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Carlos Quintana started a Major and Minor League game on the same day in 1989. (Getty Images)

Danville Leafs shortstop Mike Romello punched umpire Emil Davidzuk in the seventh inning after being called out for leaving third base early. A judge witnessed the incident from the stands and ordered a warrant charging Romello with assault. Romello pled guilty in court five days later, received a $25 fine and was suspended for the rest of the season by Carolina League president Ted Mann.

Franklin Stubbs, the Dodgers' first-round pick in the '82 draft, belted four home runs in one game for the Triple-A Albuquerque Dukes.

Pawtucket first baseman Carlos Quintana and his teammates took the field at 6 p.m. for the opening game of a doubleheader against Iowa. A few minutes later, Boston Red Sox general manager Lou Gorman summoned Quintana to Fenway Park to play first base for the parent club at 7:30. When the top of the first inning ended in Pawtucket, Quintana was hustled to a waiting station wagon and whisked to Boston, some 40 miles away. Quintana, already wearing a Red Sox uniform, put on a Boston cap and took his position at Fenway just in time for the game, earning him the rare distinction of starting a Minor League game and a Major League game on the same day.

The Birmingham Barons celebrated the centennial of Rickwood Field, the country's oldest ballpark, at the 15th annual Rickwood Classic. Marquez Smith spoiled the celebration with an 11th-inning homer that gave the Tennessee Smokies an 8-7 triumph over Birmingham. Dozens of the ballpark's Southern Association and Negro League alumni were in attendance, including Hall of Fame slugger and guest of honor Harmon Killebrew. Embracing the occasion, vendors sold 10-cent editions of The Rickwood Times, a Dixieland-style jazz band pumped out tunes from a spot directly behind home plate, players sat atop the dugouts and the umpires called the game wearing bow ties and dress shirts. More >

Bryce Harper capped a four-hit game with a walk-off two-run homer in the 10th inning as the Hagerstown Suns edged the Greenville Drive, 9-8. It was the top prospect's second straight game with a homer and fourth consecutive multi-hit performance, raising his batting average to .346. More >