| On this date... | January 3rd |
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| This three-person committee adopted a rule that the World Series winners are no longer allowed to play post-season exhibition games | |
| The Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants played an exhibtion game in this Austrailian city, in which the White Sox would win 5-4 | |
| The secret deal made on December 26th to sell this player to the New York Yankees is publicly announced | |
| This 5x All-Star and 2x American League batting champion shortstop reported for duty at Camp Lee in Virginia to serve in the United States Army | |
| This person quit as General Manager of the Cleveland Indians to take the same position with the Kansas City Athletics | |
| Construction of this stadium began, it would become the first enclosed 'outdoor sport' venue | |
| | On this date... | January 3rd |
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| A group of investors, led by this businessman, purchased the New York Yankes for $10 million from CBS | |
| This former National League Rookie of the Year, World Series champion, and Gold Glove winning outfielder was signed as the manager of the New York Yankees | |
| Hoping to make the team appeal to a broader marketplace, the Anaheim Angels announced that franchise will no be known as this | |
| Commissioner Bud Selig approved the potential trade of this 10x All-Star and 5x Cy Young winning pitcher to the New York Yankees for Javier Vazquez, Dioner Navarro, and Brad Halsey | |
| Accompanied by his teammate Julio Lugo, this Baltimore Orioles pitcher turned himself in to a courthouse in the Dominican Republic in relation to a fatal shooting on New Year's Eve | |
| The Arizona Diamondbacks filed a lawsuit against this county, seeking to break the team's lease which runs to 2028, unless they perform $187 million of repairs to the facility | |
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