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Anthony Rendon reached 10 years of MLB service time Wednesday, but the Angels were unable to finish a comeback late in a 5-4 loss to the Houston Astros.
In Major League Baseball (MLB), service time manipulation refers to tactics that baseball team executives employ to prevent players from becoming eligible for free agency and salary arbitration. It typically takes the form of demoting a player from the major league to the minor leagues for 16 days or more for reasons unrelated to their performance.
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The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (1871–1875) did not schedule games, nor did it control the number of teams, a major reason for its demise after the 1875 season. Clubs paid a $10 entry fee, later $20, to enter the Association for one season, and thereby declare for that year's national championship.
Torborg won the 1990 American League Manager of the Year award for leading the Chicago White Sox to a 94-68 second-place finish in the AL West. That was a 25-game improvement from the White Sox's ...
A 100-year-old woman wants to mark her major life milestone by raising $100,000 for charity. Rosemary Dexter, of Atascadero, Calif., celebrated her 100th birthday on Tuesday, Jan. 7, according to ...
The next year was the first year that all the major league teams broadcast their games. Prophetically, it was also the year of the first televised baseball game. In 1935, Baseball Commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis orchestrated a radio deal that covered the World Series. All three networks were involved, and baseball made US$400,000.
Next season’s schedule calls for the River Cats to play 150 games while the A’s play 162. The River Cats will have 23 off days during the year while the A’s will have 20, not including All ...