Chicago Cubs (39-23, first in the NL Central) vs. Detroit Tigers (41-23, first in the AL Central) Detroit; Friday, 7:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Ben Brown (3-3, 5.72 ERA, 1.47 WHIP, 71 ...

1921 — Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees became baseball’s career home run leader by hitting his 120th off Cleveland’s Jim Bagby in the third inning. The Indians took the game 8-6.

Every year at the trade deadline, there's at least one Major League Baseball team that admits defeat and puts together one heck of a fire sale of its soon-expiring assets.