1981
At Ponce, (Puerto Rican League) Santurce beats Ponce, 11–4. Ponce's Rickey Henderson steals his 41st and 42nd bases, breaking the old league record of 41 set by Carlos Bernier in the 1949-50 season. Henderson will finish the season with 44 stolen bases.
Henderson would probably tell you that this was Rickey's warm-up for the run at Lou Brock's MLB single season stolen base record in 1982.
1912
Brooklyn Dodgers president Charles Ebbets announces he has purchased grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000. During the year he will ease his pinched financial condition by selling half the team to Ed and Steve McKeever.I wonder what Ebbets would call that new stadium?
Fred Dunlap finally signs with Pittsburgh following the sale of his contract by Detroit. He agrees to a $5,000 salary and a $2,000 bonus, making him the highest-paid player to date.
$7,000? Fred Dunlap just looks like a ballplayer.
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