2019 – The Angels sign OF Mike Trout to a ten-year extension that will pay him $426.5 million through 2030. This represents the largest contract ever and just about ensures that the greatest player in franchise history will spend his entire career as an Angel.

ByTom

2019 – The Angels sign OF Mike Trout to a ten-year extension that will pay him $426.5 million through 2030. This represents the largest contract ever and just about ensures that the greatest player in franchise history will spend his entire career as an Angel.

Putting financial considerations ahead of on-field competitiveness, the Braves send top prospect Ronald Acuna to the minors, even though the Baseball America 2017 Minor League Player of the Year has been red hot in spring training, hitting .432 with 4 homers, and is obviously ready for the Show. However, the Braves want to delay the start of his arbitration clock by a year by keeping him away from the bigs for at least a couple of weeks.

ByTom

Putting financial considerations ahead of on-field competitiveness, the Braves send top prospect Ronald Acuna to the minors, even though the Baseball America 2017 Minor League Player of the Year has been red hot in spring training, hitting .432 with 4 homers, and is obviously ready for the Show. However, the Braves want to delay the start of his arbitration clock by a year by keeping him away from the bigs for at least a couple of weeks.

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Ten days before Opening Day, the Dodgers suffer a big setback when 3B Justin Turner breaks his wrist after being hit by a pitch in the 1st inning of a Cactus League game.

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Ten days before Opening Day, the Dodgers suffer a big setback when 3B Justin Turner breaks his wrist after being hit by a pitch in the 1st inning of a Cactus League game.

Aroldis Chapman is struck in the face by a line drive off the bat of Salvador Perez

ByTom

2014 – A Cactus League game between the Reds and Royals is abruptly stopped in the 6th inning when Reds closer Aroldis Chapman is struck in the face by a line drive off the bat of Salvador Perez. Chapman is taken off the field on a stretcher, with fractures above his eye and in his nose, as well as multiple lacerations. The two managers then elect not to continue play, with the blessing of home plate umpire Chris Guccione.

2012 – New York Mets owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, facing a $300 million lawsuit, agree to pay $162 million into a trust fund for victims of Bernard Madoff’s fraudulent investment scheme, thus averting a trial. The payoff is because the Mets were among the few investors who made money out of their investments in Madoff’s fund, while thousands of smaller investors lost everything when the whole house of cards collapsed in 2009. Wilpon and Katz will put up $29 million of their own money in the settlement.

ByTom

2012 – New York Mets owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, facing a $300 million lawsuit, agree to pay $162 million into a trust fund for victims of Bernard Madoff’s fraudulent investment scheme, thus averting a trial. The payoff is because the Mets were among the few investors who made money out of their investments in Madoff’s fund, while thousands of smaller investors lost everything when the whole house of cards collapsed in 2009. Wilpon and Katz will put up $29 million of their own money in the settlement.

The 2011 CPBL season begins with a 10 – 4 win by the Brother Elephants over the Sinon Bulls. Chien-Fu Yang loses his fourth Opening Day decision, a record, while Orlando Roman gets the win.

ByTom

The 2011 CPBL season begins with a 10 – 4 win by the Brother Elephants over the Sinon Bulls. Chien-Fu Yang loses his fourth Opening Day decision, a record, while Orlando Roman gets the win.

2010 – Oney Guillen, the son of White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, is asked to resign from his job as a member of the team’s minor league department because of uncomplimentary remarks about the organization which he made on his “Twitter” account. Says Ozzie about the incident: “It’s hard when you see your kids and tell them, ‘I just told the people you got to resign.’ I think that’s the hardest thing I ever did in my life.”

ByTom

2010 – Oney Guillen, the son of White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, is asked to resign from his job as a member of the team’s minor league department because of uncomplimentary remarks about the organization which he made on his “Twitter” account. Says Ozzie about the incident: “It’s hard when you see your kids and tell them, ‘I just told the people you got to resign.’ I think that’s the hardest thing I ever did in my life.”

In protest of coaches not receiving the same $40,000 stipend negotiated by the players union, the Red Sox players vote to boycott playing in their exhibition game, scheduled to be televised nationally from the City of Palms Park, and tomorrow’s flight to Japan for the season-opening game against the A’s. The delayed game starts an hour later when MLB consents to pay the managers, coaches, and trainers $20,000 each from management’s proceeds, with the team agreeing to make up the difference.

ByTom

In protest of coaches not receiving the same $40,000 stipend negotiated by the players union, the Red Sox players vote to boycott playing in their exhibition game, scheduled to be televised nationally from the City of Palms Park, and tomorrow’s flight to Japan for the season-opening game against the A’s. The delayed game starts an hour later when MLB consents to pay the managers, coaches, and trainers $20,000 each from management’s proceeds, with the team agreeing to make up the difference.

2006 – When the Oakland Athletics open their season at home against the New York Yankees next month, the entire upper deck will be covered by green tarpaulins, making McAfee Coliseum the midget of the major leagues in terms of seating capacity.

ByTom

2006 – When the Oakland Athletics open their season at home against the New York Yankees next month, the entire upper deck will be covered by green tarpaulins, making McAfee Coliseum the midget of the major leagues in terms of seating capacity.