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1977
The White Sox trade SS Bucky Dent to the Yankees for OF Oscar Gamble‚ and minor league pitchers LaMarr Hoyt and Bob Polinsky‚ and an estimated $200‚000. Gamble will have a fine season in Chicago and Hoyt will blossom into the ace of the White Sox staff in the early 1980's.
Dent was a former Appleton Fox. Hoyt would pitch for the Foxes in 1978.
1923
Reflecting the strength of corporate baseball teams‚ an article (noted by Carlos Bauer) in today's Beloit Daily News reports that "Beloit Fairy pitchers (Hippo) Vaughn‚ Cashion‚ (Win) Noyes‚ (Zip) Zabel‚ and Dave Davenport (all ex-major leaguers) leave Beloit today for Hot Springs‚ Arkansas‚ where they will take a week-long conditioning drill before being joined by the remainder of the factory squad‚ due to leave for the southland April 11. Manager Chubb will accompany the pitchers to Hot Springs‚ and will be on hand to pray for less rain at that resort than has een the portion of the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Red Sox-which clubs have been wallowing through three weeks of soggy weather there."
I wonder if that was considered a paid vacation.
1823
As noted by historian George Thompson‚ a mention of the word "base all" appears in the National Advocate relating a game played today. "I was much pleased in witnessing a company of active young men playing the manly and athletic game of 'base ball' at the Retreat in Broadway (Jones). I am informed they are an organized association‚ and that a very interesting game will be played on Saturday next at the above place."
Good thing they put those two words together 'base ball' doesn't look right.
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