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This Day In Baseball History: November 9th
By Administrator | November 9, 2009
In 1950, Luke Appling was released by the White Sox after twenty-one years with the ballclub… soon thereafter he became the manager of the Memphis Chicks of the South Atlantic League.
In 1953, the United States Supreme Court re-affirmed a prior decision when it ruled that baseball is a sport and not a business, thus exempting baseball from anti-trusts laws.
In 1982, Milwaukee Brewers’ shortstop Robin Yount (.331, 29, 114) won the American League MVP by a unanimous vote… the 26-year old future Hall of Famer (1999) captures all 27 first place votes easily beating runner ups Eddie Murray and Doug DeCinces.
In 2002, Dusty Baker won the NL Manager of the Year award for the third time… but his record-tying effort wasn’t enough to keep him in San Francisco as he signed a four years deal to manage the Cubs.
In 2004, Roger Clemens (18-4, 218, 2.98) became the oldest hurler to win the Cy Young Award. The 42-year old ‘Rocket’ received the honor a record seventh time and becomes the first to win the award with four different teams; Red Sox (1986-87, 1991), Blue Jays (1997-98), Yankees (2001) and the Astros (2004).
Born Today: Whitey Herzog (1931), Bob Gibson (1935), Adam Dunn (1979)
Topics: MLB History |
