12/24/2006

Baseball History -- December 24

Complete entry for December 24 is at BaseballLibrary.com HERE.

Highlighted entries:

1967
Red Sox star Jim Lonborg falls while skiing and injures his knee. The 1967 Cy Young Award winner, 22–9 this past season, will fall to 6–10 in 1968.

Didn't there used to be some kind of curse that was associated with the Red Sox that explained these things?
1929
Officers of the
New York Giants hand stockholder Francis X. McQuade a Christmas present, filing a $200,000 damage suit against the long-time club treasurer. The suit charges McQuade with seeking to "wreck and destroy" the club. McQuade countersues and after months of litigation, the NY Supreme Court will rule that McQuade is entitled to back pay, but not his job. A higher court will rule that he doesn't even get the back pay.
Why do I get the feeling this was a typical John McGraw Christmas?

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