Sunday, March 9, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MARCH 9TH

1936 - Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player.
1946 - Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican Baseball League, he refuses.
1950 - Danny Sullivan, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins) is born.
1955 - Teo Fabi, formula-1 Indy-car racer (rookie of year-1983) is born.
1956 - Mark Dantonio, Michigan State University football coach is born.
1958 - George Yardley (Pistons) is 1st NBAer to score 2,000 points in season.
1965 - Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, NFL linebacker (Seattle) is born.
1972 - Players on White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary.
1979 - Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters.
1995 - Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

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