⚾️On July 22, 1996 after being traded by the Cleveland Indians yesterday for pitcher Kent Mercker, Eddie Murray returns to the team that drafted him in 1973, the Baltimore Orioles. Murray doesn’t disappoint as he smacks a 2-run homer in the 5th inning off Minnesota’s Rich Robertson. It marked Murray’s 334th home run in an Orioles uniform and the 492nd of his career. However, the Twins would go on to beat the Orioles 9-5. Drafted by the Orioles in 1973, “Steady Eddie” had several successful seaso

⚾️On May 31, 1996 in the 8th inning of Cleveland’s eventual 10-4 win over Milwaukee, the Indians’ Albert Belle blasts the Brewers’ Fernando Vina with a forearm shiver to break up a double play. Belle was hit twice by pitches, once in the 8th inning and once in the 9th. An all out brawl broke out between the Indians and Brewers in the bottom of the 9th. Belle, Mike Matheny and Julian Tavarez were suspended 5 games each.⚾️ | Davenport Sports Network

May 31, 1996: Indians slugger Albert Belle puts a huge forearm into Brewers infielder Fernando Vina to break up the double play. The AL suspended Belle for this incident. Excessive, maybe but here is the full story. Belle was carrying out the orders of Cleveland Indians first base coach Dave Nelson who chewed out Belle for failing to do the same thing to Vina earlier in the game. "I definitely had no intentions of trying to hurt him or end his career or knock him out for the rest of the season,″