This Date in Baseball

"Baseball is too much of a sport to be a business and too much of a business to
be a sport." - Phillip Wrigley, as owner of the Chicago Cubs

1950 After twenty-one years with the club, Luke Appling is released by the White Sox allowing him to become the manager of the Memphis Chicks of the South Atlantic League.
1953 Reaffirming its earlier position, the United States Supreme Court rules, 7-2, baseball is a sport and not a business. This decision exempts baseball from anti-trusts laws.

1982 Brewers' shortstop Robin Yount (.331, 29, 114) wins the American League MVP unanimously. The 26-year old future Hall of Famer (1999) captures all 27 first place votes easily beating runner ups Eddie Murray and Doug DeCinces.
1983 University of Alabama's first baseman Dave Magadan wins the Golden Spike Award as the United States top amateur player. The Tampa, Florida native hit .535 in NCAA play.
2000 After posting the best record in baseball this season, Giant manager Dusty Baker is named by the BBWAA as the National League Manager of the Year. He joins Tony LaRussa (White Sox '83 and A's '88 and 92) as the only three-time winner of the award.
2001 After exercising Omar Daal's $4.5 million contract option for 2002 yesterday, the Phillies trade the right-hander to the Dodgers for minor league pitchers Eric Judge and Jesus Cordero. Philadelphia acquired Daal along with Travis Lee, Nelson Figueroa and Vicente Padilla in the 2000 deal which sent Curt Schilling to Diamondbacks.
2004 Hoping to fill the void created by Steve Stone's resignation, the Cubs hire former Diamondback manager and current Fox television analyst to broadcast games on WGN. After spending twenty years in the broadcast booth, Stone left Chicago after his on-air comments concerning the team’s swoon in the wild card race angered manager Dusty Baker and some of the players.

2004 After coming out of retirement to pitch for his home town team, Roger Clemens (18-4, 218, 2.98) becomes the oldest hurler to win the Cy Young Award. The 42-year old ‘Rocket’ has received the honor a record seven times and becomes the first to win the award with four different teams; Red Sox (1986-87, 1991), Blue Jays (1997-98), Yankees (2001) and the Astros (2004).
2004 Joining Mariners’ new manager, Mike Hardware, Don Baylor is named the team’s batting coach, replacing Paul Molitor. The former major league skipper became available after the Mets announced a new coaching staff would be put in place to work with recently hired pilot, Willie Randoph.