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VolPack22 said:
On April 1 in Baseball History...​

  • 1914 - Future Hall of Famer Rube Waddell, weakened by a heroic effort to help contain a winter flood in Kentucky, dies at 37 of tuberculosis in a San Antonio sanitarium.

  • 1963 - The Mets bring the Duke back to New York, purchasing Duke Snider from the Dodgers for $40,000.

  • 1969 - The Seattle Pilots trade minor-league outfielder Lou Piniella to the Royals for outfielder Steve Whitaker and pitcher John Gelnar. Piniella will be A.L. Rookie of the Year in Kansas City.

  • 1970 - The Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000. Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, the sale was not finalized until March 13, when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bankrupt. Brewers tickets go on sale April 2.

  • 1980 - After failing to come up with a new collective bargaining agreement with the owners, the Executive Board of the Players' Association votes unanimously to cancel the 92 remaining exhibition games and to strike on May 22 if a deal has not been reached by then. During spring training, the players had voted 971-1 in favor of a strike. The lone dissenter was Kansas City's Jerry Terrell, who voted no for religious reasons.

  • 1987 - St. Louis sends highly-regarded youngsters Andy Van Slyke, Mike LaValliere, and Mike Dunne to Pittsburgh in exchange for All-Star catcher Tony Pena.

  • 1996 - N.L. umpire John McSherry collapses and dies behind home plate seven pitches into the season opener between Cincinnati and Montreal. McSherry, who weighed close to 400 pounds, had postponed a physical until after the opener. The Reds-Expos game is postponed until the next day.

Baseball Birthdays on April 1... ​


Baseball Deaths on April 1... ​

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TL;DNR. :cool:
 
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VolPack22 said:
She might be the best guard I’ve ever seen in the women’s game. At least at the college level. The women’s version of Steph Curry. Such a great player.
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I agree w/you on her being a great player. UConn back in the 90s had some players that could give Clarke a spin for her money. Sue Bird & Diana Taurasi & Rebecca Lobo ... goodness.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
I agree w/you on her being a great player. UConn back in the 90s had some players that could give Clarke a spin for her money. Sue Bird & Diana Taurasi & Rebecca Lobo ... goodness.
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I would take Clark over any player not named Candace Parker. That girl is something else.
 
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