On This Day in Sports - March 10

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• 1913 - William Knox becomes first in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300
  
  
  
  
  
• 1941 - Larry MacPhail, Brooklyn Dodgers' general manager, predicts all players will wear batting helmets
  
  
  (In 1940 White Sox infielder Jackie Hayes became the first player in Major League Baseball to wear a batting helmet during a game)
  
• 1963 - Pete Rose debuts with hits in his two first at bats in spring training
  
  
  
  
• 1995 - Citing the labor unrest as the reason, former Chicago Bulls' great Michael Jordan announces he is leaving baseball to return to the NBA