Highlighted entries:
1981
Faced with the possibility of losing star OF Fred Lynn to free agency because of a front-office blunder, the Red Sox trade Lynn and P Steve Renko to the Angels for pitchers Frank Tanana and Jim Dorsey and OF Joe Rudi. The Players' Association contends that Lynn and C Carlton Fisk are free agents because the Red Sox failed to mail their new contracts by the deadline provided for in the Basic Agreement. Lynn signs a 4-year deal with the Angels and agrees to drop his case. Fisk's case will go to arbitration.
Blunder is the right word.
Some Hall Of Fame induction classes:
Also from 19621979
Willie Mays receives 409 of 432 votes in the BBWAA election to earn enshrinement in the Hall of Fame.1975
Ralph Kiner earns Hall of Fame membership by a single vote.1968
Joe Medwick is voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.1962
Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson are selected for the Baseball Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility.
Lawyer Melvin Belli wins a breach-of-warranty suit against the San Francisco Giants on the grounds that his box seat at Candlestick Park is too cold. Belli's suit contends that the seat he bought in 1960, at the cost of $1,597, was supposed to have radiant heating.
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