An unidentified fan fell from the left-field seats onto the field at Citizens Bank Park during batting practice before last night's Phillies game.

The inadvertent swan diver had stepped in front of another fan, trying to intercept a ball being tossed by pitcher Adam Eaton.

The Phillies offered to take the fan to a hospital, but he declined. No injuries were reported. He must have landed on his head.

History lessons. This date has set the sports world buzzing several times.

On May 15 1941, Joe DiMaggio began his 56-game hitting streak against Chicago's Eddie Smith, going 1 for 4 with one RBI.

In 1960, the Phillies sent righthander Don Cardwell to the Chicago Cubs for a player destined to become one of the most popular Phillies ever - Tony Taylor. On May 15, just two days after the trade, Cardwell no-hit the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0, in the second game of a doubleheader at Wrigley Field. He is the only pitcher ever to throw a no-hitter in his first start after being traded.

On May 15 1971, Venezuelan-bred Canonero II added the Preakness Stakes to his earlier victory in the Kentucky Derby.

On the same date in 1973, Nolan Ryan of the California Angels pitched the first of a record seven no-hitters, beating the Kansas City Royals, 3-0.

And finally, in 1981, Neshaminy High grad Len Barker of Cleveland pitched the first perfect game in 13 years as the Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-0.

One more anniversary. The Indianapolis 500 on May 25 will be the 50th anniversary of the first run on the Brickyard by Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr.

A.J. Foyt started a record 35 consecutive 500s and won four, a record matched in 1987 by Al Unser Sr. and in 1991 by Rick Mears.

No one has won five.

Non-story of the week. Zenit St. Petersburg beat the Glasgow Rangers last night in Manchester, England, in a game marred by fan violence, including a stabbing.

Manchester police blamed the violence on "excessive alcohol consumption."

Gee, ya think?

A huge chip. The Eagles cut defensive end Jevon Kearse in February, writing off the final four years of an eight-year, $66 million deal he had signed in 2004.

Not surprisingly, he took it as a motivational factor.

"Back in '99 [when he was drafted], I had a chip on my shoulder," Kearse told the Associated Press. "Ten years later, that chip turned into a boulder, so now I've got a boulder on my shoulder. So, wow!"

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