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1986 Joaquin Andujar, Dale Berra, Enos Cabell, Keith Hernandez, Jeffrey Leonard, Dave Parker, and Lonnie Smith, known as the 'Cocaine Seven,' are severely disciplined by Commissioner Peter Ueberroth for their "prolonged pattern of drug use" and the distribution of drugs to others in the sport. The players are suspended for a full season but will be allowed to play when they agree to donate ten percent of their base salaries to drug-related community service in the city they played, submit to random drug testing, and do one hundred hours of community service.
1989 Red Schoendienst, who spent 19 years in the major leagues and managed the Cardinals to a world championship in 1967, and Al Barlick, a 29-year veteran umpire, best known for his booming voice, are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. The pair joins last month's BBWAA selections Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski.

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1990 After meeting for more than five hours and taking three ballots, the Veterans Committee does not select a player for induction to the Hall of Fame for the second time in three years. The finalists, Phil Rizzuto, Nellie Fox, Richie Ashburn, Leo Durocher, Joe Gordon, Tony Lazzeri, Cecil Travis, Carl Mays, Vic Willis, Hal Newhouser, and umpire Bill McGowan do not receive the 11 votes required for election from the 14 members present at the annual meeting.

 

2000 "In the end, I could not ignore Darryl's past infractions and concluded that each of us must be held accountable for his or her actions. I am hopeful that he will use this time away from the game productively and will care for himself and his family." - BASEBALL COMMISSIONER BUD SELIG, commenting on his decision to suspend Darryl Strawberry. Baseball suspends Yankee outfielder/DH Darryl Strawberry for one year after he tests positive for cocaine last month. Commissioner Bud Selig does not make any provision for an early return to the eight-time All-Star game from the suspension based on good behavior.

2005 Right-hander Jake Peavy (15-6, 2.27) and the Padres agree to the terms of a four-year deal, with the team holding an option for a fifth year. The 23-year-old right-hander, who led the majors with the lowest ERA, opted to sign now rather than take a chance in his first year of salary arbitration eligibility after the season.

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2011 The U.S. government places a plaque at Jackie Robinson's former apartment in Montreal as a tribute to the Canadian city for their exemplary treatment of the future Hall of Fame infielder. The season before he broke the color barrier, the Dodger farmhand led the hometown Royals to the 1946 International League championship with a .349 batting average and earned the circuit's Most Valuable Player for his outstanding performance with the team.

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2014 In an online contest sponsored by the MLB Network, the fans choose Mets' third baseman David Wright as the Face of Major League Baseball. The seven-time All-star, dubbed Captain America" due to his heroics last season's WBC, narrowly beat out A's infielder Eric Sogard in the bracket-style competition where fans voted on Twitter.

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On March 28 in Baseball History...

• • 1977 - The Rangers' Len Randle, angry for having been benched during spring training, attacks 50-year-old manager Frank Lucchesi, sending him to the hospital with a shattered cheekbone. Lucchesi helped precipitate the incident by calling the usually good-natured Randle a punk.
  • 1978 - The A's release Dick Allen, ending a stormy 15-year career which produced 351 home runs, 1,119 RBI, a .292 batting average, and a .534 slugging mark.
  • 1985 - The April 1 issue of Sports Illustrated contains a fictitious article about a Mets pitching prospect named Sidd Finch, whose fastball has been timed at 168 miles per hour. Author George Plimpton offers bogus quotes from real-life members of the Mets, as well as several staged photos, and fools readers nationwide.
  • 1990 - A plan to allow starting pitchers to earn victories with only three innings pitched (because of the abbreviated spring training period) is scrapped, but teams will be allowed to open the regular season with 27-man rosters instead of the allowed maximum of 25.

Baseball Birthdays on March 28...

• • 1860 - McLaughlin, Tom
  • 1875 - Barrett, Jimmy
  • 1875 - Gleason, Harry
  • 1890 - Johnston, Johnny
  • 1890 - Walsh, Dee
  • 1894 - King, Lee (EL)
  • 1899 - Hermann, Al
  • 1907 - Masters, Walt
  • 1909 - Warneke, Lon
  • 1911 - Pickrel, Clarence
  • 1915 - Krakauskas, Joe
  • 1919 - Raschi, Vic
  • 1920 - Hancock, Fred
  • 1920 - Martin, Babe
  • 1929 - MacDonald, Bill
  • 1935 - Shifflett, Garland
  • 1936 - Coker, Jimmie
  • 1949 - Snook, Frank
  • 1961 - Davis, Glenn
  • 1964 - Fitzgerald, Mike
  • 1967 - Boskie, Shawn
  • 1967 - Gonzales, Larry
  • 1969 - Paquette, Craig
  • 1973 - Wilson, Paul
  • 1974 - Christenson, Ryan
  • 1975 - Sparks, Steve
  • 1975 - Zuleta, Julio

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1867 Cy Young Hall of Fame pitcher (most wins in MLB history 511), born in Gilmore, Ohio (d. 1955)

1917 Tommy Holmes outfielder (MLB All Star 1945, 48; NL HR leader 1945; Boston Braves) and manager (Boston Braves), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2008)

1944 Denny McLain pitcher (AL Cy Young Award 1968-69; AL MVP 1968; MLB All-Star 66, 68, 69; Detroit Tigers), born in Markham, Illinois

1961 Mike Kingery outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in St. James, Minnesota

1962 Billy Beane outfielder, executive (Oakland Athletics), born in Orlando, Florida

1966 Eric Gunderson, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), born in Portland, Oregon
1967 Brian Jordan, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1972 Alex Ochoa outfielder (NY Mets), born in Miami, Florida

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1933 After missing half of last season when he broke his leg, Cubs outfielder Kiki Cuyler breaks his other leg and will miss nearly three months of this season. The 36 year-old future Hall of Famer has led the league in stolen bases four times and will finish with 328 career steals.

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1935 The reigning National League champion Cardinals release 44-year-old right-hander Dazzy Vance, who appeared in his first and only World Series this season. The future Hall of Fame hurler will return to the Dodgers, where he spent the most productive years of his career, finishing his major league 16-year tenure in the major leagues with a 197-140 (.585) record along with an ERA of 3.24.

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1944 During a Pacific Coast League minor league exhibition game, Oakland lends L.A. five players after some of their opponents suffer an assortment of injuries in a car accident. The 'visiting' team beats the hometown Oaks, 6-2.
1948 Thirty-four players participate in an unusually long exhibition game when the Yankees and the Red Sox take 17 innings to play to a 2-2 tie. The four-hour, two-minute contest features the Bronx Bombers scoring runs in the bottom of the ninth and tenth innings to keep the score knotted, but the team fails to push in the winning run in the final frame when Frank Crosetti attempts a two-out bunt to squeeze in a runner from third.