1997 Event Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams 1994 Event Gary Larson, announces he is retiring from doing "Far Side" cartoon 1989 Event Despite retiring May 29, Mike Schmidt elected to start All Star game 1982 Event Joe Altobelli succeeds retiring Earl Weaver as Oriole manager 1977 Event Seattle's John Montague pitches 6 2/3 innings of perfect relief tying 2 game record of retiring 33 consecutive batsmen 1970 Event New York Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 (BTG was there)
