On this day in sports: June 9

1. 2011 Died: Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (born 1956) Source
2. 2012 Died: Hawk Taylor, American baseball player and coach (born 1939) Source
3. 2014 Died: Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach (born 1956) Source
4. 2019 Dominican-American retired baseball player David Ortiz was shot and severely wounded while at a bar in Santo Domingo. Source

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