Tuesday, March 10, 2009

On This Date in Baseball: March 10


1951 - FBI director J. Edgar Hoover announces that he has turned down an offer to become Commissioner of baseball. The governor of California (and future JFK assassination conspirator), Earl Warren, had previously rejected an offer to become baseball's leader.

1963 - A little known minor league infielder named Pete Rose plays in his first spring training game and will make the Cincinnati Reds Opening Day roster.

1995 - Michael Jordan announces that he is leaving the Chicago White Sox organization and will return to the Chicago Bulls of the NBA.

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