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1986
Rollie Fingers loses a chance to continue his career with the Cincinnati Reds when he refuses to shave his trademark handlebar mustache to comply with the club's policy. Says Fingers: "I'm not about to shave it off just to play baseball."
That takes guts. For someone. For something.
1974
Today in Charles Schulz's syndicated cartoon strip "Peanuts" Snoopy declares, " I have a trivia question that will drive Woodstock up the wall." In the next frame: " Who played shortstop for St. Paul when they won the American Association pennant in 1938?" After Woodstock answers, Snoopy shakes his head in amazement: "How did he ever hear of Ollie Bejma?" Bejma, who played for Schultz' home town team, was the co-MVP with teammate Whitlow Wyatt in 1938 (beating out Triple Crown winner Ted Williams) before playing for the White Sox.
I wish the whole Peanuts collection was available on-line instead of just the last month. But the last month is still pretty good.
1931
The Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants become the first ML teams to meet in a night game. They collect 23 hits in a 10-inning exhibition game played in Houston, at Buffs Stadium.
Nine innings wasn't enough?
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