» July 15, 1994: In the first inning at Comiskey Park, Sox manager Gene Lamont accuses Indian slugger Albert Belle of using a corked bat, and umpire Dave Phillips confiscates the bat and stores it in the ump's dressing room. In a Mission Impossible caper revealed in 1999, the Indians Jason Grimsley crawls 100 feet along a ceiling, drops down into the dressing room, and exchanges Belle's bat for one of Paul Sorrento's. After the 3–2 Indian's win, the switch is discovered to the consternation of the umps and the White Sox. The Indians subsequently turn over one of Belle's bats and Belle is given a 10-day suspension, later reduced to seven games.

» May 9, 1995: The Indians score eight runs before any outs are recorded in the 1st inning, tying a major league record. Paul Sorrento, Kenny Lofton and Carlos Baerga each hit home runs in the stanza, as Cleveland goes on to a 10-0 victory behind Orel Hershiser and Paul Assenmacher.

» January 3, 1996: The Mariners sign free agent 1B Paul Sorrento.

» May 14, 1996: Dwight Gooden, on the verge of being dropped from the Yankees just two weeks ago, twirls a no-hitter to sink the Mariners, 2–0. Dr. No walks two in the 9th, but retires Ken Griffey, Jr., K's Jay Buhner, and induces Paul Sorrento to pop out to end it. Gerald Williams saves the no-hitter when he runs down a 400-foot Alex Rodriguez liner in the first inning and turns it into a double play. Gooden (2–3) has now thrown 16 straight innings of hitless ball.

» August 18, 1996: In a wild contest in New York, the Mariners jump out to an 8-0 lead over the Yankees. The New Yorkers strike back with seven runs in their half of the 4th inning to edge within 1. Seattle scores twice in the 6th, but the Yankees ties the score in the bottom half of the inning with three runs of their own. The score remains tied at 10-10 going into the 12th inning. Seattle scores three in the top half of the inning, two on 1B Paul Sorrento's 2nd homer of the game. New York fights back with two in the bottom of the inning, but falls one shy, losing, 13-12. The Yankees remain five 1/2 games ahead of Baltimore in the American League East, while Seattle stays six games behind Texas in 2nd place in the AL West.

» April 15, 1997: Seattle 1B Paul Sorrento gets five hits, including a pair of doubles, and drives home four runs in the Mariners' 8-4 win over Cleveland to move one game ahead of the Athletics in the AL West.

» June 19, 1997: Seattle's Randy Johnson wins his seventh straight beating the Texas Rangers, 2–1, allowing one unearned run and four hits in seven innings. while striking out six. Bobby Ayala finished. Ken Hill takes the loss, serving up home run pitches to Paul Sorrento and Jay Buhner. Sorrento has now hit seven home runs at The Ballpark in Arlington, tops among Rangers opponents.

» June 25, 1997: Seattle beats Oakland 9–4 with the help of homers by Paul Sorrento, Edgar Martinez and backup C John Marzano, his first since 1989. Oakland outhits the M's 12–11.

» December 8, 1997: The Devil Rays sign free agent 1B Paul Sorrento to a 2-year contract. Tomorrow, they agree to terms with free agent 3B Wade Boggs.

» May 22, 1999: Mo Vaughn's single in the 8th snaps a tie and rescues Steve Sparks wild knuckler as the Angles beat the Devil Rays, 8–6. In the 3rd inning, Sparks hits Paul Sorrento to load the bases, then plunks the next two batters with a knuckler. He is the 4th pitcher to hit three batters in a row, joining Houston's C.J. Nitkowski (1988), White Sox Wilbur Wood (1977) and Pittsburgh's Dock Ellis (1974). He also plunks Jose Canseco in the 1st inning to tie the ML mark for HPB. Sparks only allows five hits, but walks six in addition to hitting 4.