Days in Sports
What Happened in Sports: September 20, 2021
See what happened in sports on September 20, 2021 ft. Salvador Perez setting the Catcher HR record, Aaron Rodgers big MNF performance, and more!
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September 20th, 2021 was remembered for Salvador Perez breaking the all-time single-season HR record among primary Catchers with his 46th HR of 2021, surpassing Johnny Bench’s historic mark. Aaron Rodgers rebounded after an abysmal Week 1 with a near-perfect Week 2 performance to lead Green Bay over Detroit on Monday Night Football while Jesus Sanchez’s bare-handed catch brought flashbacks of other great one-handed grabs.
See what happened in sports on September 20th last year, headlined by Anthony Davis draining a GW-3PM to lift the LA Lakers over the Nuggets in Western Conference Finals Game 2 and NFL Sunday producing many great matchups and game-winners of it’s own (KC d. LAC in OT, Cowboys comeback vs. ATL, and Seattle stopping Cam Newton at the goal line) as well as what happened in sports on September 20th, 2019 ft. the end of the brief Antonio Brown era in New England after less than two weeks.
WHAT HAPPENED IN SPORTS OVERVIEW: This daily sports post 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, notable birthdays, and a quick recap of significant events on this day in sports history.
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7:10 PM: Toronto Blue Jays (84-65) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (92-58)
7:40 PM: St. Louis Cardinals (79-69) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (91-58)
NFL: CB Trevon Diggs, Dallas Cowboys (turns 23)
NFL: CB Trayvon Mullen, Las Vegas Raiders (24)
NFL: S Josh Jones, Jacksonville Jaguars (27)
NBA: SF Kyle Anderson, Memphis Grizzlies (28)
NFL: CB Jonathan Jones, New England Patriots (28)
MLB: RP Jeffrey Springs, Tampa Bay Rays (28)
NFL: RB Carlos Hyde, Jacksonville Jaguars (31)
MLB: RP Ken Giles, Seattle Mariners (31)
MLB: OF Ian Desmond, Colorado Rockies (36)
2020: Los Angeles Lakers PF Anthony Davis delivered the buzzer-beating GW-3PM to lift the Lakers to a 2-0 series lead over the Denver Nuggets in the bubble WCF. AD and Nikola Jokic combined to score all 22 of the final PTS in the game
2019: NFL finalized their release of the top-100 plays in NFL history to celebrate the NFL’s 100th anniversary with the “Immaculate Reception” from December 23, 1976 landing at #1 all-time
2019: New England Patriots released 7x Pro Bowl WR Antonio Brown just a couple weeks after signing him
2013: New York Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez passed Lou Gehrig for the most career Grand Slams of all-time with his 24th that lifted the Yankees to a 5-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants. A-Rod finished his career with 25 Grand Slams which stands as the all-time record
2009: Ray Lewis came through with an iconic TFL on 4th & 2 to seal the Baltimore Ravens’ win over the Chargers
2000: After 15 years with the New York Knicks, future HOF PF Patrick Ewing was traded to the Seattle Supersonics as part of a 4-team, 12-player deal
1998: Baltimore Orioles 3B Cal Ripken voluntarily pulled himself from the starting lineup, ending his record streak of 2,632 consecutive games played; he had not missed a game since May 30, 1982
1987: Chicago Bears RB Walter Payton broke the all-time NFL rushing touchdown record with the 107th of his career. Payton was then surpassed by Emmitt Smith about a decade later
1931: New York Yankees 1B Lou Gehrig broke his own AL single-season RBI record (set in 1927) of 175; he would extend the AL record to 184 by season’s end
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