2014 – With the Athletics idle, the Angels move into first place in the AL West for the first time this year after a 4 – 2 win over Boston. They now have the best record in the majors at 73-50, a half-game in front of division rivals Oakland.

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Ben Chapman, who will lead the protest against Jackie Robinson in 1947, harasses a Jewish fan during a Yankees’ 13-3 victory of the White Sox at the Bronx ballpark. The New York left fielder shouts disparaging epithets and taunts the team’s supporter with Nazi salutes.

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Major league player representatives Ralph Kiner (National League) and Allie Reynolds (American League) hire labor leader John Norman Lewis at $15,000 per annum to give legal advice to players in their negotiations with the owners.

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2014 – With the Athletics idle, the Angels move into first place in the AL West for the first time this year after a 4 – 2 win over Boston. They now have the best record in the majors at 73-50, a half-game in front of division rivals Oakland.

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