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@AllVolinGA after being the only person on planet earth who picked Croatia to upset Brazil.
 
On December 9 in Baseball History...

  • 1902 - The AL announces purchase of grounds for a stadium in New York, and the next day the NL declares its readiness to make peace in the war between the leagues.

  • 1925 - The AL extends league president Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 and gives him a raise to $40,000.

  • 1931 - Baseball owners, fearful of the effects of the Depression, vote to cut squads from 25 players to 23.

  • 1936 - The AL approves night baseball for St. Louis. The NL adopts a new design for home plate. It will have beveled edges, the first change in 50 years. The AL adopts a rule stating that no batter can be batting champion unless he has 400 or more at bats.

  • 1965 - Frank Robinson is traded from Cincinnati to the Orioles for pitchers Milt Pappas and Jack Baldschun and outfielder Dick Simpson. The Reds Bill DeWitt defends the trade by labeling Robinson "an old 30.
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