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There should be five news items on the main page at any given time. When you add a new news item, please archive the oldest item here. To archive a news item, simply copy it from Portal:Baseball/Baseball news and paste it directly under the Archive header.
[edit] Archive
[edit] November 2007
- October 28, 2007: The Boston Red Sox defeat the Colorado Rockies to complete a sweep and win the 2007 World Series.
[edit] October 2007
- October 21, 2007: The Boston Red Sox defeat the Cleveland Indians to win the 2007 ALCS. The Red Sox came back from a 3-1 deficit to advance to the World Series and face the Colorado Rockies.
- October 15, 2007: The Colorado Rockies defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2007 NLCS. The Rockies swept the Diamondbacks 4-0 to advance to the World Series.
[edit] March 2007
- April 29, 2007: St. Louis Cardinals reliever Josh Hancock is killed in an auto accident on a Missouri highway.
- March 24, 2007: New York Yankees color commentator Bobby Murcer had successful surgery to remove a cancerous brain tumor.[1]
- March 18, 2007: The Los Angeles Dodgers announced that they will be relocating their spring training from Vero Beach, Florida, their pre-season home since 1948, to Glendale, Arizona.[2]
- March 16, 2007: Former Major League Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn dies of pneumonia.[3]
- March 11, 2007: Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Jeromy Burnitz retires after fourteen seasons.[4]
- March 10, 2007: The Seibu Lions of Japan's Pacific League admit to illegally paying two amateur players.[5]
- March 5, 2007: Jon Lester, a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, played in a spring training game only two months after undergoing treatment for cancer.[6]
- March 3, 2007: The International Baseball Federation named former Southeastern Conference commissioner Harvey Schiller as its president.[7]
- March 1, 2007: Major League Baseball is investigating allegations that Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim outfielder Gary Matthews Jr. illegally purchased anabolic steroids over the internet.[8]
[edit] February 2007
- February 27, 2007: For the third straight election, the Veterans Committee failed to elect any player to the Hall of Fame. The highest vote-getters among players were Ron Santo and Jim Kaat.[9]
- February 22, 2007: The Federal Communications Commission is investigating a proposed deal between Major League Baseball and DirecTV, which would make MLB Extra Innings unavailable through other satellite and cable providers.[10]
- February 21, 2007: Joe Nuxhall, best known as the youngest player ever to participate in a Major League game, has begun treatment for a recurrence of cancer.[11]
- February 19, 2007: Pitcher Carlos Zambrano signs a one-year contract with the Chicago Cubs worth 12.4 million dollars.[12]
- February 18, 2007: Florida Marlins' third baseman Miguel Cabrera wins his arbitration hearing and receives a $7.4 million dollar salary, the third-highest arbitration settlement ever. [13]
