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The 1950 season saw the following rule changes: [6] Home team must bat second, in the bottom of the inning. This replaced the previous rule which would give the manager or captain of the home team preference to whether the home team would bat first or second. A major league game did not feature a home team in the top of the inning since 1914. [7]
November 26 – The Gillette Safety Razor Co. signs a six-year deal, worth an estimated $6 million, with Major League Baseball for the television and radio rights for the World Series. November 28 – Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley continues his house-cleaning as he names PCL Oakland manager and former Brooklyn third-base coach Chuck ...
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The 1950 Carolina League was a Class B baseball season played between April 19 and September 14. Eight teams played a 154-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the post-season. The Winston-Salem Cardinals won the Carolina League championship, defeating the Burlington Bees in the final round of the playoffs.
The 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers struggled for much of the season, but still wound up pushing the Philadelphia Phillies to the last day of the season before falling two games short. Following the season, Branch Rickey was replaced as majority owner/team president by Walter O'Malley , who promptly fired manager Burt Shotton and replaced him with Chuck ...
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May 11, 1950: Grant Dunlap was returned by the Browns to the Cleveland Indians. [2] July 1, 1950: Jack Bruner was purchased by the Browns from the Chicago White Sox. [5] August 1950: Chuck Oertel was acquired by the Browns from the Baxley-Hazelhurst Red Sox. [6]