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| 1994 | Lee Smith, who led the majors in saves for the Orioles last season with 33, signs as a free agent with the Angels. The 37-year-old right-handed reliever is the all-time saves leader with 434, a position he will hold until his final total is surpassed in 1996 by Trevor Hoffman with 479 saves. |
| 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. |
| 2017 |
The Angels, after signing him to a mega deal earlier in the week, reveal that Shohei Ohtani has been diagnosed with a first-degree UCL sprain in his right elbow. The eventual American League Rookie of the Year received a platelet-rich plasma injection to treat the pain and will make his first start on April 1, giving up three hits in six innings to earn the victory in LA's 7-4 win over the A's.
(Ed. Note: The 23-year-old Japanese superstar ended his first major league season with a batting average of .285, 22 home runs, 61 RBIs, and 10 stolen bases while compiling a 4â2 record with a 3.31 ERA in ten starts on the mound will undergo Tommy John surgery in the off-season and not pitch in 2019 - LP) Â |