Highlighted entries:
1982
Needing just three wins to reach 300 for his career, Gaylord Perry signs a one-year contract with the Seattle Mariners.1964
Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., says he has a verbal commitment from a ML baseball club to move there if a stadium is ready by 1965. A $15 million stadium is approved the next day by the city Board of Aldermen.
That was fast.
1945
With war-time travel restrictions still in effect, the Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, NY with 15 players in camp. Seven teams—the Browns, Tigers, Reds, Indians, Cubs, Pirates and White Sox—are training in Indiana, the most of any state. The Red Sox are at Tufts College while the Braves are prepping at the Choate School in Connecticut.
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