Volume 13 , Issue 12

This Day In History (March 21)

If Ty Cobb could get $4000 with an $800 bonus in 1908, I wonder what my Grandpa Bill McGill received when he signed with the St. Louis Browns in 1907. Need to check that out! Neither Ty Cobb nor Grandpa McGill received what baseball players get in present day! That I am sure of!

On this day in Baseball history, March 21st:
* 1908 - Tigers' outfielder Ty Cobb signs for $4000 with an $800 bonus if he hits over .300.

* 1936 - The Reds trade first baseman Jim Bottomley for the Browns' utility player Johnny Burnett

* 1957 - It is reported the owners will get 9.3 million dollars for the 1957 TV-Radio rights.

* 1959 - The Indians trade Larry Doby to the Tigers for Tito Francona. It turns out to be a great swap for the Tribe as their new outfielder will hit .363 - while Doby will only play in just 16 games for Detroit.

* 1962 - In a ceremony prior to the spring training game against New York in Clearwater, the Phillies honor the visiting Robin Roberts, who was sold to the Yankees in the off-season, by retiring his uniform number 36, the familiar numerals he wore for 14 season with Philadelphia. The future Hall of Fame right-hander starts the exhibition game against his former team, giving up four runs in three innings, and is credited with the win in the Bronx Bombers' 13-10. victory.

* 1966 - In a spring exhibition game in Houston's Astrodome, the Dodgers and Astros become the first major league teams to play on artificial grass. The material, which would become known as AstroTurf, was developed by Monsanto in an effort to overcome the team's inability to grow grass indoors.

* 1968 - The new Kansas City American League franchise selects Royals as the team name.

* 1975 - Georgia Tech blanks Earklham, 41-0, setting the NCAA mark for the largest margin of victory.

* 2002 - The Phillies make public the one-day regular-season suspension of Larry Bowa handed down by Major League Baseball vice president for on-field operations Bob Watson. The action was taken as a result of the Philadelphia's manager's "inappropriate conduct toward the umpire" when he became enraged with the home plate umpire over two close calls on checked swings during an exhibition game against the Indians on March 9.   |  View or Add Comments (1 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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