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The following are the events that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball.

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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1930s[]

  • 1935 - Lou Gehrig collides with Carl Reynolds on a play at first base and leaves the game with arm and shoulder injuries. His consecutive streak is preserved, in part, by a rainout of the next day's game and an open date.

1940s[]

1950s[]

1960s[]

  • 1965 - Arizona State star sophomore Rick Monday, selected by the Oakland Athletics, is the first player chosen in the initial major league free-agent draft of high school, college, and sandlot players. Picking second, the Mets take pitcher Les Rohr. In the tenth round, they finally take Nolan Ryan. Cincinnati picks Johnny Bench in the second round.

1970s[]

  • 1978 - Bob Horner, the College Player of the Year, is selected first in the free-agent draft by the Atlanta Braves. He will go straight to the major leagues, the first drafted player to do it.

1980s[]

  • 1981 - Seattle take Mike Moore with the first pick overall in the annual amateur draft. The Cubs take Joe Carter with the 2nd pick while the Angels take Dick Schofield. Toronto takes Matt Williams with the #5; San Diego selects Kevin McReynolds with #6 and use their third round pick to take Tony Gwynn. Later in the day the San Diego Clippers will select Gwynn in the 10th round of the NBA draft. The Yankees use their first round pick to take QB John Elway while the Rangers pick Ron Darling, with #9.
  • 1989 - The Pittsburgh Pirates send 16 batters to the plate in the first inning against the Philadelphia Phillies, taking a 10–0 lead Pittsburgh's best inning since September 1942) on ten hits, including a three-run home run by Barry Bonds. Pittsburgh leaves the bases loaded. Announcer Jim Rooker crows that if the Pirates lose this game he'll walk back to Pittsburgh. Von Hayes and Steve Jeltz answer Rooker with a pair of home runs each and ten RBI. After six innings the game is 11–10. The Phillies explode for five runs in the eighth to make the final, 15–11. Rooker made good on his promise after the season, when he conducted a charity walk from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, raising money for a children's hospital.[1] [2]

1990s[]

  • 1996 - Warren Morris hit a two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Louisiana State a 9–8 victory over Miami in the championship game of the College World Series.

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