The New York Yankees sign Chinese catcher Zhenwang Zhang and pitcher Kai Liu. It is wrongly touted as the first time a major league organization has signed Chinese players. However, the Seattle Mariners had signed Chao Wang in 2001.

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On June 18, 2007 The New York Yankees sign Chinese catcher Zhenwang Zhang and pitcher Kai Liu. It is wrongly touted as the first time a major league organization has signed Chinese players. However, the Seattle Mariners had signed Chao Wang in 2001.

Trailing the Red Sox by 15 games in the AL East after playing just sixty-nine games, the last-place Orioles fire Sam Perlozzo as the team’s manager. Bullpen coach Dave Trembley is named as the interim manager in the midst of an O’s eight-game losing streak as the club embarks on a West Coast road trip. He will later be named manager of the club.

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On June 18, 2007 Trailing the Red Sox by 15 games in the AL East after playing just sixty-nine games, the last-place Orioles fire Sam Perlozzo as the team’s manager. Bullpen coach Dave Trembley is named as the interim manager in the midst of an O’s eight-game losing streak as the club embarks on a…