Highlighted entries:
1991
The Orioles obtain slugging 1B Glenn Davis from the Astros but give up the farm sending OF Steve Finley, P Pete Harnisch, and P Curt Schilling to Houston.
Nice trade. No, not really.
1984
Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, and Don Drysdale are elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA.
Nice class. Not kidding here. This was a nice class.
1884
At the annual meeting of the minor-league Northwest League, 1st-place Toledo is declared the league champion for 1883. But because Toledo has moved from the NWL to the major league AA for 1884, the NWL pennant is awarded to 2nd-place Saginaw, MI. The NWL also rescinds its prohibition of Sunday base ball and the sale of beer at its ball parks, thereby aligning itself with AA policy and against the National League policy.
Toledo, you won the league. Saginaw, you get the pennant. Toledo, good luck in the American Association. Saginaw, fly that flag proud and high next year from the beer stand, especially on Sundays.
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