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 * August 14 - Hall of Fame member and longtime New York Yankees shortstop and announcer Phil Rizzuto dies at the age of 89 in a nursing home in West Orange, New Jersey. (AP via Yahoo)
 * August 14 - Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox is ejected in the fifth inning of the Braves' 5-4 win over the San Francisco Giants. The ejection is the 132nd of Cox's career, breaking the record set by John McGraw more than 70 years ago. (AP via Yahoo)
 * August 7 - In baseball, Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run in the fifth inning of the San Francisco Giants' game against the Washington Nationals at AT&T Park. (Newsday.com)