1985
The Brewers release 39-year-old P Rollie Fingers, the major leagues' all-time saves leader with 341.
Fingers had a chance to sign with the Reds after this. But, the 'No Facial Hair' policy of the Reds would have meant that the handlebar would have had to go. Rollie retired.
1957
The AP names Henry Aaron as the 1957 National League MVP with 239 votes. Stan Musial is a close 2nd with 230, and Red Schoendienst is 3rd with 221.
Aaron hit 44 homers with 132 RBI and an average of .322 that season for his only MVP award. Plus, in the World Series that year, Aaron hit three homers and drove in seven RBI.
1900
The National League rejects the American League as an equal, declaring it an outlaw league outside of the National Agreement, thus inaugurating a state of war. This follows the AL's announcement two days ago that it has made arrangements to go into Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia. Two weeks later the AA makes it a 3-way battle.
Rivalry makes the world go round.
1887Unfortunately, the uniform database only goes back to 1900. No luck finding a picture of this uniform. But, I think it went a little something like this:
Cleveland announces a new uniform design featuring dark blue stripes and piping. The new suit will inspire the nickname "Spider" because of the web-like pattern.
But that is just a guess.
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