Playoff REC TD (12)
– GP of 1+ (60) & 2+ (16) REC TD
– REC YDS (7,861), REC (521), & REC YPG (68.4) by TE
– Top5 season REC TD (17) & Top2 season REC YDS (1,327) by TEpic.twitter.com/wVsC88GlaQ
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 22, 2022
Most REC TD during 1 season by a TE in NFL history:
1. 2011 Rob Gronkowski (17)
2. 2013 Jimmy Graham (16)
T3. 2009 & 2013 Vernon Davis, 2018 Eric Ebron, & 2015 Tyler Eifert (13)pic.twitter.com/bm5pidWyzi
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 22, 2022
Most career Playoff TD by a QB/Receiver combo in NFL history:
1. Tom Brady/Rob Gronkowski (14)
2. Joe Montana/Jerry Rice (12)
3. Brett Favre/Antonio Freeman (11)pic.twitter.com/BYHMTdPWzv
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 22, 2022
Most career TD by a QB/TE combo in NFL regular season history:
1. Tom Brady/Rob Gronkowski (90)
2. Philip Rivers/Antonio Gates (89)
3. Drew Brees/Jimmy Graham (53)
4. Drew Bledsoe/Ben Coates (45)
5. Peyton Manning/Dallas Clark (44)pic.twitter.com/zSiJQDrpFK
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 22, 2022
Most career REC TD in New England #Patriots history:
1. Rob Gronkowski (79)
2. Stanley Morgan (67)
T3. Randy Moss & Ben Coates (50)pic.twitter.com/9CECb0Kifw
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 22, 2022
SHOHEI TIES IT IN THE 9TH!!! pic.twitter.com/bfJtuw8RAT
— MLB (@MLB) June 22, 2022
Have a night, @BwittJr!
This is his first multi-HR game. pic.twitter.com/YZk5RAkWXl
— MLB (@MLB) June 22, 2022
HARRISON IS YOUR HERO TONIGHT! pic.twitter.com/9RYNQEZblZ
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) June 22, 2022
NOT DONE YET!#ChangeTheGame | @NBCSChicago pic.twitter.com/eIc9TykFB5
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) June 22, 2022
ZIM SHADY ? @Bzimmer5 pic.twitter.com/a80TgtaY0X
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) June 22, 2022
This home run is the slowest in the stat cast era by Harold Ramirez
86.5 mph https://t.co/hTt23dThyb
— Barstool Baseball (@StoolBaseball) June 21, 2022
Someone get Kole a cape! pic.twitter.com/FvT3kNrmHd
— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) June 22, 2022
Wadres. #walkoff pic.twitter.com/uiBf2bYxdQ
— MLB (@MLB) June 22, 2022
[SEE MORE]
7:10 PM: New York Yankees (50-17) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (36-31)
7:20 PM: San Francisco Giants (37-29) vs. Atlanta Braves (39-29)
7:40 PM: Cleveland Guardians (34-28) vs. Minnesota Twins (38-30)
8:10 PM: New York Mets (45-24) vs. Houston Astros (41-25)
8:10 PM: St. Louis Cardinals (38-31) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (39-30)
8:10 PM: Toronto Blue Jays (38-29) vs. Chicago White Sox (32-33)
MLB: RP Garrett Crochet, Chicago White Sox (turns 23)
NBA: PF JaMychal Green, Oklahoma City Thunder (32)
NBA: PF Thaddeus Young, Free Agent (34)
NBA: SF Richard Jefferson, Retired after 2018 (42)
2018: The 2018 NBA Draft was highlighted by the Suns taking Deandre Ayton #1 overall and the Kings mistakenly selecting Marvin Bagley over Luka Doncic and Trae Young who were traded for each other with the #3 & #5 picks by the Mavs and Hawks respectively
2012: Big 3-led Miami Heat defeated the young, budding stars of the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5 to clinch Finals MVP LeBron James’ 1st Championship after he recorded a triple-double
1997: WNBA officially debuted with its 1st set of regular-season games — New York Liberty vs Los Angeles Sparks, Houston Comets vs Cleveland Rockers, Sacramento Monarchs vs Utah Starz
1989: New York Yankees traded future HOF OF Rickey Henderson back to the Oakland A’s in exchange for 2 journeymen pitchers and OF Luis Polonia
1988: James Worthy posted the 1st triple-double of his career in Game 7 of the NBA Finals as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Detroit Pistons 108-105 as the 1st NBA back-to-back champs in 2 decades which preceded a decade straight of consecutive Championships (Pistons ’89 & ’90, Bulls ’91, ’92, ’93, Rockets ’94 & ’95, Bulls ’96, ’97, ’98)
1986: Heisman Trophy winner and #1 overall pick in the 1986 NFL Draft, Bo Jackson spurned the Buccaneers and decided to play baseball instead, signing with the Kansas City Royals
1964: On Father’s Day, Phillies SP Jim Bunning pitched the 1st National League Perfect Game in the World Series era (1904). He also became the 1st pitcher to win a no-hitter in each league
1939: New York Yankees announced future HOF 1B Lou Gehrig’s retirement due to reports that he has ALS
1916: Rube Foster pitched the 1st no-hitter ever at Fenway Park, over 4 years after its grand opening in 1912
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