BB On this Date ~ Events & Birthdays #2

Willie Mays and Ruben Gomez of the Santurce Crabbers of the Puerto Rico League, 1954.
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Ozzie Smith and his signature backflip'
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"Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders. There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game" Ted Williams
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Wade Boggs and George Brett 1986 All-Star Game
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The three DiMaggio brothers play together for the first time, making up an outfield for an all-star team in a West Coast charity game, November 6, 1938.
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November Baseball Birthdays 11/8​

1896 Bucky Harris HOF manager (World Series 1947 NY Yankees) and second baseman (WS 1924 Washington Senators), born in Port Jervis, New York (d. 1977)


1952 Jerry Remy infielder (MLB All Star 1978; California Angels, Boston Red Sox) and broadcaster born in Fall River, Massachusetts (d. 2021)


1952 John Denny pitcher (NL Cy Young Award 1983; Philadelphia Phillies), born in Prescott, Arizona


1965 Jeff Blauser infielder (Atlanta Braves), born in Los Gatos, California


1967 Henry Rodriguez outfielder (Montreal Expos), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

1968 Jose Offerman infielder (KC Royals), born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
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1977 Nick Punto player, 2001-14 (Philadelphia Phillies; Minnesota Twins, and 4 other teams), born in San Diego, California


1989 Giancarlo Stanton (New York Yankees), born in Panorama City, California

 

This Day in Baseball History November 8th​

1920 At a meeting to dismiss American League president Ban Johnson, the White Sox, Red Sox, and the Yankees threaten to pull out of the AL and join a new 12-team National League. The revolutionary new senior circuit, including a Detroit team unrelated to the Tigers, falls apart a few days later.

1928 Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum allowing professional sports on Sundays within the commonwealth in localities supporting that option. After admitting to using $200,000 of his funds, Braves' owner Judge Emil Fuchs will plead nolo contendere to spending money to influence the election outcome, resulting in the team being fined $1,000 in Municipal Court.

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1950 Commissioner Happy Chandler and a player representative from each league agree on appropriating the $975,000 derived from radio and TV rights from this season's Fall Classic. After some initial resistance from Cardinals shortstop Marty Marion, the NL rep who thought some of the proceeds should go to the players' World Series pool, the decision is made to place the money into the pension fund.

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1950 The BBWAA selects Walt Dropo, who led the American League with 144 RBIs, as the American League's Rookie of the Year. The 26-year-old slugging first baseman, who easily outpointed Yankee southpaw Whitey Ford, is the first Red Sox player to win the award.

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1951 Baseball Writers' Association of America names Yankees catcher Yogi Berra (.294, 27, 88) as the American League's Most Valuable Player. The Yankees catcher, who will also cop the honor in 1954 and 1955, edges out the Browns' 20-game winner Ned Garver, who thought he had won the award when a BBWAA representative from the misinformed him before a recount gave the Bronx Bomber backstop a slight edge.

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1967 The Mets obtain Art Shamsky from the Reds in exchange for infielder Bob Johnson, who will play only 16 games for his new team before being traded to Atlanta. New York's latest outfielder will hit 42 home runs playing part-time during his four seasons with the team.

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1977 Hall of Fame skipper Bucky Harris, who compiled a 2158- 2219 (.493) record with five teams during his 29 years in the dugout, dies on his 81st birthday in Bethesda, Maryland. In 1924, the 27-year-old 'Boy Wonder' became the Senators' player-manager, winning a World Championship with Washington in his first year at the helm.

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1983 Reliever Jesse Orosco garners four votes for the National League Most Valuable Player Award, ending a six-year drought that no Mets player received a single nod for the honor. The last time a writer cast an MVP vote for a New York National Leaguer was on the 1976 ballot when the writers gave Tom Seaver was given consideration.

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1983 Dale Murphy (.302, 36, 121) joins Ernie Banks (1958-59), Joe Morgan (1975-76), and Mike Schmidt (1980-81) as one of the four National Leaguers who has won the MVP award in consecutive seasons. The soft-spoken Braves' outfielder receives 21 of the 24 votes cast by the writers.

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1990 Darryl Strawberry, the Mets' all-time home run leader (252), ends his eight-year turbulent tenure with New York. The slugging right fielder signs a five-year free-agent deal with his hometown Dodgers.

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1999 The U.S. House of Representatives passes H. Res. 269, honoring former White Sox star 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson. U.S. Representative Jim DeMint (R-SC) drafted the resolution to pay tribute to the Greenville legend, banned from professional baseball due to his involvement in the 1919 Black Sox scandal, and prohibited the outfielder from becoming a member of the Hall of Fame.

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2000 The BBWAA selects Jerry Manuel as the American League Manager of the Year. The White Sox skipper led his club to their first playoff appearance in seven years despite having the 21st-lowest payroll of the 30 major league teams.

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2004 Jason Bay (.282, 26, 82) becomes the first Pirates player and the first Canadian to win the National League Rookie of the Year. The 26-year-old British Columbia native married his college girlfriend, Kristen, two days ago.

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2004 Receiving 27 of 28 first-place votes, Bobby Crosby (.239, 22, 64) wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award. The Oakland shortstop, who is the son of former big leaguer infielder Ed Crosby, joins Harry Byrd (1952), Jose Canseco (1986), Mark McGwire (1987), Walt Weiss (1988), and Ben Grieve (1998) as the sixth A's freshman to be honored by the BBWAA

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2005 Joining Dean Chance, Bartolo Colon becomes the second Angels' pitcher, the first in 41 years, to win the Cy Young Award. The 32-year-old Halo hurler from the Dominican Republic, who led the American League with 21 victories, is the only player named on every ballot.

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2007 In front of 7,000 fans at Straub Park, Tampa Bay announces the name change from the Devil Rays to the Rays after considering 'Aces,' 'Bandits,' 'Cannons,' 'Dukes,' 'Stripes,' and the 'Nine,' the personal favorite of club owner Stuart Sternberg, as other monikers. The team also reveals uniforms featuring the colors of Columbia blue, Navy blue, and gold with a yellow sunburst logo, replacing the 11-year-old franchise's original hues of green and blue and its logo of a cartilaginous fish.

2008 Former Boston players Bill Lee, Mo Vaughn, Mike Greenwell, Wes Ferrell, Frank Sullivan, Everett Scott, former scout George Digby, and former executive Ed Kenney Sr. are inducted into the team's Hall of Fame. The team also recognizes Ted Williams' homer in his last at-bat and Curt Schilling's performance (bloody sock) in Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS for their special significance in Red Sox history.

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2008 The Brewers hire Willie Randolph as a bench coach to work with the team's new manager, Ken Macha. The 54-year-old former Mets manager compiled a 302-253 record during his three-plus years in New York before being dismissed in June.

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2010 Jhonny Peralta and the Tigers come to terms on an $11.25 million, two-year contract keeping the shortstop in Detroit. The agreement solidifies the left side of the team's infield for the next couple of years with the re-signing of third baseman Brandon Inge to a similar deal three weeks ago.

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2010 ESPN announces Jon Miller and Joe Morgan will no longer do Sunday Night Baseball, ending the pair's 21-year tenure behind the mike. Network executive vice president Norby Williamson thanked the Hall of Famers for their outstanding work but did not name any replacements. ESPN announces Jon Miller and Joe Morgan will no longer do Sunday Night Baseball, ending the pair's 21-year tenure behind the mike. Network executive vice president Norby Williamson thanked the Hall of Famers for their outstanding body of work but did not name any replacements.

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2012 The Orioles announced the hiring of Dan Duquette as their executive vice president for baseball operations, replacing Andy MacPhail. The 53-year-old former Red Sox general manager (1994-2002), who inked a three-year deal with the Birds, takes over a franchise that has suffered through 14 successive losing seasons.

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Andy Van Slyke and Willie Mays
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Willie Mays watching the game from the dugout at the Polo Grounds
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Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig at the 1927 USC-Notre Dame at Soldier Field in Chicago.
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Jim Rice. Boston Red Sox. Baseball player.
On this date in 1978, Boston Red Sox legend, Jim Rice, wins the American League MVP Award

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Rice & Parker were the two most feared players throughout that ’78 season.
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November Baseball Birthdays 11/9​

1925 Bill Bruton outfielder (NL stolen bases leader 1953-55 Milwaukee Braves), born in Penola, Alabama (d. 1995)


1931 Whitey Herzog HOF manager (World Series 1982, NL Manager of the Year 1985 St Louis Cardinals), born in New Athens, Illinois


1935 Bob Gibson H0F pitcher (NL Cy Young Award 1968, 70; NL MVP 1968; 9 x MLB All Star; St. Louis Cardinals), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2020)


1969 Ángel Miranda pitcher, 1993-97 (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico


1970 Chad Ogea pitcher (Cleveland Indians), born in Lake Charles, Louisiana


1970 Melanie Roche softball pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Bankstown, New South Wales


1979 Adam Dunn born in Houston, Texas


1984 Joel Zumaya born in Chula Vista, California

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This Day in Baseball History November 9th​

1950 After twenty-one years with the club, Luke Appling is released by the White Sox, allowing him to become the manager of the Memphis Chicks of the South Atlantic League. The 43-year-old future Hall of Fame infielder, known as 'Old Aches and Pains' to his teammates, compiled a lifetime batting average of .310 during his two-plus decades with Chicago.

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1953 In a case involving Yankee minor leaguer George Toolson, who refused his demotion from Triple-A to Double-A, the U.S. Supreme Court, voting 7-2, reaffirms its earlier position baseball is a sport and not a business. This decision exempts baseball from antitrust laws, a collection of federal and state government mandates that regulate the conduct and organization of corporations enacted to promote fair competition.

1981 Edward Bennett Williams proposes constructing a new downtown ballpark named Babe Ruth Stadium within walking distance of the Harborplace development in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. At Memorial Stadium in 1988, the Orioles owner, who will never attend another game due to cancer, hears Governor Schaefer announce his team and the Maryland Stadium Authority have agreed on a new downtown facility to be ready for the 1992 season.
The stadium will be known as Oriole Park at Camden Yards, reflecting the venue's proximity to B&O Railroad's Camden Station building, which the HOK Sport architects integrated into the project's design. -LP.)

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1982 Brewers' shortstop Robin Yount (.331, 29, 114) wins the American League MVP unanimously. The 26-year-old future Hall of Famer (1999) captures all 27 first-place votes, easily distancing runners-up Eddie Murray and Doug DeCinces.

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1983 University of Alabama's first baseman Dave Magadan wins the Golden Spike Award as the country's top amateur player. The Tampa (FL) native, selected by the Mets in the second round of the June draft, hit .535 in NCAA play for the CWS runner-up Crimson Tide.

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2000 The BBWAA selects Dusty Baker, who posted the best record in baseball this season, as the National League Manager of the Year. The 51-year-old skipper, who guided the Giants to a 97-65 record, joins Tony La Russa (White Sox '83 and A's '88 and '92) as the award's only three-time winner.

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2001 After exercising Omar Daal's $4.5 million contract option for 2002 yesterday, the Phillies trade him to the Dodgers for minor league pitchers Eric Junge and Jesus Cordero. Philadelphia acquired the right-hander along with Travis Lee, Nelson Figueroa, and Vicente Padilla in the 2000 deal, which sent Curt Schilling to the Diamondbacks.

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2002 Dusty Baker signs a four-year deal to pilot the Cubs, leaving the Giants after guiding the club to a pennant this season. The three-time National League Manager of the Year compiled an 840-715 record during his ten-year tenure with San Francisco.

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2004 "You want the truth. You can't handle the truth. The truth of this situation is an extremely talented bunch of guys who want to look at all directions except where they should really look and kind of make excuses for what happened. At the end of the day, boys, don't tell me how rough the water is, you bring in the ship." - STEVE STONE, Cubs veteran broadcaster criticizing the team for making excuses during an October interview on WGN radio.

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Hoping to fill the void created by Steve Stone's resignation, the Cubs hire former Diamondback manager and current Fox television analyst Bob Brenly to broadcast games on WGN. After spending twenty years in the broadcast booth, Stone left Chicago after his on-air comments concerning the team's swoon in the wild-card race angered manager Dusty Baker and some players.