Know Your History - Today in Baseball History

  Source: Today In Baseball History for Wednesday, January 25, 2012. On this day in history ..

• 1945 - The New York Yankees are sold by the Ruppert estate to Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping, and Del Webb for $2.8 million. For that price, the trio obtains 400 players (266 of them in military service), Yankee Stadium, parks in Newark and Kansas City, and leases on other minor-league stadia.
  
  
• 1974 - Ray Kroc, fast-food entrepreneur (McDonald's), buys the San Diego Padres for $12 million.
  
  
• 1978 - The San Diego Padres trade pitcher Dave Tomlin and an estimated $125,000 in cash to the Texas Rangers for aging pitcher Gaylord Perry. Perry will win the N.L. Cy Young Award with San Diego in 1978.

You can see Gaylord Perry on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012 at the Arizona Major League Alumni's (AZMLA) Card Show, Baseball Clinic, Homerun Derby, & Legends Baseball Game, Surprise Stadium, Surprise AZ. Gates open at 9 am; Legends Game starts at 1 pm.  Click on Upcoming Events > AZMLA Legends Game for more information.  The Extra Innings Foundation will have a silent auction/raffle table set up, too, so be sure to stop by to say hello, bid on an item, purchase a raffle ticket, or make a donation to help support our Your Success Story and Top Perforrmer's community outreach programs.

Thanks!
Dr. Lynn Miller
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Extra Innings Foundation