Highlighted entries are:
1978
The Reds fire manager Sparky Anderson after nine years, during which the club averaged 96 wins per season and won five divisional titles, four league pennants, and two World Championships. The surprise move comes six days after the Reds return from a trip to Japan. Anderson has one year left on a contract and had no idea he'd be fired.
The more you read that paragraph, the less sense it makes.
If you look at the list of Red managers, John McNamara was Sparky's replacement. McNamara won the NL West in 1979, but lost to the Pirates in the NLCS, finished third in 1980, had the best record in baseball in 1981, but missed the playoffs because of the split season, and started 1982 34-58 before getting fired.
1957
Warren Spahn of the Braves wins the Cy Young Award as ML Pitcher of the Year almost unanimously. His only competition for the title is the White Sox, Dick Donovan, who received one vote.
There were only sixteen votes, but there was only one Cy Young Award, um, awarded in 1957.
1952
IL President Frank Shaughnessy reveals plans to form two new major leagues by merging the top teams in the American Association and the top teams from the International League. He thinks that in five to six years, ML baseball will elevate these two leagues, along with the Pacific Coast League, which nearly has ML status now.
This would be like me revealing plans for a retractable dome at Fox Cities Stadium and then saying that in five to six years the ML will be playing games on the moon.
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