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    1996 With the owners' approval of the collective bargaining agreement, regular-season interleague play and revenue sharing become a reality. The landmark agreement voted down 18-12 three weeks ago is ratified overwhelmingly by a 26-4 majority.

    2003 The A's trade catcher Ramon Hernandez and disgruntled flychaser Terrence Long to the Padres for outfielder Mark Kotsay, hoping to add punch to their outfield. The deal is contingent upon Kotsay's cranky back getting a clean bill of health.

    2004 Easily outpointing Yankee outfielder Gary Sheffield, Vladimir Guerrero, receiving 21 of the 28 first-place votes, cops the American League MVP Award after signing as a free agent with the Angels the offseason. The Mets missed an opportunity to ink the 28-year-old former Expos when the team refused to guarantee his salary based on the opinion of their medical staff.
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    2007 The Cubs re-signed 30-year-old free agent Kerry Wood to a one-year, $4.2 million deal, including additional incentives for closing games. The fragile former right-handed starter, who turned down multi-year offers from other clubs to stay with Chicago, will have an opportunity to become the club's closer.
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    2009 Citing his age and the lack of stamina needed to do the job well, legendary Yankee public address announcer Bob Sheppard officially retires, having not done a game since 2007. The 99-year-old Voice of Yankee spent over 50 seasons behind the microphone, introducing lineups that included Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Derek Jeter.
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    2010 The Dodgers complete their starting rotation by signing Jon Garland to a $5 million, one-year deal with a club option for an additional season. The 31-year-old right-hander joins the formidable foursome of Clayton Kershaw, Chad Billingsley, Hiroki Kuroda, and Ted Lilly.
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    2011 Before the Mariners play their two regular-season games against the A's to open the major league season in Japan, MLB announces the team will face the Seibu Lions and Yomiuri Giants in exhibition contests on March 22 and 23. Seattle features former Japanese superstar Ichiro Suzuki, who signed a three-year deal with the team in 2001.

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    After Bob Feller threw a one-hitter against Boston in 1955, he was quoted, "it's gonna be a tough act for the kid to follow," referring to rookie teammate Herb Score. The next day, Score pitched a complete game, allowing just one run and striking out 16 Red Sox hitters.
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    Rollie Fingers’ excellence out of the @Brewers Bullpen earned him not just the AL Cy Young Award, but Most Valuable Player honors #OTD in 1981.
     
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    Night game at Polo ground. Roberto Clemente is in the on deck circle.
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    "After the game, Jackie Robinson came into our clubhouse & shook my hand. He said, 'You're a helluva ballplayer & you've got a great future.' I thought that was a classy gesture, one I wasn't then capable of making. I was a bad loser. What meant even more was what Jackie told the press, 'Mantle beat us. He was the difference between the two teams. They didn't miss DiMaggio .' I have to admit, I became a Jackie Robinson fan on the spot. And when I think of that World Series, his gesture is what comes to mind. Here was a player who had without doubt suffered more abuse, more taunts & more hatred than any player in the history of the game. And he had made a special effort to compliment & encourage a young white kid from Oklahoma."
     
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    1977 NL All-Stars
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    Gehrig got 173 RBI's in 1927, he batted 60 times after Ruth had cleared the bases. An amazing stat, he would have had 200 RBI's easily.
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    This is the only way MLB AllStars should dress for an AllStar game!