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1993 The Reds announce the Reds president Marge Schott's Saint Bernard is being prohibited access to the Riverfront Stadium field for the season. The mandate to ban Schottzie 02 comes from the MLB's Executive Council, who have received numerous complaints from the players about dogs running on the field.
1995 The players' union makes it clear if the owners use replacement players during regular-season games and the results count, the strike will\ continue. The NLRB also announces it will be charging MLB owners with two counts of unfair labor practices.
2003 Cablevision, maintaining its "long-standing philosophy," of allowing customers to choose to receive paid programming, agrees to a one-year interim deal to offer YES Network to New York Yankees fans for a fee, ending a bitter and costly yearlong feud. The arrangement makes YES a premium channel instead of a basic cable channel, dropping the new network's previous mandate to make every subscriber pay for regardless of the viewer's choice.
2003 Baseball suspends Montreal outfielder Vladimir Guerrero for three regular-season games and Marlin starter Brad Penny for five after igniting an exhibition game bench-clearing brawl earlier in the week. After being hit in the chest, the Expo All-Star, with a bat in his left hand, swings his right fist around Florida catcher Matt Treanor, trying to restrain him, missing the starting pitcher, who retaliated with a punch which also missed its mark.

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2003 "Must be in the front row!"- BOB UECKER, a quip from beer commercials which has become a famous cry in ballparks around the country. Bob Uecker, the Brewers' TV/radio play-by-play announcer, is chosen for induction into the broadcasters' wing of the Hall of Fame as the recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award. The 68 year-old former backup catcher, a member of Milwaukee's broadcast crew since 1971, is best known for the humor he has brought to the game through his starring role in the cult movie Major League and the Miller Lite beer commercials.

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2003 Dependent on passing a physical, free agent Kenny Lofton agrees to a one-year pact to play with the Pirates this season. The 35 year-old leadoff man would most likely start in center, moving Brian Giles to left field with left fielder Reggie Sanders going to right.

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2006 Avoiding a trial scheduled to begin on Opening Day, Major League Baseball settles a lawsuit with an Atlanta-based company that claimed it owned the trademark rights to the name Washington Nationals. MLB sued Bygone Sports LLC, asking the court to declare that the trademark for the name Nationals does not belong to the company because its sole purpose in filing the September 2002 trademark application was to capitalize on the renaming of the team that recently shifted from Montreal to Washington.
2006 Terry Francona agrees to a two-year contract extension keeping the skipper at the helm through 2008. The Red Sox manager replaced Grady Little in December 2003 and promptly brought Boston to its first World Championship in 86 years.

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2006 Washington, D.C. officials unveil the designs for a new home for the Nationals, scheduled to be opened in 2008. The glass-and-steel 41,000-seat ballpark will feature pale stone, chosen to complement the nation's capital's familiar skyline.
2008 Randy Wolf, the Padres' new left-hander starter, struggles in a 6-2 spring training loss to the Brewers in Peoria, Arizona. The pitcher's brother, Jim, isn't much help as the home plate umpire, an occurrence which isn't allowed during a regular-season game and is the only time it has ever happened, as the San Diego hurler gives up three runs in four innings.

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On March 14 in Baseball History...

• • 1932 - Catcher Ernie Lombardi comes to the Reds along with outfielder Babe Herman and third baseman Wally Gilbert, while infielders Joe Stripp and Tony Cuccinello and catcher Clyde Sukeforth are sent to the Dodgers. Herman bats .324 in one season in Cincinnati following the trade (he will later return to the club for two seasons), but Lombardi makes the trade a steal. Lombardi bats .311 in 10 seasons in Cincinnati, winning a batting title and MVP Award in 1938.
    
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  • 1954 - Hank Aaron homers in his first start with the Braves in an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox. The noise of the contact is so loud that Ted Williams runs out of the clubhouse to see who can make that sound with a bat.
  • 1956 - Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League) at age 50 to both play and manage.
  • 1961 - George Weiss is lured from retirement to become president of the New York Mets.

Baseball Birthdays on March 14...

• • 1849 - Nelson, Candy
  • 1855 - Holbert, Bill
  • 1857 - Moffett, Sam
  • 1860 - O'Brien, Billy
  • 1864 - Gilman, Pit
  • 1865 - Sexton, Tom
  • 1867 - Meek, Dad
  • 1869 - Rhines, Billy
  • 1871 - Conroy, Ben
  • 1875 - Murdoch, Wilbur
  • 1878 - Rementer, Butch
  • 1881 - Polchow, Lou
  • 1884 - Daley, Jud
  • 1886 - DeVoy, Walt
  • 1888 - Pernoll, Hub
  • 1891 - Gregg, Dave
  • 1894 - Layden, Gene
  • 1897 - Hitt, Bruce
  • 1900 - McManus, Marty
  • 1905 - Rothrock, Jack
  • 1914 - Marion, Red
  • 1918 - Carter, Arnold
  • 1921 - Kennedy, Bill
  • 1928 - Smith, Earl
  • 1942 - Raudman, Bob
  • 1944 - Miller, John
  • 1946 - Law, Ron
  • 1947 - Strahler, Mike
  • 1950 - McKay, Dave
  • 1953 - Ireland, Tim
  • 1956 - Wynegar, Butch
  • 1957 - Lake, Steve
  • 1957 - Waller, Ty
  • 1960 - Willard, Jerry
  • 1961 - Puckett, Kirby
  • 1963 - Rochford, Mike
  • 1965 - Brown, Kevin
  • 1969 - Leach, Jalal
  • 1970 - Gates, Brent
  • 1973 - Dodd, Robert
  • 1979 - Nunez, Jose

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1946 Bobby Bonds, outfielder, 1968-81, 3x All-Star, 3x Golden Glove (San Francisco Giants, 1968-74 and 7 other teams), father of Barry Bonds, born in Riverside, California (d. 2003)

1959 Harold Baines, Easton MD, outfielder (Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers)

1974 Robert Fick, baseball player

1979 Kevin Youkilis, baseball player

1980 Freddie Bynum, baseball player

1982 Rafael Pérez, baseball player

 

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1869 The Cincinnati Red Stockings become the sport's first professional team when the National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) permits compensated players to participate this season. English-born Harry Wright puts together a ten-man team, all on salary through November, that posts a 57–0 record, marking the only perfect season in professional baseball history.

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1912 Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins

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1945 Former minor leaguer Bert Shepard, who had his right leg amputated after the Germans gunned down his fighter plane east of Hamburg on his 34th mission as a WW II P-38 fighter pilot, begins a successful tryout with the Senators. Although the southpaw will pitch in only one game for Washington, the retired Army Air Force pilot will hurl an impressive five and one-third innings of one-run ball against the Red Sox in August, striking out the first batter he faces and giving up just three hits.

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1960 The floundering Southern Association announces the New Orleans Pelicans, for the first time since 1901, will not be part of the Double-A circuit. After a two-year absence, the Little Rock Travelers rejoins the league, replacing the Crescent City club, playing two seasons before the loop disbands after completing the 1961 campaign.

 

1971 Bernice Gera files a civil rights suit against MLB when her contract to umpire in the New York-Penn League becomes void after six days without an explanation. In an eventual landmark 5-2 decision, the New York Court of Appeals will uphold a previous court's ruling, agreeing with the 39 year-old housewife's contention that she had been discriminated against unlawfully.

1974 In Yuma (AZ), Ron Bryant, a twenty-four-game-winner for the Giants last year, is hurt in a pool accident during spring training. The promising southpaw's record will drop to 3-15 this season, and the Redlands, California native's career will end in 1975 after a brief 0-1 stint with St. Louis.

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1975 The Dodgers sign their once arch-nemesis Juan Marichal as a free agent. After two-regular season outings that include a loss to Cincinnati, the former San Francisco superstar and future Hall of Famer will retire in mid-April.

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1977 In a nine-player spring training swap with Pittsburgh, the A's send Phil Garner, Chris Batton, and Tommy Helms to the Pirates for Tony Armas, Mitchell Page, and four pitchers, including Doc Medich and Dave Giusti. Pittsburgh's acquisition of infielder Phil Garner, the key player in the deal, will move a very disappointed Bill Robinson back into a utility role after he worked all winter to get ready to be the team's everyday third baseman.

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1978 A's trade Vida Blue to Giants for 7 players & $390,000

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1999 The Yankees name Don Zimmer as the club's interim manager while Joe Torre receives prostate cancer treatments. The team's bench coach compiled an 885-858 (.508) record during his managerial stints with San Diego, Boston, Texas, and Chicago.

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2000 In spring training action, six Red Sox pitchers combine for a perfect game, beating the Blue Jays in Fort Myers, 5-0. Boston starter Pedro Martinez pitched the first three innings, Fernando De La Cruz tossed the next two frames, with Dan Smith, Rheal Cormier, Rich Garces, and Rod Beck all going one inning apiece.
2008 In front of 12,224 fans, a near-sellout at the new Olympic venue in Beijing, the Dodgers and the Padres played to a 3-3 tie in the first major league game ever played in mainland China. In the seventh inning, the crowd hears "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," but not knowing the lyrics, listens without singing.

 

2008 Five days after unilaterally renewing his contract for the upcoming season, the Pirates sign Ian Snell (9-12, 3.76) to a three-year deal reported to be worth $8 million. The 26-year-old right-hander, eligible for salary arbitration after the 2009 season, has compiled a 24-26 record with the struggling ball club over the past three seasons.

2012 The website Baseball-Reference.com opts to leave a blank space next to 2011 on its National League MVP list instead of identifying Ryan Braun as the award's winner. The Brewers outfielder, who received a 50-game suspension scheduled to the start of the 2012 season, became the first player to successfully challenge a drug test result when an arbitration panel overturned the ruling due to the improper handling of the specimen taken last Fall.
2014 The Yankees begin a two-game spring training series against the Marlins at Rod Carew Stadium in Panama to honor Mariano Rivera's legacy, a native of the nearby fishing village of Puerto Caimito. The contests are the first to be played in the isthmus nation by major league teams since the Bronx Bombers faced the Dodgers in exhibition games in 1947.

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On March 15 in Baseball History...

• • 1945 - With wartime travel restrictions still in effect, the Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York with 15 players in camp. Seven teams � the Browns, Tigers, Reds, Indians, Cubs, Pirates and White Sox � are training in Indiana, the most of any state. The Red Sox are at Tufts College while the Braves are prepping at the Choate School in Connecticut.
  • 1945 - Bert Shepard, a one-legged veteran of the war, tries out as a pitcher for the Senators (and subsequently appears in a league game). The symbol of wartime baseball, outfielder Pete Gray of the Browns, will field and bat with only one arm.
  • 1975 - The Dodgers sign free-agent pitcher Juan Marichal. After two poor outings, Marichal will retire on April 17, leaving a career record of 243-142, 52 shutouts, and a 2.89 ERA.
  • 1977 - The Pirates trade outfielders Tony Armas and Mitchell Page, and four pitchers, including Rick Langford, to the A's for second baseman Phil Garner, infielder Tommy Helms, and pitcher Chris Batton.
  • 1978 - The A's trade Vida Blue to the Giants for seven players and an estimated $390,000 in cash

Baseball Birthdays on March 15...

• • 1856 - McDermott, Sandy
  • 1860 - Latham, Arlie
  • 1861 - Wise, Bill
  • 1868 - Coughlin, Roscoe
  • 1870 - Casey, Doc
  • 1872 - Flynn, Mike
  • 1873 - Miller, Ralph
  • 1876 - Hallman, Bill
  • 1879 - Disch, George
  • 1885 - Peters, Rube
  • 1889 - Mullen, Charlie
  • 1890 - Mollenkamp, Fred
  • 1898 - Ryan, Rosy
  • 1899 - Kime, Hal
  • 1902 - Bennett, Fred
  • 1907 - Fette, Lou
  • 1915 - Lang, Don
  • 1917 - Bowles, Charlie
  • 1919 - Wietelmann, Whitey
  • 1919 - Noble, Ray
  • 1928 - King, Nellie
  • 1933 - Scott, Dick
  • 1938 - Locker, Bob
  • 1944 - Watkins, Dave
  • 1944 - Granger, Wayne
  • 1946 - Bonds, Bobby
  • 1949 - Kern, Jim
  • 1952 - Stroughter, Steve
  • 1955 - Hatcher, Mickey
  • 1957 - Martinez, Alfredo
  • 1959 - Baines, Harold
  • 1960 - Pagliarulo, Mike
  • 1967 - Rose, Bobby
  • 1968 - Batiste, Kim
  • 1974 - Fick, Robert
  • 1975 - Perkins, Dan
  • 1975 - Nunez, Vladimir

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