1911 All National League umpires are asked by league president Tom Lynch to provide evidence of vision tests.
1937 Reds' Babe Herman is sold to the Tigers.
1962 University of Detroit basketball star, Dave DeBusschere signs with the White Sox as a pitcher.
1964 Cleveland's manager Birdie Tebbetts suffers a heart attack.
1970 Ruling the team is bankrupt, Judge Sidney Volinn orders the Pilots be sold to a group headed by mid-western businessman Bud Selig. The American League expansion team's tenure in Seattle is over after just one season when the club moves to Milwaukee and starts the new season as the Brewers.
1982 The Mets trade outfielder Lee Mazzilli to Texas for rookie pitchers Ron Darling and Walt Terrell.
1987 Mets phenom pitcher Doc Gooden avoids suspension for substance abuse by agreeing to enter a drug rehab facility.
1996 This website, Nationalpastime.com, appears for the first time on the internet. It is one of the first to feature baseball history on a daily basis.
1996 Rallying from a 6-0 deficit, the Mets beat the Cardinals, 7-6, making it the biggest Opening Day comeback of the century
1998 At Camden Yards, the Orioles rock the Royals, 10-1, as Scott Erickson records his 100th major league victory. O's skipper Ray Miller, who hadn't won a game since managing the Twins in 1986, enjoys his first win with Baltimore.
2002 Cinci Freedom‚ the cow who evaded capture for ten days after jumping a six-foot fence to avoid slaughter, is excused from a scheduled appearance in the Reds' traditional Opening Day parade. The Charolais cow was deemed too jumpy to participate in the Findlay Market activities prior the Reds 5-4 walk-off victory over the Cubs at Cinergy Field.
2005 Albert Pujols does not strike out in any of the 21 Cardinals spring training games. In his 68 plate appearances, the St. Louis first baseman finishes the exhibition season with a .458 batting average, six homers, and 20 RBI.
2008 With two outs in the 10th inning at Dolphin Stadium, Robert Andino’s first career round tripper is a memorable one as his walk-off homer gives the Marlins a 5-4 victory over the Mets. The post-game celebration is short-lived as the Miami native takes off for home to meet police after getting a text message from his wife informing him their house may have an intruder.
2009 After tallying a run in the top of the first, the Kentucky State basbeall team finds themselves on the short end of a 22-1 score at the end of the inning. After the Colonels of Eastern Kentucky University score 27 more times in the next three frames, the teams decide to halt the contest in the middle fifth giving EKU a 49-1 triumph over the Thorobreds.
