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On November 26 in Baseball History...​
  • 1960 - Twins is the appropriate new name chosen for the club transplanted from Washington to Minnesota's Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul.

  • 1961 - The Professional Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball. Only National League supervisor of umpires Cal Hubbard votes in favor.

  • 1963 - Cincinnati second baseman Pete Rose is a landslide winner of National League Rookie of the Year honors, taking 17 of 20 votes.

  • 1965 - Dodgers second baseman Jim Lefebvre is voted National League Rookie of the Year.

  • 1974 - Catfish Hunter meets with Charlie Finley in the American Arbitration Association office in New York City for a hearing to determine the validity of Hunter's breach-of-contract claim. Hunter contends that Finley failed to pay $50,000, half of Hunter's salary, to a life insurance fund. The case will go to arbitration.

  • 1975 - Fred Lynn becomes the first rookie to win Most Valuable Player honors, taking the American League award. Lynn batted .331 with 21 home runs, 105 RBI, and league-leading figures in runs (103), doubles (47), and slugging (.566).

  • 1979 - Third baseman John Castino, who batted .285 for the Twins, and shortstop Alfredo Griffin, who hit .287 for the Blue Jays, tie for the American League Rookie of the Year award, each receiving seven of the 28 votes. The deadlock precipitates a change in the voting system, effective in 1980.

  • 1980 - Mike Schmidt is a unanimous choice as National League Most Valuable Player. The slugging third baseman hit .286 with career highs of 48 home runs and 121 RBI.

  • 1996 - Less than three weeks after major league owners voted 18-12 against ratification of baseball's new collective bargaining agreement, owners voted again and this time approved it by a vote of 26-4. The landmark agreement brings interleague play to the regular season for the first time as well as revenue sharing among owners and a payroll tax on players.
 
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@1RBFjr said:
From a friend having fun with the World Cup.

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A lot to unpack with the background. Appears to be Ronald Reagan teaming up to form an alliance with the Planet of the Apes. There are wormholes in the sky. Alien spaceships. This is like an Independence Day and Planet of the Apes movie collaboration.
 
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