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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #4525 on: January 10, 2018, 12:04:43 am »

    On January 10 in Baseball History...


     1907 - John McGraw saves the day as he prevents a team of horses from injuring two west coast women. The fiery Giants’ manager's heroic deed of stopping the runaway steeds takes place in the City of Angels, Los Angeles.

    1928 - The Giants trade Rogers Hornsby to the Braves for Shanty Hogan and Jimmy Welsh. During Rajah's one-year stay in Boston, his third team in three seasons, the future Hall of Fame second baseman will lead the the major leagues in hitting with a .387 batting average along with an astounding .498 on-base-percentage playing and managing the seventh place club.

    1934 - William Walker is elected president of the Cubs replacing Bill Veeck Sr., a former sports writer who won three pennants (1918, 1929, and 1932) during his reign in Chicago's front office. The 56 year-old baseball executive, whose son will become an Hall of Fame major league owner, died of leukemia during the World Series.

    1945 - The BBWAA does not elect a new member for the Hall of Fame this year. Frank Chance, Rube Waddell and Ed Walsh, all of whom will be inducted by the Veterans' committee in 1946, get the most votes but fall short of the necessary three-fourths of the ballots to be selected.


    1950 - Indians' general manager Hank Greenberg relieves of his duties when the coach's son fails to sign with Tribe signs and is inked by the Red Sox. George Jr., who will makes his major league debut against the Yankees in 1955, compiles a 22-17 record in 117 games during his 5 seasons with Boston and Detroit.

    1950 - The Phillies officially abandon using the nickname of Blue Jays, a moniker that never caught the fancy of the Philadelphia fandom. The unpopular name had been selected from an entry in a 1944 contest, with the choice appearing as a logo on a sleeve patch for the following two seasons.


    1957 - Commissioner Ford Frick allows Bing Crosby, part of an 11-man syndicate that made a successful bid to buy the Tigers, to keep his token stock in the Detroit club although he is part owner of the Pirates. The famous crooner, who became one of the Buc's owners in 1946, presently has a 16% share of the club.

    1983 - A preliminary injunction is issued by the New York Supreme Court barring the Yankees from playing their opening games against the Tigers in Denver. The Bronx Bombers sought to move games fearing the renovations to the stadium would not be completed on time.

    1984 - Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, and Don Drysdale are elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA.


    1991 - In one of the worst trades ever made in baseball history, the Orioles send pitchers Curt Schilling and Pete Harnish and outfielder Steve Finley to the Astros for first baseman Glen Davis. Davis, who averaged 27 home runs in six seasons playing in the Astrodome with Houston, will hit only 24 dingers in three injury-filled years as Schilling becomes one of the most dominant hurlers in the game and Harnish and Finley develop into solid major league players.

    2001 - In an effort to authenticate autographed and game-used merchandise sold by its licensees, Major League Baseball has hired Arthur Andersen, an accounting company to assure the authenticity of approximately 40,000 items this season. The memorabilia will have a tamper proof hologram and an ID number with a company official observing the removal of the item being physically taken from the player or event.

    2001 - As part of its 100th Anniversary festivities, the Indians present three-time All-Star Jim Thome with his very own bobblehead doll. The first baseman is one of seven current Cleveland players which will be part of the bobblehead doll promotional giveaways to celebrate the club's centennial this season.



    2002 - Although he missed most of the second half of the season playing for the White Sox due to undergoing back surgery, the Yankees sign David Wells to a two-year, $7-million contract to re-join the team. After posting a 34-14 record including a perfect game from 1997-98, 'Boomer' was traded to the Blue Jays, where he had his only 20-win season, in a deal for Roger Clemens.


    2002 - Representative John Conyers Jr., the House Judiciary Committee's ranking Democratic, said he would back off asking Bud Selig to resign if the commissioner dropped his threat to eliminate teams this season. Selig in a two-page letter to the Michigan lawmaker was unequivocal in his response stating the suggestions made were wholly unacceptable.

    2005 - The Milwaukee Brewers traded Travis Hinton to Chicago White Sox completing trade in which the Milwaukee Brewers traded Scott Podsednik, Luis Vizcaino and a player to be named later to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Carlos Lee (December 13, 2004).

    2006 - Bruce Sutter becomes just the fourth relief pitcher to get into the Hall of Fame, and the first hurler ever elected without a career major league start. The split fingered fastball, which will eventual lead to career ending injuries, helped to establish the right-hander as one of the game’s dominant closers.

    2007 - The Cincinnati Reds traded Russ Haltiwanger to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for Jeff Keppinger.

    2008 - The Astros and Darin Erstad (.248, 4, 32) agree to a $1 million, one-year deal which also includes incentives. The 33-year-old free agent outfielder, a lifetime .284 hitter, saw limited duty with the White Sox last season after spending 11 superb seasons with the Angels.

    2011 - The Chicago White Sox signed Will Ohman as a free agent.


    2013 - The Chicago Cubs signed Brent Lillibridge as a free agent.

    2014 - The New York Yankees signed Matt Thornton as a free agent.

    2015 - The Tampa Bay Rays signed Asdrubal Cabrera as a free agent.

    2015 - Tampa Bay Rays traded Ben Zobrist and Yunel Escobar to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for John Jaso, Daniel Robertson, Boog Powell and cash.

    2017 - The Chicago White Sox signed Geovany Soto as a free agent.




    Baseball Birthdays on January 10...


    1835 - Wright, Harry
    1859 - Dolan, Tom
    1863 - Pettee, Pat
    1870 - Houseman, John
    1873 - Stahl, Chick
    1873 - O'Neill, Jack
    1876 - Puhl, John
    1879 - MacGamwell, Ed
    1879 - McNichol, Ed
    1887 - Russell, Harvey
    1888 - Pratt, Del
    1888 - Pearce, George
    1888 - Ohl, Joe
    1890 - Watson, Milt
    1893 - Herrmann, Marty
    1894 - Gingras, Joe
    1898 - Stauffer, Ed
    1908 - Swift, Bill

    1910 - Peac0ck, Johnny
    1918 - Lillard, Bill
    1922 - Chambers, Cliff
    1926 - Strickland, George
    1928 - Dittmer, Jack
    1935 - Bowsfield, Ted
    1937 - O'Toole, Jim

    1938 - McCovey, Willie
    1940 - Skaugstad, Dave
    1943 - Campbell, Jim
    1944 - Dobson, Chuck
    1946 - Korince, George
    1946 - Geishert, Vern
    1948 - Hardy, Larry
    1951 - Martz, Gary
    1956 - Rohn, Dan
    1958 - Keedy, Pat
    1959 - Dotson, Richard

    1960 - Torve, Kelvin
    1960 - Brower, Bob
    1962 - Diaz, Mario
    1962 - Lindeman, Jim
    1967 - Baez, Kevin
    1973 - Rath, Gary
    1976 - Jimenez, Jason
    1976 - Kennedy, Adam
    1977 - Bauer, Rick
    1980 - Roney, Matt
    1983 - Santana, Ervin
    1984 - Jones, Hunter
    1985 - Gervacio, Sam
    1987 - Dennick, Ryan
    1987 - Espino, Paolo
    1987 - Rosario, Alberto
    1988 - Dolis, Rafael
    1988 - Gurka, Jason
    1989 - Miranda, Ariel
    1991 - Steckenrider, Drew
    1992 - Healy, Ryon



    Baseball Deaths on January 10...


    1907 - Langsford, Bob
    1917 - McFetridge, Jack
    1951 - Delahanty, Tom
    1952 - Ely, Bones
    1956 - McBride, Algie
    1960 - Fabrique, Bunny
    1962 - Shafer, Tillie
    1962 - Bratschi, Fred

    1966 - Reese, Andy
    1970 - Freeman, Harvey
    1977 - Frazier, Vic

    1980 - Critz, Hughie
    1983 - Torres, Gil
    1986 - Johnson, Roy
    1987 - Makosky, Frank
    1987 - Hiller, Frank
    1996 - Schultz, Joe
    1997 - Picciuto, Nick
    1997 - Marchildon, Phil
    2004 - Pyle, Ewald
    2005 - Fine, Tommy
    2016 - Brown, Alton


           


           










 

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