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| 1911 |
New York politician James E. Gaffney and former player Montgomery Ward purchase the National League franchise, the Boston Doves. The new owners will change the team's name to the Braves due to Gaffney's tie to Tammany Hall, which uses an Indian chief as its symbol.
 Tammany Hall logo, once a political machine of the NY Democratic Party |
| 2000 | Outbidding the Indians, the Red Sox sign free-agent Manny Ramirez to a reported eight-year, $160 million contract. The very lucrative deal pales in comparison to Alex Rodriguez's $252 million, 10-year agreement with the Rangers, also announced today. |
| 2003 |
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) honors the legacy of Larry Doby with the Congressional Gold Medal. Doby, the first African American to play in the American League when he broke in with the Indians in 1947 and the game's second Black manager, receives recognition for his achievements on the field and contributions to the American Civil Rights Movement.
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| 2007 |
"We can jump to this conclusion: that steroids have sullied the game. My hope is that this report is a part of putting the steroid era of baseball behind us." - GEORGE W. BUSH, U.S. president and former owner of the Rangers. The Major League Baseball issues the Mitchell Report, a 409-page document and a paper trail of 115,000 copies of receipts, canceled checks, telephone records, and e-mail messages, twenty months after Commissioner Bud Selling ordered the outside investigation. The much-anticipated findings, authored by former Senator George Mitchell, call the steroid era a collective failure, naming 89 former and present players who allegedly used illegal, performance-enhancing drugs, including stars Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, and Gary Sheffield. |
| 2008 | The Indians come to terms with free-agent Kerry Wood (5-4, 3.26), agreeing to a two-year deal with a one-year option reportedly worth $20 million after the oft-injured right-hander passed a physical taken earlier in the week. The former Cubs fireballing phenom saved 34 games in 2008, his first season as a closer for Chicago. |