BB On this Date ~ Events & Birthdays #2

2000 Mariner closer Kazuhiro Sasaki (2-5, 3.16, 37 saves) becomes the second-oldest major leaguer to win Rookie of the Year honors when the 32-year-old captures the American League honor. Boston Braves rookie Sam Jethroe was 33 days older than the Japanese reliever when he won the National League award in 1950.

2001 "We had hoped that we were in a new era, one that would see a much better relationship between players and owners. Today's announcement is a severe blow to such hopes." - DONALD FEHR, the Players Association executive director, commenting on MLB's plan to contract two teams. Denying it's a negotiating ploy, major league owners give commissioner Bud Selig the authority to "begin the process" of eliminating two 'to be announced' teams by a 28-2 vote. Donald Fehr, the Players Association executive director, calls the action of possibly removing the Expos, Twins, or Marlins most imprudent and unfortunate and the worst manner to begin negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement.

2002 Citing Dusty Baker's reluctance to stay with the organization, an unhappy general manager, Brian Sabean, announces the Giant skipper of the last ten years will not be back to manage San Francisco next season. The National League pennant-winning skipper has supposedly expressed an interest in the Cubs and Mariners.

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2002 Randy Johnson wins his fifth Cy Young Award, the fourth consecutive with the Diamondbacks. The 39-year-old southpaw, with 24 victories, 334 strikeouts, and a 2.32 ERA, becomes the first National League hurler since Dwight Gooden in 1985 to win the pitching equivalent of the triple crown.

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2006 After Charles Littleton refused to remove his Dodgers hat at a City Council meeting, the Saginaw (MI) police TASER him with 50,000 volts. The 22-year-old Saginaw Valley State University student, attending the city hall gathering meeting to gain extra credit for a sociology class, became unruly, according to police, when asked to take off his baseball cap.

2007 At their annual meeting, baseball's general managers vote 25-5 in favor of using instant replays on a limited basis. The proposal, which owners, players, and umpires will need to approve using video a reality, would be utilized only in determining home run calls in doubt due to possible fan interference, balls clearing the fence, and balls near or over the foul pole.

2007 Curt Schilling agrees to terms to stay with the World Champion Red Sox. The $8 million one-year deal includes an additional $5 million in bonuses, $3 million based on innings pitched, and another $2 million based on the right-hander's weight.

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2007 Padres right-hander Greg Maddux, breaking a tie with former Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson and veteran hurler Jim Kaat for the most Gold Gloves in a career, wins his 17th, an honor bestowed by managers and coaches for fielding excellence. The 41-year-old future Hall of Famer has been selected yearly as the top fielding pitcher in the National League since 1990, except when Mike Hampton of the Braves won the 2003 honor.

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2009 The Diamondbacks exercise their $8.5 million option on the 2006 Cy Young Award winner, Brandon Webb. The 30-year-old right-handed starter, who underwent shoulder surgery in August, was shut down after pitching just four innings on Opening Day and did not return to the mound again during the season.

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2014 The Dodgers announce their new general will be Zaidi Farhan, the former Director of Baseball Operations and assistant GM of the A's. The MIT graduate, the first Muslim to hold the position for any American professional sports franchise, joins the team's overhauled front office, including the recently hired Andrew Friedman (president of baseball operations) and Josh Byrne (senior vice president of baseball operations).

2022 Mets closer Edwin Díaz and the team agree to a five-year, $102 million extension with a full no-trade clause and a sixth-year option. The 28-year-old reliever compiled 32 saves with a 1.31 ERA while allowing only three home runs in 61 appearances for the 101-win second-place club.

2023 The Cubs and Craig Counsell come to terms with a five-year contract reportedly worth $40 million, making the former Brewer skipper the highest-paid manager in baseball history. The hiring comes as a surprise given his former boss, David Sterns, the Mets' new GM, also needs a new field boss.

2023 The Mets hire Yankee bench coach Carlos Mendoza to replace Buck Showalter, whose 75-83 team finished in fourth place in the NL East after winning 101 games the season before. Joining Ozzie Guillen, the 43-year-old first-time skipper becomes the second Venezuelan-born manager in major league history,

2023 The Guardians name 39-year-old Stephen Vogt to replace Terry Franconia, who became the winningest manager in franchise history during his 11 years at the helm. Although he has no managerial experience, the recently retired journeyman backstop, who has agreed to a three-year deal, was selected from over 45 other candidates.
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Today In 1974: Los Angeles #Dodgers pitcher Mike Marshall becomes the first reliever to win the Cy Young Award! (15 Wins - 21 Saves - 2.42 ERA - 106 Games - 208.1 IP)
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The smooth side-arm delivery of legendary Washington Senators fireballer Walter Johnson!
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Ryne Sandberg produced 1 Hit for the Philadelphia Phillies....and 2,385 after they traded him to the Chicago Cubs
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RICK MONDAY

 

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“Old Days”Longtime Friends and Teammates,Bobby Richardson and Mickey Mantle before a late 1950s game at Yankee Stadium
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NOVEMBER 7 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS
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1938 Jim Kaat HOF pitcher (16 x Gold Glove; 3 x MLB All-Star; Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies) and broadcaster, (NY Yankees, Minnesota Twins,


1944 Joe Niekro pitcher (MLB All Star 1979; NL wins leader 1979; Houston Astros; World Series 1987; NY Yankees)


1947 Yutaka Fukumoto

1968 Russ Springer pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies, Houston, Yankees,Cardinals, Braves)


1974 Kris Benson, pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996)

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Today in Baseball History
November 7th​

1928 The cash-strapped Braves send player-manager Rogers Hornsby, who will hit .380 along with 39 home runs and 149 RBIs for his new club, to the Cubs in exchange for $200,000 and hurlers Percy Jones, Harry 'Socks' Seibold, Bruce Cunningham, outfielder Fred Maguire, and catcher Lou Legett. Boston owner Emil Fuchs replaces the "Rajah', in the dugout, making him the last person to manage a major league club without professional playing experience until Ted Turner's one-game foray as a skipper, also with the Braves, in 1977.
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1963 Easily outpointing runners-up Tiger outfielder Al Kaline and batterymate Whitey Ford, Elston Howard is named the American League's Most Valuable Player Award, becoming the first black player honored in the Junior Circuit. Joining Roger Maris (1960-61) and Mickey Mantle (1962), the 34-year-old catcher becomes the third consecutive Yankee to win the MVP.


1964 The Braves receive permission to shift their franchise to another city for the second time in eleven years. Hank Aaron and company left Milwaukee after the 1965 season and moved to Atlanta.

 

1972 Johnny Bench (.270, 40, 125) wins the National League MVP award for the second time in three years. The Reds catcher joins Mickey Cochrane (1928 A's, 1934 Tigers), Yogi Berra (1951, '54, '55 Yankees), and Roy Campanella (1951, '53, '55 Dodgers) as only the fourth backstop to win the award multiple times.

1973 "The institution of Little League is as American as the hot dog and apple pie. There is no reason why that part of Americana should be withheld from girls" - SYLVIA PRESSLER, explaining her ruling in favor of girls being allowed to play Little League. Sylvia Pressler, a hearing examiner for the New Jersey Civil Rights Division, makes a ruling that leads to girls' admittance into Little League Baseball, making the Garden State the first to allow girls to play on Little League baseball teams. Before the decision, regulations had prohibited girls from participating with boys in the program.


1973 In a deal that proves beneficial to Chicago, the Cubs trade second baseman Glenn Beckert and minor league prospect Bobby Fenwick to the Padres for outfielder Jerry Morales. Their new fly chaser will spend four productive years in his first tenure with the club, including an All-Star selection in 1977, with their former infielder playing only 73 games before being released at the start of the 1975 season.

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1978 Red Sox slugger Jim Rice (.315, 46, 139) wins the American League Most Valuable Player award, taking 20 of 28 first-place votes cast by the BBWAA. Ron Guidry, who posted a 25-3 record for the World Champion Yankees, is the runner-up.

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1979 The American League Rookie of the Year Award balloting ends in a tie with Twins third baseman John Castino and Blue Jays shortstop Alfredo Griffin, each receiving seven of the writers' 28 votes. The deadlock will change in the method used for next season's selection.

 

1990 Receiving all of the writers' 28 first-place votes, Indian backstop Sandy Alomar, Jr. wins the AL Rookie of the Year, joining Carlton Fisk and Mark McGwire as the only freshmen to be elected unanimously. Yankee's first baseman/DH Kevin Maas and Royals' right-hander Kevin Appier are the runners-up.

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1991 The Marlins hire Fredi Gonzalez as the franchise's first minor league manager. The Cuban-born skipper, who will manage the big league club for 3+ seasons beginning in 2007, guides the New York-Pennsylvania League's Erie Sailors to a 40-37 record, finishing second in the Stedler Division.

1995 Major League Baseball agrees with the Fox Broadcasting Company to air regular-season contests on Saturday afternoons for a bit less money paid by CBS for the rights to televise the 1990-1993 seasons of big-league games. Like the format used by The Baseball Network, Fox will offer weekly regionalized telecasts based solely on a viewer's geography.

1997 The new Tampa Bay expansion team names Larry Rothschild as the franchise's first manager. The Devil Rays skipper was the highly respected pitching coach of the World Champion Florida Marlins last season.