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On December 8 in Baseball History...​
  • 1914 - After weeks of rumors, the bomb drops: Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins, generally regarded as the game's finest position player, to the White Sox for $50,000. Collins signs a five-year contract worth $75,000 and gets $15,000 as a signing bonus. The deal breaks up the A's "$100,000 infield" and raises conjecture that Mack, too, will leave to manage the Yankees.

  • 1951 - The AL alters its restrictions on night games, adopting the NL's suspended game rule and lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games.

  • 1977 - Texas engineers a series of deals with the Braves, Mets, and Pirates, unloading a total of six players and getting three back. Among those involved are Jon Matlack and Al Oliver (to Texas), Bert Blyleven (to Pittsburgh), and Willie Montanez (to New York).

  • 1983 - Owners elect former Yankees infielder Bobby Brown as president of the American League.

  • 1997 - It's a busy day in Cleveland. The Indians sign Kenny Lofton to a three-year contract for $24 million (ironically, Cleveland traded Lofton to Atlanta in March 1997 because he was due to be a free agent). The Tribe, in turn, trades 1997 ALCS MVP Marquis Grissom to Milwaukee, which finished second in the Lofton free agent chase. Grissom, who came to Cleveland in the Lofton deal in March, goes to the Brewers along with Jeff Juden for Ben McDonald, Mike Fetters, and Ron Villone. The Indians aren't done yet; they swap Fetters to Oakland for Steve Karsay, and sign free agent pitcher Dwight Gooden.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
Today, December 7th 1941, Japan launched a devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and thrusting an enraged America into World War II. For nearly two hours, Japanese firepower rained down upon American ships & on innocent servicemen bringing heavy damage to the Navy. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced the following day December the 8th while asking Congress for a declaration of war.

On this day in history, Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor attack kills 2,403 Americans, launches US into WWII
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The day after….

Dec. 8, 1941

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mad4vols said:
The day after….

Dec. 8, 1941

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Thanks for this, @mad4vols This was a horrific thing in our history. Young men willfully and maliciously murdered at the hands of an evil Japanese empire. I was in Oahu in 1985 and visited Pearl Harbor. It was one of the most impactful moments of my life aboard that memorial and taking in everything around me. Still makes me sad when this day rolls around every year. Thanks to those who have given their all for our freedoms.
 
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cardvolfan said:
Thanks for this, @mad4vols This was a horrific thing in our history. Young men willfully and maliciously murdered at the hands of an evil Japanese empire. I was in Oahu in 1985 and visited Pearl Harbor. It was one of the most impactful moments of my life aboard that memorial and taking in everything around me. Still makes me sad when this day rolls around every year. Thanks to those who have given their all for our freedoms.
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Well said my friend. It took a special kind of generation of people to fight & win a long bloody war.
You hear stories of guys (teenagers) signing up to go fight this unjust war as young as 14.
My dad had two older brothers that fought in the war. One stayed in the army as a life long job & retired as Major while stationed in Germany. My dad failed his physical & was heart-broken that he could not go fight along side his brothers & to fight for America.
 
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cardvolfan said:
So what the heck are the Padres going to do with two shortstops?
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They actually have three shortstops 🤣

I think the plan is to have Bogaerts at SS, Ha-Seong Kim (took over for Tatis) sliding over from SS to 2B, James Cronenworth sliding over from 2B to 1B, Tatis moving to RF, and Soto moving to LF.
 
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So I officially believe the Braves will not sign Dansby. With Turner and Bogaerts signing for $25M+/yr, I just don’t see it happening. Last I saw, I think the Braves were offering him upwards of $17M/yr. That is way too large of a gap. I would think it has to be somewhere around $22M/yr for 6 seasons for him to come back. Even then, he might reject that offer because someone will offer more.
 
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VolPack22 said:
They actually have three shortstops 🤣

I think the plan is to have Bogaerts at SS, Ha-Seong Kim (took over for Tatis) sliding over from SS to 2B, James Cronenworth sliding over from 2B to 1B, Tatis moving to RF, and Soto moving to LF.
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Funny that they are loaded at SS after taking a SS from Boston, who has 33 SS’s!😂
 
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