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A member of the inaugural class of the Baseball Hall of Fame ends his career with the Boston Braves. Braves Franchise History
1911: The Boston Rustlers (formerly the Doves) are bought by New York politician James E. Gaffney and former player, now attorney, John Montgomery Ward. The team will be called the Braves because of Gaffney’s Tammany Hall connections.
1923: The Braves acquire 2B Cotton Tierney from the Phils for SS Hod Ford and OF Ray Powell. Powell is later replaced by OF Al Nixon.
1930: The 15-year career of George Sisler ends as the Boston Braves release him. A lifetime .340 hitter who twice led the American League with averages above .400, Sisler will be among the first to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, enshrined in 1939.
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2000: The Atlanta Braves sign 1B Rico Brogna to a contract.
MLB History
1996: The Blue Jays sign free agent P Roger Clemens (10-13) to a three-year contract worth $24.75 million. The Red Sox’s last-minute offer falls short and The Rocket’s flirtation with the Yankees comes to naught.
2002: The Cardinals sign free agent P Chris Carpenter to a contract.
2012: 2010 AL MVP Josh Hamilton, fresh off a 43-homer season, leaves the Texas Rangers to sign with the Los Angeles Angels for five years and $125 million.
2017: The Marlins seem to be conducting yet another fire sale as they send OF Marcell Ozuna to the Cardinals for P Sandy Alcantara and three other prospects
2022: The beneficiary of the latest free agent mega-deal is SS Carlos Correa, who decided to opt out of the final two years of the three-year deal he had signed with the Twins following last year’s lockout. His bet pays off handsomely as the Giants offer him a 13-year deal worth $350 million - the biggest in team history. However, the story comes with the usual caveat that a formal announcement will be made after a physical exam, but it will fall apart on December 20th, when the said exam reveals a problem that makes the Giants back out only hours before a scheduled press conference meant to introduce Correa to the media.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.
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A member of the inaugural class of the Baseball Hall of Fame ends his career with the Boston Braves. Braves Franchise History
1911: The Boston Rustlers (formerly the Doves) are bought by New York politician James E. Gaffney and former player, now attorney, John Montgomery Ward. The team will be called the Braves because of Gaffney’s Tammany Hall connections.
1923: The Braves acquire 2B Cotton Tierney from the Phils for SS Hod Ford and OF Ray Powell. Powell is later replaced by OF Al Nixon.
1930: The 15-year career of George Sisler ends as the Boston Braves release him. A lifetime .340 hitter who twice led the American League with averages above .400, Sisler will be among the first to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, enshrined in 1939.
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2000: The Atlanta Braves sign 1B Rico Brogna to a contract.
MLB History
1996: The Blue Jays sign free agent P Roger Clemens (10-13) to a three-year contract worth $24.75 million. The Red Sox’s last-minute offer falls short and The Rocket’s flirtation with the Yankees comes to naught.
2002: The Cardinals sign free agent P Chris Carpenter to a contract.
2012: 2010 AL MVP Josh Hamilton, fresh off a 43-homer season, leaves the Texas Rangers to sign with the Los Angeles Angels for five years and $125 million.
2017: The Marlins seem to be conducting yet another fire sale as they send OF Marcell Ozuna to the Cardinals for P Sandy Alcantara and three other prospects
2022: The beneficiary of the latest free agent mega-deal is SS Carlos Correa, who decided to opt out of the final two years of the three-year deal he had signed with the Twins following last year’s lockout. His bet pays off handsomely as the Giants offer him a 13-year deal worth $350 million - the biggest in team history. However, the story comes with the usual caveat that a formal announcement will be made after a physical exam, but it will fall apart on December 20th, when the said exam reveals a problem that makes the Giants back out only hours before a scheduled press conference meant to introduce Correa to the media.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.
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