2009 - According to a report published on the New York Times Web site, Sammy Sosa is allegedly among the 104 Major League players who tested positive for PEDs in 2003. Sosa testified under oath before Congress at a public hearing in 2005 that he had never taken illegal performance enhancing drugs.
2008 – The final Hall of Fame Game, between the Cubs and Padres, is cancelled due to rain.
Born:
Edward Russell Malone (June 16, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois – June 1, 2006 in Laguna Hills, California) was a catcher in Major League Baseball.
Kerry Lee Wood (born June 16, 1977) is an American Major League Baseball closer for the Cleveland Indians. Wood recorded over 200 strikeouts in four out of his first five seasons, with a high of 266 in 2003.
Died:
June 16, 2008 – Bert Shepard, 87, pitcher who appeared in one game for the 1945 Senators despite having had his right leg amputated after his fighter plane was shot down during World War II.
June 16, 1996 - Mel Allen, 83, legendary broadcaster who spent over 35 years with the Yankees, also on national broadcasts and This Week in Baseball
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