MLB History
1908: Ty Cobb gets a $4,000 contract with the Detroit Tigers, with a $800 incentive if he hits.300 at the end of the season.
1921: Due to his habit of tossing games, Gene Paulette is expelled from organized baseball.
1931: The first major league team to play a night game was the Chicago White Sox against the New York Giants.
1957 – The TV and radio rights for the upcoming season will bring in $9.3 million for Major League Baseball.
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1962 – The Philadelphia Phillies retire Robin Roberts’ No. 36.
1968 – Kansas City’s American League expansion franchise announces that their new name will be the “Royals.”
1978 – The San Diego Padres fire manager Alvin Dark and replace him with pitching coach Roger Craig. Dark is the second manager to be replaced during the spring.
1986 – A coalition of 13 public and private investors purchase the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Galbreath family for $21.8 million.
2001 – The Yankees acquire third baseman Drew Henson and outfielder Michael Coleman from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for outfielder Wily Mo Pena.
2006 – Alfonso Soriano refuses to play the outfield for the Washington Nationals in the team’s first exhibition game. Nationals GM Jim Bowden says that Soriano could be placed on the disqualified list if he doesn’t agree to switch positions.
