2017 – Major League Baseball announces that a variation of the “Schiller Rule” used in international baseball will be tested in two Rookie-level minor leagues this season. In the Gulf Coast League and the Arizona League, if a game is tied after nine innings, every subsequent inning will start with a runner already on second base.
2014 – In the first salary arbitration cases to be decided in two years, P Andrew Cashner wins against the San Diego Padres while Vinnie Pestano is a loser in his dispute with the Cleveland Indians. In 2013, all potential cases had been settled before a final decision by the arbitrator.
2011 – In the first salary arbitration decision of the off-season, Pittsburgh P Ross Ohlendorf is a winner, being awarded a salary of $ 2.025 million in spite of an ugly 1-11 record in 2010.
The Orioles sign veteran left-handed pitchers Mark Hendrickson and Will Ohman, and designate Armando Gabino for assignment. Both lefties will compete for spots in the bullpen.
The Twins sign OF Jacque Jones, who played for Minnesota from 1999 to 2005. He is attempting a comeback after spending last season with the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League. The Twins also lose OF Jason Pridie, who is claimed on waivers by the Mets.
P Scott Schoeneweis signs a contract with the Brewers after pitching for Arizona last season. It was a year marked by tragedy, with the sudden death of his wife Gabrielle from a drug overdose on May 20, leaving Schoeneweis in lone care of four children aged 16 or younger.
2009 – 12-time All-Star and 3-time MVP Alex Rodriguez publicly admits to using steroids from 2001 to 2003, while a member of the Texas Rangers. Rodriguez apologizes for his past errors; he had not commented on the issue since Sports Illustrated had broken a story about a positive 2003 test two days earlier.
2008 – Mark Kelly, a former Philadelphia Phillies farmhand, throws a one-hit shutout of the New South Wales Patriots in game two of the Claxton Shield finals to give the Western Australia Heelers the title. Kelly allows only a Gavin Fingleson single in shutting down a lineup which includes former California League batting champion Brendan Kingman. Mitch Graham’s solo homer off Pitcher of the Year Tim Cox is the only run of the contest. Kelly is named MVP of the 2008 Shield.
After auditioning for about two-thirds of the teams in the major leagues last month and considering offers from four clubs, Keith Foulke comes out of retirement, signing a $700,000, one-year contract with the A’s. The 35 year-old reliever, best known for throwing the last pitch in the 2004 World Championship for the victorious Red Sox, retired prior to the 2007 season after signing a deal with the Indians.
Deliberating for a little more than four hours, a jury rules the Angels did not breach a contract with the city of Anaheim when the ball club changed its name. Thirteen months ago, the team known as the Anaheim Angels became the “Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim”, prompting the city where it plays to file a law suit claiming the change in name amounted to at least $100 million in lost revenue.
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