50 years ago, the Baltimore Orioles and NY Yankees play a doubleheader at Yankees Stadium with an attendance of 15,159.

In Game 1, Mike Flanagan of the Orioles made his MLB Debut pitching 1.2 innings and striking out 2. The Orioles beat the Yankees 5-4. In Game 2, the Orioles beat the Yankees 2-1.

30 years ago today, Curtis Martin and Ty Law make their NFL Debut.

Doug Willams NFL Debut on this date.

July 13, 1912 - Jim Thorpe made his Olympic debut in Stockholm, Sweden. One of the premier multisport athletes of the last 200 years. Thorpe played professional football and was a Hall of Famer. He played professional baseball and was a Hall of Famer. He won multiple events in track and field, including decathlon. He has a right to the claim of the best athlete of all time. Here you have a fragile ticket that ia over 100 years old, preserved in excellent condition. On July 13, Thorpe made his Olympic debut. Only a handful of this tickets exist in any grade and if you have been graded by PSA as authentic.

OTD A groundbreaking broadcast debut in Chicago.

Mary Shane became one of the first female announcers in MLB history, making her debut on White Sox games over WMAQ radio and Channel 44. Mary joined Lorn Brown, Harry Caray and Jimmy Piersall in the booth. She was the first full-time female play by play broadcaster for a Major League Baseball team.

Shane only lasted the 1977 season. Shane was pulled from the White Sox Broadcasts before the 1977 season concluded and her contract was not renewed. While her voice was an issue, Mary distinguished herself as a hard worker.

Broadcasting partner Jimmy Piersall stated: “She never had a chance. Even a bad baseball player gets at least one full season to see if he’ll come around. But because of all the in-bred prejudice against a woman covering a baseball team, Mary didn’t even get that. It was a real shame, because I thought she had what it takes to make it. Someday, the idea of a woman bringing a woman’s perspective to baseball broadcasting will be a tremendous innovation somewhere.”

She returned to Massachusetts, where she became an award-winning sportswriter covering the Celtics, before passing away at 42, on November 1, 1987.