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1902 A Chicago Daily News headline reads, 'Manager of the Cubs is in Doubt Only on Two Positions,' marking the first time the team's nickname has appeared in print. Although the moniker has been around since 1890, the Orphans, also known as the Colts and White Stockings, will not officially adopt the Cubs as its new name until 1907.

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1935 In the bottom of the ninth inning, Russell Hinaga singles off future Hall of Fame Russian-born pitcher Victor Starffin, giving the San Jose Asahi, a hometown Japanese American semi-pro team, a 3-2 victory over the powerful Tokyo Giants. The visitors, who will avenge their loss to the 'Morning Suns,' next year, are touring the United States to promote the formation of a Japanese professional league, which they plan to established in the Land of the Rising Sun next season.

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1967 Giants' right-hander Juan Marichal ends his 29-day holdout when he becomes the third $100,000 major league pitcher in history, joining Dodger hurlers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. The 'Dominican Dandy' also reported to spring training late last season but proceeded to win his first ten games en route to a 25-6 record.

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1973 Twins' right-hander Jim Perry becomes the first player to use the '10 and 5 rule' when he okays his trade to the Tigers for minor league pitcher Dan Fife and cash. During his one season in Detroit, Gaylord's brother will post a 14-13 (.519) record along with an ERA of 4.03 in 35 appearances with the team.

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1973 Hoping to make the team in spring training, right-hander Denny McLain is released by the Braves, in effect ending his career two days before his 29th birthday. During his ten-year major league tenure, the former 30-game winner compiled a 131-92 career record with an ERA of 3.39.

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1981 Boston's Gold Glove catcher Carlton Fisk is declared a free agent by major league baseball, much to the chagrin of the Fenway Faithful. The 33 year-old backstop can now negotiate with other teams for his services because he received his contract from the Red Sox two days after the deadline.

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1987 The Mets trade backup catcher Ed Hearn, right-hander Rick A. Anderson, and pitching prospect Mauro Gozzo to the Royals for David Cone and minor leaguer Chris Jelic. The 24-year-old right-hander, who will compile an 80-48 (.625) record during his first six seasons in New York, posts a 5-6 mark this season, with Hearn appearing in only 15 games for Kansas City.

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1989 The April 3 issue of Sports Illustrated, available on newsstands today, features a six-page article by Craig Neff and Lieber that exposes Pete Rose's gambling activities. The piece entitled Rose's Grim Vigil alleges 'Charlie Hustle' bet from the Riverfront Stadium dugout using hand gestures with an associate.

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1992 The Brewers trade Gary Sheffield to the Padres for pitcher Ricky Bones and minor leaguers Jose Valentin and Matt Mieske. Sheffield, Milwaukee's first-round pick (sixth overall) in the 1986 draft, will hit .330 for his new team this season, winning the National League batting crown.

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2002 After being told he would not be an everyday player, the Expos give 37 year-old Jose Canseco his unconditional release. The 1986 Rookie of the Year and 1988 MVP of the American League ends his 17-year career with 462 home runs while batting .266, playing with five different clubs in the Junior Circuit.

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2002 The Cubs, in need of a closer due to Tom Gordon's muscle tear, trade righties Julian Tavarez (10-9, 4.52) and Jose Cueto, southpaw Dontrelle Willis, and catcher Ryan Jorgensen to the Marlins for Antonio Alfonseca (4-4, 28 saves) and right-hander Matt Clement (9-10, 5.05). Willis, next season's National League Rookie of the Year, will become a 20-game winner for the Fish in 2005.

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2008 At the start of spring training, Hideki Matsui, who already planned to be wed in a few weeks, a fact not known to the Bronx Bombers, makes a wager with some of his teammates about who would be the first to get married. A surprised Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu agree to pay off the bet after learning the Yankee slugger pulled a fast one on them by getting 'hitched' in New York on the club's off-day yesterday.

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2009 In a Kansai Independent League game played at the Osaka Dome, knuckleballer Eri Yoshida makes her debut, becoming Japan's first female professional baseball player. The 17-year-old faces two batters on Opening Day, walking one and striking out the other, in the ninth inning of the Kobe 9 Cruise's 5-0 victory over the hometown Gold Villicanes.

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2011 Boston starter Daisuke Matsuzaka will make a $1 million contribution to the Red Sox Foundation for victims of the earthquake and tsunami in his native Japan. The team's official charity has raised more than $1.3 million in response to the March 11 disaster, including personal donations from other Japanese players Hideki Okajima, Junichi Tazawa, and Itsuki Shoda.

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2011 The Nationals trade Nyjer Morgan to the Brewers in exchange for minor league infielder Cutter Dykstra and cash. Washington sends the light-hitting fleet-footed outfielder to Milwaukee to obtain the Class A minor league third baseman, the son of former major leaguer Lenny Dykstra.
2012 Embattled owner Frank McCourt agrees to sell the Dodgers to a group that includes former LA Lakers star Magic Johnson and former baseball executive Stan Kasten for $2 billion, the highest amount ever paid for a team in the history of professional sports. The sale price far exceeds the $1.47 billion Malcolm Glazer paid for the English soccer team Manchester United in 2005.
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On March 27 in Baseball History...

• • 1902 - The nickname Cubs is coined by the Chicago Daily News, when an unbylined column notes that, Frank Selee will devote his strongest efforts on the team work of the new Cubs this year. In time, the Cubs will replace the Colts as the nickname for Chicago's N.L. club.
  • 1948 - Hank Greenberg, who tormented the Indians for most of his career as a member of the Tigers, is hired as Cleveland's farm club director by Bill Veeck.
  • 1986 - Major league baseball's Rules Committee votes to change the designated hitter rule for the World Series, allowing a DH to be used in all games played in the A.L. club's home park. Since 1976, the DH had been used in all games in alternating years.
  • 1987 - In what will turn out to be an extremely lopsided trade, the Mets send catcher Ed Hearn and minor leaguers Rick Anderson and Mauro Gozzo to the Royals in exchange for David Cone and minor leaguer Chris Jelic. Cone will blossom into one of the N.L.'s better starters, posting a 20-3 record for the Mets in 1988.

Baseball Birthdays on March 27...

• • 1852 - Cushman, Ed
  • 1856 - Tyng, Jim
  • 1869 - Lyons, Toby
  • 1869 - Wynne, Bill
  • 1870 - Siefke, Fred
  • 1875 - Magoon, George
  • 1879 - Huggins, Miller
  • 1882 - Collins, Bill
  • 1891 - Rumler, William
  • 1895 - Burwell, Bill
  • 1897 - Lucey, Joe
  • 1899 - Walker, Marty
  • 1899 - Hock, Ed
  • 1903 - Dwyer, Double Joe
  • 1905 - Gill, Johnny
  • 1906 - Tauby, Fred
  • 1910 - Sherlock, Vince
  • 1910 - Sundra, Steve
  • 1911 - Stephenson, Walter
  • 1915 - Kimball, Newt
  • 1924 - Linden, Walt
  • 1927 - Rozek, Dick
  • 1929 - Smith, Milt
  • 1931 - Prescott, Bobby
  • 1932 - Covington, Wes
  • 1933 - Lassetter, Don
  • 1946 - Sudakis, Bill
  • 1946 - Jackson, Mike
  • 1950 - McGlothen, Lynn
  • 1950 - Harris, Vic
  • 1951 - Ruthven, Dick
  • 1953 - Alexander, Gary
  • 1956 - Hostetler, Dave
  • 1957 - Van Gorder, Dave
  • 1963 - Hall, Drew
  • 1963 - Dalton, Mike
  • 1967 - Navarro, Jaime
  • 1967 - Sierra, Candy
  • 1968 - Quinlan, Tom
  • 1970 - Aucoin, Derek
  • 1972 - Melhuse, Adam
  • 1972 - Gubanich, Creighton
  • 1977 - Rolison, Nate
  • 1978 - Brown, Dee
  • 1979 - Cuddyer, Mike

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Appointment Way Too Early Monday so the 3/28 post is a tad early​

 

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1930 Frank Malzone, MLB player (Boston Red Sox), born in the Bronx, New York (d. 2015)

1968 J T Snow, American baseball 1st baseman (NY Yankees, California Angels)

1968 Mike Milchin, pitcher (Minnesota Twins), born in Knoxville, Tennessee

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1903 Pittsburgh owner Barney Dreyfuss and James Potter lead a syndicate to buy the Phillies from John Rogers and A. J. Reach for $170,000. Owning more than one team will not be prohibited for another seven years.
1966 Refusing to report to spring training, Dodger pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin their joint holdout, asking for a $1 million, three-year contract, to be divided equally between them. The deal, equivalent to an annual salary of $167,000 for each hurler, will make them the best-paid baseball players, easily surpassing Willie Mays' $125,000 yearly paycheck with the Giants

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1975 The Mets purchase slugger Dave Kingman from the Giants. San Francisco drafted the 26-year-old first baseman/outfielder as the team's first pick in the initial round of the secondary phase of the 1970 amateur draft.

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1985 Rick Reuschel signs as a free agent with the Pirates, spending the first two months in the minors. After being called up in May, 'Big Daddy' will win 14 games and be named the National League's Comeback Player of the Year by the Sporting News.

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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.