On March 20, 1934 — Mildred Didrickson (also known as Babe Zaharias), the renowned all-around female athlete, pitches the 1st inning for the Philadelphia Athletics in a spring training exhibition game at...
[adrotate banner=”32″] On March 20, 2006 — The Boston Red Sox trade pitcher Bronson Arroyo to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for outfielder Wily Mo Peña. Arroyo will respond by leading the...
On March 19, 1960 — All-Star catcher Sammy White announces he will retire rather than report to the Cleveland Indians , where he was traded by the Boston Red Sox for Russ...
On March 19, 1957, In what is believed to be the largest offer for a player to date, Cleveland Indians general manager Hank Greenberg rejected a million-dollar offer for left-handed pitcher Herb...
On March 19, 1961, the Boston Red Sox announce that rookie Carl Yastrzemski will start the season in left field, succeeding the legendary Ted Williams. Yastrzemski will remain a fixture in the...
On March 19, 1960 — All-Star catcher Sammy White announces he will retire rather than report to the Cleveland Indians , where he was traded by the Boston Red Sox for Russ...
On March 17, 1919 — The Boston Red Sox , minus holdouts Carl Mays and Babe Ruth, sail from New York aboard the USS Arapahoe. The trip to spring training is stormy...
March 17, 1918: A young Babe Ruth, still primarily a pitcher, slugs a pair of home runs during a spring training game at Whittington Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The second long...
[adrotate banner=”50″] On March 16, 1967 — In one of the highest-scoring spring training games ever, the Boston Red Sox tally 10 earned runs in the 9th inning to upend the New...
On March 15, 1945 — With World War II travel restrictions still in effect, the Brooklyn Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York, with 15 players in camp. Seven teams...