He certainly earned it!
Braves Franchise History
1941: Paul Waner, released by the Pittsburgh Pirates last December, signs with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Waner will play 11 games before moving to the Boston Braves, but he will return to Brooklyn in 1943.
2000: Atlanta Braves reliever John Rocker is suspended from baseball until May 1st by Commissioner Bud Selig for his racial and ethnic remarks in an article published in Sports Illustrated last month. Rocker is also fined an undisclosed amount and ordered to attend sensitivity training.
MLB History
1962: San Francisco Giants star Willie Mays signs the largest contract in major league baseball, reportedly $90,000 for the upcoming season. Mays will earn every penny in 1962, when he bats .304 with 49 home runs and 141 RBI and helps the Giants to the National League pennant.
2024: John Angelos, speaking in behalf of the Angelos family, announces a deal to sell majority ownership in the Baltimore Orioles to a group headed by businessman David Rubenstein and that would also include former Orioles great Cal Ripken Jr. The price is $1.725 billion and the sale still requires the approval of MLB’s owners.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, Nationalpastime.com and Today in Baseball History.