1973 Veteran third baseman Ron Santo thwarts the Cubs' plan to trade him when he becomes the first player to invoke the new 10 and 5 rule. The...
This Day in Baseball History December 5th 1950 Mel Ott leaves the Giants' organization, signing a two-year pact to manage the Pacific Coast...
Baseball Birthdays February 5, 2025 ************************************************** 1929 Al Worthington Alabama [IMG] 1934 Hank Aaron Hall of...
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Jackie Robinson talking to Nat King Cole - Wrigley Field [IMG]
Twilight at Ebbets Field. Jackie Robinson at the plate. [IMG]
2023 The Dodgers bypass their unofficial policy of retiring the numbers only of players who had been inducted into the National Baseball Hall...
2010 Justin Verlander and the Tigers finalized an $80 million, five-year deal to keep the talented hurler in the Motor City until 2014. The...
2002 The Minnesota Supreme Court refuses to consider an appeal of an injunction that forces the Twins to fulfill their Metrodome lease in 2002....
1990 Bobby Tolan's St. Petersburg Pelicans defeat the Palm Beach Tropics to win the first and only championship of the Senior Professional...
1971 After Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces former Negro League players will have a separate wing in the Hall of Fame, the outpouring of...
1969 As a guest on The Tonight Show, Bob Gibson shares with guest host Flip Wilson, using carefully chosen words, that the Major League...
1963 Mayor Robert Wagner signs a bill that officially changes the stadium's name under construction in Queens to William A. Shea Municipal...
1956 Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick introduces the Cy Young Memorial Award in memory of the Hall of Fame hurler who died last year, honoring...
This Day in Baseball History February 4th 1861 In front of a reported crowd of over 10,000 spectators, the champion Atlantics defeat the...
2/4/25 Baseball BIRTHDAYS *********** 1951 Stan Papi [IMG] 1962 Dan Plesac pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Indians [ATTACH]...
Boston #RedSox star Fred Lynn hammers a HR vs. Philadelphia #Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton during the 1979 All-Star Game at the Kingdome in...
A seven-time World Series-winning manager and baseball’s all-time leader in triples joined baseball’s greatest team #OTD in 1957 when Joe McCarthy...
