1979
For the first time in history, two players share the MVP Award. The NL co-winners are Willie Stargell, the Pirates spiritual leader, who batted .281 with 32 home runs; and the Cardinals Keith Hernandez, who led the NL in runs (116), doubles (48), and batting (.344).
The voting for the 1979 NL MVP Award is HERE. Hernandez had ten first place votes and Stargell had four. They finished tied with 216 points. Why? Well, I'd guess it would be because of the single first place votes for Joe Niekro, Kent Tekulve, Gary Carter, or Bill Madlock by four different sportswriters.
1967
Following a meeting of National League owners, President Warren Giles says the league will not stand in the way of American League expansion to Seattle and Kansas City.
Gotta love that interleague cooperation.
1958
Mayor Robert Wagner of New York announces preliminary plans for a 3rd ML. Chairman William Shea, of what will become the Continental League, says it is apparent that the National League is going to ignore New York City. He implies that the new league will be free to raid ML rosters.
Yep. The National League was going to ignore the largest market in the US. That's why they tried to start the Continental League. For more info on the Continental League go HERE. It is wikipedia, so take that with a grain of salt.
The Continental League (or formally the Continental League of Professional Baseball Clubs) was a proposed third major league for baseball, announced in 1959 and scheduled to begin play in the 1961 season. The league disbanded in August 1960 without playing a single game, but it helped to accelerate the expansion of Major League Baseball.
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