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| 1913 |
On the same day, the Dodgers offer the Reds $35,000 for Joe Tinker, the team owner Charles Ebbets joins the National League Board of Directors. The 33-year-old shortstop will jump to the Federal League as player-manager of the Chicago Whales for $12,000 when Brooklyn delays meeting his salary demands of being paid a 'commission' of $10,000 of his final sale price of $25,000.
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| 1931 | At the Winter Meetings, the owners agree to reduce active rosters from 25 to 23 players for the upcoming season by June 15 as part of broader cost-cutting measures due to decreased attendance and economic pressures created by the Great Depression. Also, the National League voted to continue their ban on uniform numbers but will change their position after the Braves unilaterally decided to wear digits just days before their season opener against the Dodgers. |
| 1965 |
Eleven days before his 84th birthday, Branch Rickey dies of heart failure while in intensive care at Boone County Memorial Hospital in Columbia (MO). The former executive of the Cardinals, Dodgers, and Pirates, named by ESPN as the most influential sports figure of the twentieth century, broke the color barrier in 1947 with the signing of Jackie Robinson and implemented the concept of farm systems for the major leagues.
 Branch Rickey (1953) |
| 1997 | The Giants signed former Dodgers nemesis Orel Hershiser. The 39-year-old right-hander, who will post an 11-10 record with a 4.41 ERA in 202 innings, will spend only one season with San Francisco before moving on to the Mets the following season. |
| 2015 | Major League Baseball issues a recommendation for all its 30 teams to install netting to protect their fans sitting in front of the most exposed field-level seats. The suggested protective shield, which would extend from one dugout to the other, will be implemented by most clubs before opening day, with the Mets, Pirates, and Twins already in compliance, having netting down the first and third base foul lines. |
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