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Relief

1998 "Comic Relief" benefit comedy show 1990 Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million 1990 Oriole Gregg Olson sets relief pitcher rec of 41 cons scoreless inns 1989 Balt's Gregg Olson is 1st relief pitcher to win AL Rookie of Year 1987 Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief 1985 "Live Aid" concert raises over $70 million for African famine relief 1985 Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief 1981 Rollie Fingers is 1st relief pitcher to win AL MVP 1977 Seattle's John Montague pitches 6 2/3 innings of perfect relief tying 2 game record of retiring 33 consecutive batsmen 1976 Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years 1974 Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award 1974 Mel Stottlemyre's AL record 272nd consecutive start, without relief 1973 Dodgers trade Willie Davis to Expos for relief pitcher Mike Marshall 1965 Denny McLain in relief strikesout 1st 7 batters faced and record 14 in 6 2/3 innings, Bill Freehan ties catcher record of 19 putouts 1963 Oriole's Dick Hall retires his 28th consecutive player in relief 1953 Red Sox Ben Flowers sets then record of 8 consecutive games in relief 1952 New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game and hits his only HR 1951 Richard "Goose" Gossage, relief pitcher, Yankees, Padres, A's 1946 Rollie Fingers, relief pitcher, Oakland Athletics, MVP/Cy Young-1981 1944 Sparky Lyle, relief pitcher, New York Yankees, Cy Young 1943 United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration forms 1942 Walter Johnson pitches to Babe Ruth in pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for New York - Washington game (raises $80,000 for Army-Navy relief 1942 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund 1939 White Sox reliever Clint Brown sets record of 61st relief appearance 1936 Indians' Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief 1935 1st U.S. surgical operation for relief of angina pectoris, Cleveland 1933 Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy and farmers 1932 Jack Burnett gets 9 hits, Eddie Rommel relieves in 2nd 18-17 victory in 18 as his A's beats Indians in longest relief job 1915 Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st and winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever 1912 Relief laws replaces those of 1854, in Netherlands 1906 Cub's Pitcher Jack Taylor ends a string of completing 202 games (187 complete, 15 relief) by Dodgers in 3rd inning 1900 Franklin C Fry, U.S. minister, Lutheran World Relief 1857 Relief of Lucknow by Havelock and Outram begins 1834 Antonius van Gils, RC theologist (against Relief), dies at 75 1831 Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75 1566 Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies

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