This Day In Baseball - The Daily Rewind

August 12, 1912 three men attack Ty Cobb on his way to the Detroit rail station. Cobb sustains a cut on his shoulder but catches one of his attackers and pistol-whips him. To no one’s surprise, Cobb then travels to Syracuse and gets two hits in an exhibition game.There was no joy in Mudville on August 12th, 1940 as Ernest Lawrence Thayer, author of "Casey at the Bat", dies in Santa Barbara, CA at age 77.Cleveland and Detroit square off to decide ownership of the division lead. In a duel between the two aces‚ Bob Feller tops Hal Newhouser 8-5 and becomes the majors' first 20-game winner on August 12th, 1940. 1964 - Mickey Mantle sets a major league record hitting home runs from both sides of the plate for the 10th time in his career. Mantle hits a left-handed homer off Ray Herbert clear over the 461 ft. marker in centerfield that lands 15 rows into the bleachers, 502 ft. from the plate. On August 12th, 1995 the Dodgers defeat the Pirates‚ 11-10 in 11 innings on the oddest play of the year. With the p