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March 23 in Tigers and mlb history:
1889: John Ward arrives in New York, having left the world tour early, and states that he might consent to play with the Washington Nationals if he receives a major portion of the $12,000 sale price. On April 2nd he will kill the deal with the Giants by refusing to play for Washington.
1900: The Brooklyn Superbas sell John McGraw, Wilbert Robinson and Bill Keister to the St. Louis Cardinals for $15,000. McGraw and Robinson refuse to report.
1936: Pitcher Dizzy Dean ends his well-publicized holdout and signs a contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. Dean agrees to a one-year deal that will pay him $24,000 for the upcoming season.
1938: Commissioner Landis frees 74 St. Louis Cardinals minor leaguers, among them Pete Reiser, in yet another attempt to halt the farm system cover-up. Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Larry MacPhail makes a pact with his St. Louis counterpart, Branch Rickey, to take the as-yet unknown Reiser and swap him back in the future, but the young outfielder's ability is too great to hide.
1941: New York Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio, a holdout and late arrival in spring training, plays his first exhibition game.
1951: The Brooklyn Dodgers sign a 21-year lease with the city of Vero Beach, Florida, for use of their spring training facilities there.
1959: The San Francisco Giants clear space for future Hall of Famers Orlando Cepeda and Willie McCovey by trading first baseman Bill White to the St. Louis Cardinals. Cepeda won the 1958 National League Rookie of the Year Award after batting .312 with 25 home runs and 96 RBI. McCovey, a top prospect in the Giants' farm system, will make his major league debut this season.
1963: The Washington Senators traded Wayne Comer to the Detroit Tigers for Bobo Osborne.
1978: The Detroit Tigers release Rich Folkers and Roric Harrison.
1982: The Detroit Tigers traded Roger Weaver to the Atlanta Braves for Eddie Miller.
1987: The Detroit Tigers released Brian Harper.
1988: The Detroit Tigers signed Mark Huismann as a free agent.
1989: The Tigers trade longtime institutional stalwart Tom Brookens to the Yankees.
1989: The San Diego Padres traded Mike Brumley to the Detroit Tigers for Luis Salazar.
1989: The Chicago White Sox traded Ken Williams to the Detroit Tigers for Eric King.
1990: Gambler Howard Spira is arrested for extorting money from New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who paid Spira $40,000 in January. The Commissioner will suspend Steinbrenner because of his relationship with the unsavory character.
1992: The National League announces that president Bill White will step down at the end of his term in 1993. A former St. Louis Cardinals star, White became the first African-American league president in 1989.
2001: The Detroit Tigers released Scott Servais.
2003: The Detroit Tigers release Kevin Barker and Julio Santana.
2006: According to a new book, San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds tried to keep his name out of the BALCO scandal, sending his lawyer into meetings with company representatives to ask for protection.
2013: The Detroit Tigers returned Jeff Kobernus (earlier draft pick) to the Washington Nationals.
2013: Virgil Trucks dies in Calera, Alabama, at age 95. Pitched two no-hitters for the Tigers during the 1952 season.
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2015: Hillerich & Bradsby, which has manufactured the iconic Louisville Slugger bats for 130 years, sells the brand to the rival Wilson Sporting Goods company for $70 million. The bats will continue to be produced in Louisville, KY and the Louisville Slugger Museum will also remain open.
2017: The Detroit Tigers released David Martinez.
2018: A few lines in a 2,000 page, $1.3 trillion spending bill passed by Congress exempts Major League Baseball from certain terms of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The consequences are that minor leaguers need no longer be paid for spring training, off-season workouts or any overtime during the season. The change, misnomingly entitled the "Save America's Pastime Act", is the result of active lobbying by MLB to preempt a lawsuit filed four years ago in a U.S. District Court in San Francisco, CA by former minor league player Garrett Broshuis on behalf of three active players that accuses teams of systematically violating labor laws.
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Virgil Trucks 1941-1943, 1945-1952, 1956.
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1889: John Ward arrives in New York, having left the world tour early, and states that he might consent to play with the Washington Nationals if he receives a major portion of the $12,000 sale price. On April 2nd he will kill the deal with the Giants by refusing to play for Washington.
1900: The Brooklyn Superbas sell John McGraw, Wilbert Robinson and Bill Keister to the St. Louis Cardinals for $15,000. McGraw and Robinson refuse to report.
1936: Pitcher Dizzy Dean ends his well-publicized holdout and signs a contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. Dean agrees to a one-year deal that will pay him $24,000 for the upcoming season.
1938: Commissioner Landis frees 74 St. Louis Cardinals minor leaguers, among them Pete Reiser, in yet another attempt to halt the farm system cover-up. Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Larry MacPhail makes a pact with his St. Louis counterpart, Branch Rickey, to take the as-yet unknown Reiser and swap him back in the future, but the young outfielder's ability is too great to hide.
1941: New York Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio, a holdout and late arrival in spring training, plays his first exhibition game.
1951: The Brooklyn Dodgers sign a 21-year lease with the city of Vero Beach, Florida, for use of their spring training facilities there.
1959: The San Francisco Giants clear space for future Hall of Famers Orlando Cepeda and Willie McCovey by trading first baseman Bill White to the St. Louis Cardinals. Cepeda won the 1958 National League Rookie of the Year Award after batting .312 with 25 home runs and 96 RBI. McCovey, a top prospect in the Giants' farm system, will make his major league debut this season.
1963: The Washington Senators traded Wayne Comer to the Detroit Tigers for Bobo Osborne.
1978: The Detroit Tigers release Rich Folkers and Roric Harrison.
1982: The Detroit Tigers traded Roger Weaver to the Atlanta Braves for Eddie Miller.
1987: The Detroit Tigers released Brian Harper.
1988: The Detroit Tigers signed Mark Huismann as a free agent.
1989: The Tigers trade longtime institutional stalwart Tom Brookens to the Yankees.
1989: The San Diego Padres traded Mike Brumley to the Detroit Tigers for Luis Salazar.
1989: The Chicago White Sox traded Ken Williams to the Detroit Tigers for Eric King.
1990: Gambler Howard Spira is arrested for extorting money from New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who paid Spira $40,000 in January. The Commissioner will suspend Steinbrenner because of his relationship with the unsavory character.
1992: The National League announces that president Bill White will step down at the end of his term in 1993. A former St. Louis Cardinals star, White became the first African-American league president in 1989.
2001: The Detroit Tigers released Scott Servais.
2003: The Detroit Tigers release Kevin Barker and Julio Santana.
2006: According to a new book, San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds tried to keep his name out of the BALCO scandal, sending his lawyer into meetings with company representatives to ask for protection.
2013: The Detroit Tigers returned Jeff Kobernus (earlier draft pick) to the Washington Nationals.
2013: Virgil Trucks dies in Calera, Alabama, at age 95. Pitched two no-hitters for the Tigers during the 1952 season.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ES_-pJSX...jpg&name=small
2015: Hillerich & Bradsby, which has manufactured the iconic Louisville Slugger bats for 130 years, sells the brand to the rival Wilson Sporting Goods company for $70 million. The bats will continue to be produced in Louisville, KY and the Louisville Slugger Museum will also remain open.
2017: The Detroit Tigers released David Martinez.
2018: A few lines in a 2,000 page, $1.3 trillion spending bill passed by Congress exempts Major League Baseball from certain terms of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The consequences are that minor leaguers need no longer be paid for spring training, off-season workouts or any overtime during the season. The change, misnomingly entitled the "Save America's Pastime Act", is the result of active lobbying by MLB to preempt a lawsuit filed four years ago in a U.S. District Court in San Francisco, CA by former minor league player Garrett Broshuis on behalf of three active players that accuses teams of systematically violating labor laws.
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