Greatest 21 Days Baseball Profiles

Yankees reliever Ron Davis had just set the American League record for most consecutive strikeouts in relief - 8 - in May 1981 and Davis wasn't impressed, he told Newsday . He'd actually gotten nine-straight out to secure the Yankees win, his first recorded out on a popup, Newsday wrote . "Nothing special to me," Davis told Newsday afterward. "I just came in to get the save. Doesn't matter to me if they hit the ball on the ground or pop up or strike out. Just get out." Davis went on to have several special years in the majors, including four straight with the Twins where he saved more than 20 games. Overall, Davis saw time in 11 major league seasons  with five clubs, including the Yankees and Twins. Davis' career began in 1976, drafted by the Cubs in the third round out of Blinn College in Texas. Davis played his first two seasons at single-A Pompano Beach , then saw AA Midland in 1978 before being traded to the Yankees. Davis then made the Bronx...