1922 Christy Mathewson is elected as Bucknell's "B" Club first president.
1966 Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale's refusal to report to spring training ends when the hurlers agree to the Dodgers offer of $235,000, signing for $130‚000 and $105‚000 respectively. The LA starters joint holdout lasts for 32 days and paves the way for other players to be more aggressive when negotiating with owners.
1978 The Red Sox obtain Dennis Eckersley and catcher Fred Kendall from the Indians for pitchers Rick Wise and Mike Paxton along with designated hitter Ted Cox and catcher Bo Diaz. The 'Eck' will win 20 games for Boston next season.
1984 The Padres obtain Yankee veteran third baseman Graig Nettles for pitcher Dennis Rasmussen and prospect Darin Cloniger.
1991 A sold-out Joe Robbie Stadium plays host to the Yankees and the Orioles exhibition game which draws 67,654 fans, a spring training attendance record. The two-day series between the AL East rivals is part of South Florida’s efforts to be awarded an National League expansion team.
1992 The White Sox trade Sammy Sosa and pitcher Ken Patterson to the cross-town rival Cubs for slugger George Bell. Sosa will pass Ernie Banks as the franchise's all-time home run leader
1993 Peanuts character Charlie Brown hits a game-winning homer run, his first round tripper in 43 years. Almost ten percent of the nearly 18,000 Peanuts strips created by Charles Schulz focused on baseball.
2001 Kids will be invited from all over the nation to play baseball on the White House lawn as President George W. Bush, former owner of the Rangers, announces to a group of Hall of Famers in the East Room he has ordered a junior-size baseball field to be built outside the Oval Office.
2001 Choosing to end his career as a member of a World Champion team, 36-year old Dwight Gooden announces his retirement from baseball. 'Doc', who compiles a 194-112 record in 16 seasons playing for the Mets, Yankees, Indians, Astros, Devil Rays will remain on the Bronx Bombers' payroll and will have a position within the organization.
2003 Major League baseball returns to Brooklyn for a day as the Mets appear at KeySpan Park, the Coney Island home of the short-season single A Cyclones, for the team's final preseason workout. Although the practice session is rained out, fans enjoy meeting the players and collecting autographs and profits made from beverage and other sales will still be donated to area charities serving children.
2006 As a result of the recently released book detailing Barry Bonds' allegedly using performance-enhancing drugs, Bud Selig appoints George Mitchell to head an investigation into the use of steroids in baseball. The former Senate Majority Leader will have has the authority to expand the probe, which will be made public, into events prior to Fall of 2002, when such substances were banned by major league baseball.
2006 Effa Manley is one of among 17 significant figures in Negro Leagues history to selected by a special committee for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The former Newark Eagles executive, known as the Boss, will become the first woman to be enshrined in Cooperstown.
