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| 1974 | Steve Garvey, who didn't lead the league in any offensive category (.312, 21, 111), garners 13 of the 22 first-place votes cast by the BBWAA to win the National League MVP Award, outpointing runner-up Lou Brock, who stole a major league record 118 bases and scored 105 runs for the Cardinals. The Dodgers' Gold Glove first baseman played a pivotal role in the team's National League championship. |
| 2003 | Eric Gagne, who saved 55 consecutive games for the Dodgers, becomes the ninth reliever to win a Cy Young Award. The runner-up is Jason Schmidt of the Giants, the pitcher with the NL's best won-lost percentage (17-4, 77%) and an ERA of 2.34, leading the circuit. |
| 2006 |
The Mets stage a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the construction of the 45,000-seat ballpark, which will replace Shea Stadium in 2009. The new $800-million Citi Field ballpark, named in association with Citigroup Inc., will be reminiscent of Ebbets Field, featuring a statue of Jackie Robinson in a rotunda named after the immortal Brooklyn Dodger infielder.
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| 2014 | Clayton Kershaw (21-3, 1.77 ERA ) becomes the first pitcher to win the National League MVP award since Cardinal right-hander Bob Gibson copped the honor in 1968. The 26-year-old Dodger southpaw won his third NL Cy Young Award yesterday, receiving 18 of 30 of the writers' first-place votes, easily outdistancing runner-ups Giancarlo Stanton (8) and Andrew McCutchen (4). |
| 2020 | The Marlins hire Kim Ng, who has worked for major league teams for over three decades, to be the club's new general manager, making her the first female general manager in baseball history. The 51-year-old Asian American, most recently the MLB's senior vice president of baseball operations, previously held positions with the Yankees, Dodgers, and the White Sox, where her career started as an intern in 1990. |
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