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1992
Cubs 2B Ryne Sandberg becomes the highest paid player in baseball history when he agrees to a 4-year contract extension worth $28.4 million.
What happened to that Sandberg guy?
1899
At the league meeting in New York, an attempt to expel the St. Louis Browns, who had a 39-111 record in 1898, fails by a 7–4 margin. It is also decided that no club may hold more than 18 players on its reserve list.
Maybe if they tried relegation like they do in European Soccer. The Browns would have been moved down to a lower league and a team from Iowa or Indiana would have been moved up to the majors. Just a thought.
1886
The AA adopts new rules. The number of balls needed for a walk is reduced from seven to 6; the pitcher's box is one foot deeper, giving the pitcher seven feet behind the 50-foot front line in which to execute his delivery; Stolen bases are adopted as an official statistic, although the definition is rather vague initially.
Baseball really was a different game back in the 19th century.
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