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| 1960 | The National League turns down Joe Cronin's compromise, which proposed that both leagues expand to nine teams in 1961 and begin interleague play, citing that Houston would not be ready next season. In November, the American League president suggested that if the Senior Circuit had started its New York franchise in 1961, the American League would have stayed out of Los Angeles until 1962. |
| 1990 | Toronto trades first baseman Fred McGriff and shortstop Tony Fernandez to the Padres for second baseman Roberto Alomar and outfielder Joe Carter. The two new Blue Jays will play a vital role in the team's back-to-back World Championships in 1992 and 1993. |
| 2021 | Golden Days Era Committee (considers candidates from 1950-69) selects Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Miñoso, and Tony Oliva, with Bud Fowler and Buck O'Neil chosen by the Early Baseball Era Committee (considers candidates before 1950) to be honored, along with David Ortiz, at the 2022 Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown (NY). Dick Allen, who finished one vote short of being Hall Famer the last time the GDE committee met in 2014, misses again by the same margin on this year's ballot. |
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