Historically Speaking: 3-12-09

Good to be back in town, but staying on track with the theme of the week: brief. My liver's got a hankerin' for some beer that was canned/bottled in this decade, so I'm off in search of 'em. Some history for that ass, after the jizzy...

* Today in 1913, the Major League Baseball's American League gave the thumbs-up to the change of New York's baseball team name from the Highlanders to the Yankees.

* In 1951, the commissioner of MLB lost a dispute regarding whether or not he would stay in office. I'm guessing he, Happy Chandler, wasn't too happy about the decision.

* In NBA action, Bill Russell had his number six Celtics jersey retired at Boston Garden.

* Larry Bird drained 60 points for the Boston Celtics in a 1985 contest against the Atlanta Hawks. The mark was a club-record for the Celts.

* And in 1992, Milwaukee Buck Moses Malone became the fourth all-time scorer in league history.

Your Sports Illustrated quote of the day came from the mouth of...



...one-time Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Curt Schilling, who had this to say about his 6'4", 234-pound frame: "This isn't a body. It's a cruel family joke."