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2005 Avoiding arbitration, Roy Oswalt (20-10, 3.49) and the Astros agree to a two-year, $16.9 million deal. The 27-year-old right-hander has...
2000 After receiving a 'hometown' discount, the Reds trade pitchers Brett Tomko and Jake Meyer, center fielder Mike Cameron, and infielder...
1971 The Yankees announce Bill White will join Phil Rizzuto and Frank Messer on the WPIX broadcast team, becoming the first black to do...
******************************* FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+ 1910 Ground is broken in Chicago for a modern concrete-and-steel...
2/10 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS 1884 Billy Evans HOF umpire (American League 1906-27; at age 22, youngest umpire in MLB history) 1894 Herb Pennock HOF...
Today In 1971: Legendary pitcher Satchel Paige becomes the first player to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Special Committee on the...
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"The final out at Comiskey Park, Harold Reynolds grounds out. Scott Fletcher to Steve Lyons, September 30, 1990." [IMG]
Frank Tanana began his career as a hard throwing Strikeout pitcher, retired as a crafty lefty. In between he posted 240 Wins and 143 Complete...
Today In 1920: The spitball is outlawed in the major leagues - but allows 17 pitchers to continue using it until they retire! Future HOF'er...
2008 After auditioning for about two-thirds of the teams in the major leagues last month and considering offers from four clubs, Keith Foulke...
2001 After 13 months of negotiations, Derek Jeter and the Yankees finalize a $189 million,ten-year contract. The deal makes the All-Star...
1980 The Athletic Hall of Fame of Kent State University posthumously inducts Thurman Munson, the Yankee All-Star backstop who died in a plane...
