The Pacific Coast League announces its teams will play a reduced 176-game schedule next season. The PCL clubs, however, will continue to play 180 contests next season as they have for the past two years.

On October 23, 1952 — The Pacific Coast League announces its teams will play a reduced 176-game schedule next season. The PCL clubs, however, will continue to play 180 contests next season as they have for the past two years.

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The Pacific Coast League announces its teams will play a reduced 176-game schedule next season. The PCL clubs, however, will continue to play 180 contests next season as they have for the past two years.

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Umpire Doug Harvey, a veteran of 13 seasons in the National League and over 4,600 major league games, dies at age 87. Considered by many as the best umpire ever and nicknamed “God” for his infallibility, he was enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 2010.

Without a single assist registered by his Cincinnati teammates, Bob Ewing beats the Phillies, 10-3. ‘Long Bob’ will post a stellar 2.38 ERA this season, but he will finish the season with a 13-14 record for the sixth-place Reds.

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