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thecaptain
03-08-04, 07:41 AM
1973
» Yankee teammates Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich arrive at spring training and announce that wives and families have been swapped. Even the family dogs were traded.
1986
» The Braves trade C Rick Cerone and a pair of minor leaguers to the Brewers for C Ted Simmons.
1942
» Variety, the week entertainment newspaper, wades in against "droopy drawers" in baseball. "Joe DiMaggio and Carl Hubbell are the silliest looking pair we've seen. Way back in the days when the speed boys were stealing 40 to 90 bases a year, you'll remember they used to roll their pants just below the knee. Now they've got 'em almost to their shoes. The theory here is that the constriction inherent in the new style can slow a player a full stride getting to first."

thecaptain
03-08-04, 07:43 AM
1922
» Babe Ruth signs for three years at $52,000 a year. The-next-highest paid New York player is Home Run Baker at $16,000. 1992
» Yankees P Pascual Perez is suspended for one year for violation of baseball's drug policy.

1987
» Free agent Andre Dawson signs a one-year contract with the Cubs for the bargain-basement price of $650,000. Dawson, who had offered to sign a contract with the dollar amount left blank just so he could play on the natural grass at Wrigley Field and save his fragile knees, will hit 49 home runs and win the National League MVP Award this season.

1884
» High winds in New York destroy much of the fence and blow off part of the Polo Grounds grandstand roof, depositing it a block away.

thecaptain
03-08-04, 07:45 AM
1998
» Yankees sign P Orlando Hernandez, brother of World Series hero Livan Hernandez, to a 4-year, $6.6 million contract. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/chronology/today.stm http://www.nationalpastime.com/

penguin4
03-08-04, 09:21 AM
Originally posted by thecaptain
1998
» Yankees sign P Orlando Hernandez

Funny, that's what we did yesterday.;)

Happy anniversary to this thread, btw!!

thecaptain
03-10-04, 08:58 AM
Originally posted by penguin4




Happy anniversary to this thread, btw!! thanks ..

TAG
03-18-04, 05:24 PM
Originally posted by penguin4


Funny, that's what we did yesterday.;)


:lol: