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In Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, Inc. v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, [citations omitted], the Court reasoned that "exhibitions" of "base ball" did not implicate the Sherman Act because they did not involve interstate trade or commerce—even though teams regularly crossed state lines (as they do today) to make money ...
In 2008, Minor League Baseball began presenting the annual Mike Coolbaugh Award to someone who has "shown an outstanding baseball work ethic, knowledge of the game, and skill in mentoring young players on the field". [16] On July 29, 2023, the Tulsa Drillers retired Coolbaugh’s number 29 in a pregame ceremony at ONEOK Field in downtown Tulsa.
The shooting took place on June 14, 2017, at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. There were 24 Republican congressmen who had gathered at the park to practice for the next day's Congressional Baseball Game for Charity, an annual, bipartisan event first held in 1909.
Tom Fitzgerald, 53, American soccer coach (University of Tampa), motorcycle accident. [23] Elena Souliotis, 61, Greek operatic soprano, heart failure. [24] Svend Wad, 76, Danish boxer and Olympic medalist. [25] Ron Williamson, 51, American minor league baseball player and murder convict, liver cirrhosis.
March 19 – The first ever night game is played at McKechnie Field, which was the last stadium used by a major league team, at any time of the year, to lack lights. The stadium had that distinction since 1988, when the first night game is played at Wrigley Field. The New York Yankees defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 12–9, in the debut.
Following the game, veteran Phillies manager Eddie Sawyer resigns, saying, "I'm 49 years old, and I want to live to be fifty." After coach Andy Cohen handles the Phils for one game on April 14, Gene Mauch, skipper of the Boston Red Sox' top farm club in Minneapolis, gets the Phillies' permanent job on April 16. At 34, Mauch becomes the youngest ...
August 1 – Hank Gowdy, 76, catcher who appeared in 1,050 games in the National League, 852 with Boston and remaining 198 with New York, over 17 seasons spanning 1910 to 1930; member of 1914 "Miracle Braves", when he helped win the World Series by batting .545 with six hits (five for extra bases) in four games; later a longtime coach; the only ...
In fact, the Professional Baseball Umpires Corporation (the organization that oversees all minor league baseball umpires) instructs and teaches its umpires to make the same call as Barnett did should the same incident occur in a future game. Specifically, Major League Baseball has interpreted Rule 7.09(l) as saying "a catcher trying to field a ...