Highlighted entries:
1998
Rupert Murdoch purchases the Los Angeles Dodgers from Peter O'Malley for a reported $311 million, the highest price ever paid for a US sports franchise.
An O'Malley owned the Dodgers from 1950 until 1998.
1981
Blue Jays 3B and All-American basketball player Danny Ainge drives the length of the court for a lay-up with two seconds to play, giving Brigham Young University a 51–50 upset victory over 7th-ranked Notre Dame in the NCAA East Regional semifinals. Ainge will hit .187 in 86 games for Toronto this season, retire, then sign to play for the NBA Boston Celtics.
Your March Madness moment.
1955
The Cubs sell P Dave Cole to the Phillies. Apprised of the sale, Cole remarks, "That's too bad. They're the only team I can beat."
Sometimes self-deprecating humor is the best.
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