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    FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+
    1888 In front of 2,000 spectators, the first indoor baseball game ever played takes place at the Philadelphia State Fairground Building. The Downtowners beat the Uptowners, 6-1, with the teams using a larger-than-usual ball, a crude bat, and their bare hands.
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    1927 Future Hall of Famer second baseman Jacob Nelson Fox is born in St. Thomas, Pennsylvania. 'Nellie,' a .288 career hitter playing for the A's, White Sox, and Astros during his 19 seasons in the big leagues, will become the last active major league player to have Connie Mack as a manager.
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    1958 All-time career stolen base leader outfielder Rickey Henderson is born in Chicago. The 'Man of Steal' will end his 25-year Hall of Fame career with 1406 thefts.
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    1989 Billy Martin dies in an automobile accident as a passenger on an icy road near his home in Binghamton, New York. An unconfirmed rumor, denied by George Steinbrenner, had the 61-year-old ready to become the Yankees' manager for a sixth time, replacing Bucky Dent if the team faltered at the start of the 1990 season.
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    2001 Signing a one-year, $4.7 million contract to play for the Yomiuri Giants, Hideki Matsui became the highest-paid player in Japanese baseball history. The outfielder's salary surpasses the $4 million mark the Orix Blue Wave gave Ichiro Suzuki for the 2000 season.
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    Search archives: Historical Events Baseball Birthdays Baseball Deaths
    On December 25 in Baseball History...
      • 1862 - A crowd of 40,000 watches two teams of imprisoned Union Army soldiers play baseball at Hilton Head, South Carolina. Civil War historians are debating the actual size of the crowd.
      • 1927 - Nellie Fox, who led the AL in hits four times, won three Gold Gloves, played in 12 All-Star Games, and was AL MVP for the 1959 White Sox, is born in St. Thomas, Pa. It will not be until 1997, 23 years after his death, that he will finally be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
      • 1940 - South Side Park, the first home of the Chicago White Sox, burns down.
      • 1958 - Rickey Henderson, baseball's all-time stolen base champion and arguably the best leadoff hitter in history, is born in Chicago.
      • 1989 - Billy Martin, former infielder and five-time manager of the Yankees, dies in a one-car accident at the age of 61.
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    1927 Stu Miller pitcher, 1952-68 (St. Louis Cardinals; New York/San Francisco Giants, and 3 other teams), born in Northampton, Massachusetts (d. 2015)
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    1940 Ray Sadecki (St. Louis Cardinals), born in Kansas City, KS, (d. 2014)
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    1947 Carlton Fisk HOF catcher (11 x MLB All Star; AL Rookie of the Year 1972; Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox), born in Bellows Falls, Vermont
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    1948 Chris Chambliss, 1st baseman (NY Yankee)
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    1954 Ozzie Smith Hall of Fame infielder (15 x MLB All-Star; 13 x Gold Glove Award; World Series 1982; NL Silver Slugger Award 1987; NLCS MVP 1985; SD Padres, St Louis Cardinals), born in Mobile, Alabama
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    1964 Jeff King infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Marion, Indiana
     
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    1906 National League umpire Hank O'Day suggests using white rubber strips to mark the batter's box to prevent hitters from rubbing out chalk lines. The former right-handed hurler and future Hall of Famer will interrupt his 30-year umpiring career to manage the Reds in 1912 and the Cubs in 1914, becoming the only person ever to play, manage, and umpire for a full season in the major leagues.
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    1919 Although not official until January, the Yankees buy Babe Ruth from the Red Sox, who won the World Series with their carousing star in 1915, 1916, and 1918, for $125,000 and guarantee a $300,000 loan with Fenway Park as collateral. The sale of the 25-year-old southpaw and soon-to-be slugger will be the start of the 'Curse of the Bambino,' a spell of bad luck that will last for 86 years, ending in 2004 when Boston wins its next Fall Classic.
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    1934 Commissioner Judge Landis denies the Dodgers' claim to Johnny Vander Meer's services, stating Brooklyn was guilty of waiting until the team could determine how good the southpaw was before lodging a protest. Brooklyn had assigned the left-handed free agent had signed to the independently-owned Daytona Ducks, the team that traded him to the Scranton Miners, the Braves' Class A in the New York-Penn League.
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    1950 With a large portion going to the players' pension fund, out-going Commissioner Happy Chandler announces the Gillette Razor Company has purchased the television rights to the All-Star Game for six years for six million dollars.
     
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    1964 The Seattle Angels select 45-year-old Bob Lemon as the club's manager for the upcoming season. After capturing the circuit's championship, the future big-league skipper, named The Sporting News Manager of the Year in 1966, will manage the team for two seasons before piloting the Royals, White Sox, and Yankees in the American League.
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    1990 The Fort Myers Sun Sox franchise of the Senior Professional Association League folds due to its owners' financial disagreement. The monetary dispute will lead to the collapse of the circuit in the middle of its second season.
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    2001 The Angels sign Seattle free agent Aaron Sele (15-5, 3.60) to a three-year, $24 million contract. The 31-year-old right-hander has compiled a 107-68 career record pitching for the Red Sox, Rangers, and Mariners during his major league nine-year tenure.
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    2007 The Padres, with the acquisition of Mark Prior, add another pitcher to the staff who will start next season coming off shoulder surgery, joining southpaw Randy Wolf. The 27-year-old former Cub right-hander signs a one-year, $1 million deal, which can be worth more with performance bonuses.
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    2008 Randy Johnson (11-10, 3.91), a five-time Cy Young Award recipient, signs a one-year, $8 million deal with the Giants. The 45-year-old southpaw, five victories shy of 300, joins a staff that includes Tim Lincecum (2008) and Barry Zito (2002), who have also won the prestigious pitching prize.
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    On December 26 in Baseball History...
      • 1906 - NL umpire and future HOF'er Hank O'Day suggested that the batter's box be outlined with white rubber strips rather than chalk, making it impossible for hitters to erase the lines.
      • 1919 - Although it will not be officially announced until January, the Yankees buy Babe Ruth from financially pressed Harry Frazee, paying $100,000 (one-fourth cash, plus $25,000 a year at 6 percent) plus guaranteeing a $300,000 loan with Fenway Park as collateral.
      • 1934 - Matsutaro Shoriki, head of Yomiuri Newspapers, announces the official formation of Japan's first professional team, the Tokyo-based Yomiuri Giants. The team is made up of players signed to compete against the American all-star team. Professional league play, with six teams, does not begin until 1936.
      • 1990 - The Senior Professional Baseball Association folds in the middle of its second season when the Fort Myers Sun Sox franchise collapses due to a financial dispute among club owners.
      • 1995 - The Associated Press selected Cal Ripken, Jr. as the top sports story of the year, followed by the death of Mickey Mantle.
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    1942 Byron Browne
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    1952 Craig Reynolds shortstop (MLB All Star 1978-79; Seattle Mariners; Houston Astros), born in Houston, Texas
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    1963 Jim Leyritz, Lakewood OH, catcher (NY Yankees)
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    1968 Dean Palmer, infielder (Texas Rangers), born in Tallahassee, Florida
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    1983 Cole Hamels
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    1988 Rick Porcello
     
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