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Tuesday, January 24, 2006
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It's 37 degrees with partly cloudy skies outside our virtual newsroom at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. Here's the latest from BaseballLibrary.com.Our archive currently features 27,455 full-text pages of baseball history.
Today's Milestones
BORN TODAY: Scott Kazmir (1984); Mike Glavine (1973); Cory Bailey (1971); Ross Powell (1968); Rob Dibble (1964); Tim Barrett (1961); Neil Allen and Atlee Hammaker (1958); Ted Cox (1955); Tim Jones (1954); Tim Stoddard (1953); John Scott (1952); Ron Dunn (1950); Dick Stigman (1936); John Briggs (1934); Ernie Oravetz (1932); Danny Doyle and Walt Judnich (1917); Clem Dreisewerd (1916); Johnny Dickshot (1910); Mickey Finn (1904); Clay Touchstone (1903); Curly Ogden and Flint Rhem (1901); Cliff Heathcote and Jim Lindsey (1898); Pinch Thomas (1888); Dave Brain (1879); Bunk Congalton (1875); Whitey Guese (1872)
DIED TODAY: John Boozer (1986); Bill Moore (1984); Ben Shields (1982); Hal McKain (1970); Tom Zachary (1969); Ralph Young (1965); Russ Ford (1960); Admiral Schlei (1958); Monte Beville (1955); Angel Aragon (1952); Tommy Bond (1941); Jim Mullin (1925)
6 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 2000):Yankee prospect D'Angelo Jimenez suffers a broken neck when a car he is driving in the Dominican Republic collides with a bus. Jimenez is not paralyzed but will miss the 2000 season. He figured to be the Yankee reserve infielder, taking over the role that Luis Sojo, now with the Pirates, filled last season.
8 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1998):Minor league 1B Doug Blosser is killed in an automobile accident in Sarasota, Florida.
6 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1980):Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon head a group of investors which purchases the New York Mets for a reported $21.1 million, the highest price paid to date for a ML baseball franchise. Doubleday, whose publishing company supplied 80 percent of the purchase price, will serve as chairman of the board, while Wilpon, a former teammate of Sandy Koufax's at Brooklyn's Lafayette High School, will be president and chief operating officer.
33 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1973):Warren Spahn is elected to the Hall of Fame in his first try on the BBWAA ballot, receiving 316 of 380 votes
44 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1962):The Southern Association, which lost New Orleans and Memphis in the last two years and with attendance lagging, suspends operation.
45 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1961):The A's trade outfielders Whitey Herzog and Russ Snyder to the Orioles for IF Wayne Causey, P Jim Archer, OF Bob Boyd, and OF Al Pilarcik. Boyd, with the Orioles since 1956, leaves with a .301 average with the Birds, a team career mark that won't be topped this century
56 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1950):Jackie Robinson signs a contract for $35,000, reportedly making him the highest paid Brooklyn player in history.
67 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1939):George Sisler, Eddie Collins, and Willie Keeler are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the BBWAA.
84 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1922):Brooklyn buys SS Sam Crane from Cincinnati. He will play in three games and later be convicted of murder. He will be visited in prison by Connie Mack, who works for his parole and gives him a job
91 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1915):In a retreat from the FL competition, the Baltimore Orioles of the International League move to Richmond, VA. With the demise of the FL, the Orioles will return to Baltimore
93 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1913):In a story in the New York Times, Detroit Tiger President Frank Navin blames the length of the games on the "coachers boxes." Navin, reacting to American League President Ban Johnson's complaint that too many games the previous season had taken two hours to play, says the boxes should be moved back so that the catcher can give the pitcher his signals more quickly. From where they are now, he said, the coaching players can detect the catcher's signals unless he takes a lot of time to hide them. Navin said this slow signalling is the reason for the longer games (as noted by Lyle Spatz )
Complete January 24 rundown: http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/chronology/today.stm
BaseballLibrary.com is a comprehensive full-text encyclopedia of baseball history produced by The Idea Logical Company (www.idealog.com). Copyright © 2005 The Idea Logical Company, Inc.
It's 37 degrees with partly cloudy skies outside our virtual newsroom at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. Here's the latest from BaseballLibrary.com.Our archive currently features 27,455 full-text pages of baseball history.
Today's Milestones
BORN TODAY: Scott Kazmir (1984); Mike Glavine (1973); Cory Bailey (1971); Ross Powell (1968); Rob Dibble (1964); Tim Barrett (1961); Neil Allen and Atlee Hammaker (1958); Ted Cox (1955); Tim Jones (1954); Tim Stoddard (1953); John Scott (1952); Ron Dunn (1950); Dick Stigman (1936); John Briggs (1934); Ernie Oravetz (1932); Danny Doyle and Walt Judnich (1917); Clem Dreisewerd (1916); Johnny Dickshot (1910); Mickey Finn (1904); Clay Touchstone (1903); Curly Ogden and Flint Rhem (1901); Cliff Heathcote and Jim Lindsey (1898); Pinch Thomas (1888); Dave Brain (1879); Bunk Congalton (1875); Whitey Guese (1872)
DIED TODAY: John Boozer (1986); Bill Moore (1984); Ben Shields (1982); Hal McKain (1970); Tom Zachary (1969); Ralph Young (1965); Russ Ford (1960); Admiral Schlei (1958); Monte Beville (1955); Angel Aragon (1952); Tommy Bond (1941); Jim Mullin (1925)
6 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 2000):Yankee prospect D'Angelo Jimenez suffers a broken neck when a car he is driving in the Dominican Republic collides with a bus. Jimenez is not paralyzed but will miss the 2000 season. He figured to be the Yankee reserve infielder, taking over the role that Luis Sojo, now with the Pirates, filled last season.
8 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1998):Minor league 1B Doug Blosser is killed in an automobile accident in Sarasota, Florida.
6 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1980):Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon head a group of investors which purchases the New York Mets for a reported $21.1 million, the highest price paid to date for a ML baseball franchise. Doubleday, whose publishing company supplied 80 percent of the purchase price, will serve as chairman of the board, while Wilpon, a former teammate of Sandy Koufax's at Brooklyn's Lafayette High School, will be president and chief operating officer.
33 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1973):Warren Spahn is elected to the Hall of Fame in his first try on the BBWAA ballot, receiving 316 of 380 votes
44 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1962):The Southern Association, which lost New Orleans and Memphis in the last two years and with attendance lagging, suspends operation.
45 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1961):The A's trade outfielders Whitey Herzog and Russ Snyder to the Orioles for IF Wayne Causey, P Jim Archer, OF Bob Boyd, and OF Al Pilarcik. Boyd, with the Orioles since 1956, leaves with a .301 average with the Birds, a team career mark that won't be topped this century
56 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1950):Jackie Robinson signs a contract for $35,000, reportedly making him the highest paid Brooklyn player in history.
67 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1939):George Sisler, Eddie Collins, and Willie Keeler are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the BBWAA.
84 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1922):Brooklyn buys SS Sam Crane from Cincinnati. He will play in three games and later be convicted of murder. He will be visited in prison by Connie Mack, who works for his parole and gives him a job
91 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1915):In a retreat from the FL competition, the Baltimore Orioles of the International League move to Richmond, VA. With the demise of the FL, the Orioles will return to Baltimore
93 YEARS AGO TODAY (January 24, 1913):In a story in the New York Times, Detroit Tiger President Frank Navin blames the length of the games on the "coachers boxes." Navin, reacting to American League President Ban Johnson's complaint that too many games the previous season had taken two hours to play, says the boxes should be moved back so that the catcher can give the pitcher his signals more quickly. From where they are now, he said, the coaching players can detect the catcher's signals unless he takes a lot of time to hide them. Navin said this slow signalling is the reason for the longer games (as noted by Lyle Spatz )
Complete January 24 rundown: http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/chronology/today.stm
BaseballLibrary.com is a comprehensive full-text encyclopedia of baseball history produced by The Idea Logical Company (www.idealog.com). Copyright © 2005 The Idea Logical Company, Inc.
