"1999 - Braves coach Don Baylor is named as the new manager of the Chicago Cubs. 1894 - Charlie Sweeney, who pitched for the Providence Grays, St. Louis Maroons and Cleveland Blues is convicted of manslaughter in San Francisco, California. 1909 - The Boston Red Sox hire former Senators skipper Patsy Donovan as their new manager replacing Fred Lake. 1916 - Harry Frazee and Hugh Ward buy the Boston Red Sox for a reported $675,000."
"1949 - Gillette buys the television rights to the World Series for $1.37 million. The money will be applied to the players' pension fund. 1962 - The Houston Colt .45s sign 19-year old second baseman Joe Morgan as an amateur free agent. Morgan will make his major league debut in 1963 and will play for 22-years before being elected to the Hall of Fame."
"1982 - Major League owners vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kahn's contact. The American League owners vote 11-3 in favor of Kuhn and the vote is 7-5 in the National League. The 18 votes he received are two shy of the three-fourths majority required for reelection. Kuhn will remain on the job until a successor is found and will eventually be replaced by Peter Ueberroth. 1988 - Reds third baseman Chris Sabo is named National League Rookie of the Year."
A series of notable baseball events and personnel moves span more than a century. Don Baylor became Cubs manager in 1999. Charlie Sweeney was convicted of manslaughter in 1894. Patsy Donovan was named Boston Red Sox manager in 1909. Harry Frazee and Hugh Ward purchased the Red Sox in 1916. Branch Rickey became Dodgers president in 1942. Gillette purchased World Series TV rights in 1949 for $1.37 million to fund the players' pension. Joe Morgan signed with the Colt .45s in 1962 and later reached the Hall of Fame. Major League owners failed to reelect Bowie Kuhn in 1982. Chris Sabo won NL Rookie of the Year in 1988. Several managerial and front-office hires and brief appointments occurred in the 2000s and 2010s, including Larry Bowa, Wally Backman, Joe Torre, Ruben Amaro Jr., Mike Redmond, and Carlos Beltran.
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