Let’s go back in time!
Braves Franchise History
1948: The Brooklyn Dodgers send Eddie Stanky to the Boston Braves for Bama Rowell and $60,000
MLB History
1973: Larry Hisle of the Minnesota Twins becomes the first designated hitter in major league history during an exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hisle makes the new American League rule look good by collecting two home runs and seven runs batted in.
1987: Prized free agent Andre Dawson signs a one-year contract with the Chicago Cubs worth $650,000, well below his market value. A former Montreal Expos star, Dawson had previously offered to sign a “blank check” contract with Chicago, because collusion prevents him from signing a contract at the market rate for his services. He desperately wanted out of Montreal because of the toll the rock-hard artificial turf at Stade Olympique was exerting on his knees.
2005: Suzyn Waldman becomes the first woman to be a full-time color commentator in major league history, making her debut with John Sterling on WCBS-AM 880, the radio flagship of the New York Yankees. The former radio-talk host on WFAN, the first all-sports radio station in United States, was also the first female to broadcast on a national baseball telecast, as well as the first to provide local TV (Yankees) major league play-by-play.
2014: Dr. Frank Jobe, the pioneer surgeon who performed the first ligament replacement surgery on pitcher Tommy John in 1974 and then popularized the technique that has saved hundred of pitchers’ careers, dies in Santa Monica, CA at age 88. He had been a medical adviser to the Los Angeles Dodgers for 50 years, continuing even after his retirement from regular practice in 2008.
2020: Christian Yelich, the National League batting champion the last two years, signs a nine-year contract extension with the Milwaukee Brewers worth $187.25 million.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.