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1999 – Jeff Bagwell and rookie Lance Berkman swat two home runs apiece as the Astros club the Padres, 8-5. Berkman has three hits and steals a base. Derek Bell accounts for the other two runs with a double. Doug Henry gets the win in relief. 

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1999 – Jeff Bagwell and rookie Lance Berkman swat two home runs apiece as the Astros club the Padres, 8-5. Berkman has three hits and steals a base. Derek Bell accounts for the other two runs with a double. Doug Henry gets the win in relief. 

The Yankees bring back C Jim Leyritz from the Padres for highly-touted pitching prospect Geraldo Padua. Padua is 25-4 in three seasons in Class A, including a run of 20 straight wins. Mysteriously, he will lose 14 straight in the minors in 2000 and earn a release from the Altoona Curve (AA) in May, 2001, after serving up three straight homers.

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The Yankees bring back C Jim Leyritz from the Padres for highly-touted pitching prospect Geraldo Padua. Padua is 25-4 in three seasons in Class A, including a run of 20 straight wins. Mysteriously, he will lose 14 straight in the minors in 2000 and earn a release from the Altoona Curve (AA) in May, 2001, after serving up three straight homers.

Paul Byrd of the Phillies plunks Braves catcher Eddie Perez on the back, precipitating a bench-clearing brawl between the two already unfriendly ball clubs. As the battle rages on, the two instigators are discovered praying together when the pitcher’s prayer for forgiveness is overheard by the angry batter.

Paul Byrd of the Phillies plunks Braves catcher Eddie Perez on the back, precipitating a bench-clearing brawl between the two already unfriendly ball clubs. As the battle rages on, the two instigators are discovered praying together when the pitcher’s prayer for forgiveness is overheard by the angry batter.

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Paul Byrd of the Phillies plunks Braves catcher Eddie Perez on the back, precipitating a bench-clearing brawl between the two already unfriendly ball clubs. As the battle rages on, the two instigators are discovered praying together when the pitcher’s prayer for forgiveness is overheard by the angry batter.

1999 – The Yankees defeat the Red Sox, 13 – 3, as 2B Chuck Knoblauch raps out five hits, including a double and home run, and drives home four runs.

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1999 – The Yankees defeat the Red Sox, 13 – 3, as 2B Chuck Knoblauch raps out five hits, including a double and home run, and drives home four runs.

The Athletics obtain P Omar Olivares and IF Randy Velarde from the Angels in exchange for P Elvin Nina and OFs Jeff DaVanon and Nathan Haynes.

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The Athletics obtain P Omar Olivares and IF Randy Velarde from the Angels in exchange for P Elvin Nina and OFs Jeff DaVanon and Nathan Haynes.

1999 – The Blue Jays obtain 1B David Segui from the Mariners in exchange for P Tom Davey and Steve Sinclair. Segui’s refusal of the Mariners’ three-year, $17 million offer prompted the trade. Segui will settle for a one-year arbitrated contract with the Jays.

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1999 – The Blue Jays obtain 1B David Segui from the Mariners in exchange for P Tom Davey and Steve Sinclair. Segui’s refusal of the Mariners’ three-year, $17 million offer prompted the trade. Segui will settle for a one-year arbitrated contract with the Jays.