1920 - Officials organize the
Negro National League in a meeting held at the YMCA in
Kansas City, Missouri. Spearheaded by league founder
Rube Foster, the NNL will become the most successful of all Negro Leagues ventures and will last until the late 1940s.
1987 -
Detroit TigerspitcherJack Morris is awarded a $1.85 million salary by arbitrator Richard Bloch, the highest amount awarded to date through that process.
1995 - The
Los Angeles Dodgers sign Japanese pitching star
Hideo Nomo to a contract that includes a $2 million signing bonus.
1920 - Officials organize the
Negro National League in a meeting held at the YMCA in
Kansas City, Missouri. Spearheaded by league founder
Rube Foster, the NNL will become the most successful of all Negro Leagues ventures and will last until the late 1940s.
1987 -
Detroit TigerspitcherJack Morris is awarded a $1.85 million salary by arbitrator Richard Bloch, the highest amount awarded to date through that process.
1995 - The
Los Angeles Dodgers sign Japanese pitching star
Hideo Nomo to a contract that includes a $2 million signing bonus.