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On February 2 in Baseball History...​
  • 1925 - The N.L. inaugurates its Golden Jubilee Year by holding its spring meeting in the same room of New York's Broadway Central Hotel where the league was founded on February 2, 1876.

  • 1943 - After experimenting with a vest worn over knit jerseys, the Cubs return to conventional baggy flannels for 1943. The outfitting change saves the organization $2,000 on the cost of uniforms.

  • 1944 - The leagues meet in New York to discuss postwar action. They decide that players with war service will be guaranteed a 30-day trial with pay as well as restrictions on their release or assignment. Military service will count as playing time.

  • 1964 - The Hall of Fame Special Veterans Committee tabs Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins for induction in the biggest veterans class ever. Keefe (a pitcher) and Ward (a pitcher and shortstop) were 19th century greats, Faber and Grimes were standout hurlers of the early 20th century, Manush batted .330 over 17 seasons, and Huggins had a .645 career winning percentage and won six pennants as manager of the Yankees.

  • 1969 - Pitchers Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee. Coveleski won 20 games for four straight years with the Indians and finished his career with 215 victories and a .602 winning percentage. Hoyt won 237 games and pitched for seven pennant winners.

  • 1972 - The Hall of Fame Special Veterans Committee selects former players Lefty Gomez and Ross Youngs as well as former A.L. president Will Harridge. Gomez won 189 with a .649 career winning percentage and pitched for five World Champion Yankees clubs. Youngs was a .322 career hitter who played for four straight pennant winners with John McGraw's Giants. Harridge was A.L. president for 28 years, a longer term than even the one served by the league's founder, Ban Johnson.

  • 1976 - The Special Veterans Committee selects players Roger Connor and Freddie Lindstromand umpire Cal Hubbard for Cooperstown. Hubbard becomes the first man elected to both the Football and Baseball Hall of Fame. Lindstrom was a .311 career hitter who batted .358 in 1928 and .379 in 1930 and had 231 hits in both those seasons for the Giants. Connor, an power-hitting threat, batted .317 in 1,997 major-league games from 1880 to 1897.

  • 1987 - Three-time 20-game winner Dennis Leonard, who returned to the majors in 1986 after a three-year absence due to a knee injury, announces his retirement. Leonard was 8-13 with a 4.44 ERA for the Royals in his final season.

  • 1989 - Bill White, a six-time All-Star and longtime Yankees broadcaster, is elected president of the National League. He becomes the highest-ranking black official in American professional sports.

Baseball Birthdays on February 2... ​


Baseball Deaths on February 2... ​

 
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Jerry Stackhouse figured out why Vandy lost to Bama by 57 and is fixing it

“I thought we had a really, really good shootaround,” Stackhouse said. “Guys were live. We did break our routine a little bit from last night. The trainer’s was felt like we’ve had a lot of practices, a lot of games in quite a few days so felt like it might be good to take the night off. We took the night off and instead of going to the gym and getting some shots, we tried to a team event. Went to Hibachi Steakhouse. So I guess we won’t be going back to hibachi anytime soon. We just make sure that we try to get back to our routine next time out.”
 
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