Mickey Mental
03-10-2011, 12:29 AM
1941: The Dodgers announce their players will begin to wear helmets when batting. The use of the safety headgear will not become mandatory in the National League until 1954 and the AL will follow suit four years later.
1951: J.Edgar Hoover , longtime director of the FBI, declines the post of baseball commissioner. President Calvin Coolidge appointed him to his position in 1924 and the nation's top cop remained in the FBI until his death in 1972.
1963: In an exhibition game against the White Sox, rookie Pete Rose goes 2-for-2 in his first appearance as a Red.
1993: Sherry Davis becomes the first woman major league public address announcer when she is hired by the Giants to work at Candlestick Park.
1995: Citing the labor unrest as the reason, former Chicago Bulls great Michael Jordan announces he is leaving baseball to return the NBA. I'm sure it had nothing to do with the fact he couldn't hit a curve-ball
2006: Shairon Martis throws the first-ever no-hitter in WBC history as the Netherlands rout Panama, 10-0. The 19-year-old Dutch hurler threw exactly 65 pitches, which is the Classic's pitch limit, to accomplish the historic deed in a game which was called after seven innings because of the mercy rule; a 10 run lead after seven innings.
2009: At Puerto Rico’s Hiram Bithorn Stadium, the Netherlands WBC team, made up of mostly unknown players, upsets a heavily-favored the Dominican Republic club for the second time in four days to advanced to the next round of the World Baseball Classic. The Dominicans, considered to be an odds-on favorite, with a roster filled with major league All-Stars including David Ortiz (Red Sox), Hanley Ramirez (Marlins), and Miguel Tejada (Astros), are eliminated in the first round of the 16-team tournament.
2010: Nomar Garciaparra signs a ceremonial one-day contract with Boston six years after rejecting a four-year, $60 million offer from the team that resulted in an acrimonious trade to the Cubs in 2004. The former Rookie of the Year and AL batting champion, who use the occasion to announce his retirement ending a 14-year major league career with a .313 batting average, gets his wish to leave the game in a Red Sox uniform when throws out the ceremonial first pitch to former teammate Jason Varitek, prior to the exhibition game against Tampa Bay.
1951: J.Edgar Hoover , longtime director of the FBI, declines the post of baseball commissioner. President Calvin Coolidge appointed him to his position in 1924 and the nation's top cop remained in the FBI until his death in 1972.
1963: In an exhibition game against the White Sox, rookie Pete Rose goes 2-for-2 in his first appearance as a Red.
1993: Sherry Davis becomes the first woman major league public address announcer when she is hired by the Giants to work at Candlestick Park.
1995: Citing the labor unrest as the reason, former Chicago Bulls great Michael Jordan announces he is leaving baseball to return the NBA. I'm sure it had nothing to do with the fact he couldn't hit a curve-ball
2006: Shairon Martis throws the first-ever no-hitter in WBC history as the Netherlands rout Panama, 10-0. The 19-year-old Dutch hurler threw exactly 65 pitches, which is the Classic's pitch limit, to accomplish the historic deed in a game which was called after seven innings because of the mercy rule; a 10 run lead after seven innings.
2009: At Puerto Rico’s Hiram Bithorn Stadium, the Netherlands WBC team, made up of mostly unknown players, upsets a heavily-favored the Dominican Republic club for the second time in four days to advanced to the next round of the World Baseball Classic. The Dominicans, considered to be an odds-on favorite, with a roster filled with major league All-Stars including David Ortiz (Red Sox), Hanley Ramirez (Marlins), and Miguel Tejada (Astros), are eliminated in the first round of the 16-team tournament.
2010: Nomar Garciaparra signs a ceremonial one-day contract with Boston six years after rejecting a four-year, $60 million offer from the team that resulted in an acrimonious trade to the Cubs in 2004. The former Rookie of the Year and AL batting champion, who use the occasion to announce his retirement ending a 14-year major league career with a .313 batting average, gets his wish to leave the game in a Red Sox uniform when throws out the ceremonial first pitch to former teammate Jason Varitek, prior to the exhibition game against Tampa Bay.