All posts tagged "This Date in Baseball"

Black Sox Buck Weaver Applies For Reinstatement – TDI Baseball 1922

Guilty by association. That seemed to be the case with a number of players on the 1919...
First Minor League is Organized – TDI Baseball 1879

Professional baseball was still in its infancy when the first minor league was officially established on this...
John Montgomery Ward Forms The Players League – OTD in Baseball 1889

Just as Major League Baseball is in the middle of a lockout due to disagreements between the...
NL Bans the Spitball – TDI Baseball 1919

Pitchers have always looked for an advantage and it was even easier before the banning of the...
Yankees Trade Roger Maris To Cardinals – TDI Baseball 1966

The New York Yankees have 27 World Series championships for a litany of reasons, one of them...
“Shoeless” Joe Jackson Passes Away at 64 – TDI Baseball 1951

A career cut short; a life cut short. Such was the case with Joseph Jefferson Jackson, better...
Ty Cobb Gets First MLB Hit Aug. 30, 1905

On this date in baseball (August 30, 1905), Ty Cobb, 18, hit a double off Jack Chesbro...