- 1887 - The Joint Rules Committee does away with the four-strike rule and with the scoring of Walks as Hits . Five balls for a walk remains the rule.
- 1891 - The Louisville Colonels club is sold at auction to satisfy a $6,359.40 mortgage. The new ownership is headed by Dr. T. Hunt Stuckey.
- 2001 - A Minnesota judge issues a temporary injunction that orders the Twins to play their full home schedule and prevents owner Carl Pohlad from selling the team to anyone who will move it. While this ruling will be appealed, it will be difficult to get the injunction overturned in enough time to contract the Twins for a potential 2002 season.
- 2005
- --- Boston Red Sox Designated Hitter David Ortiz , who was the runner-up in the American League Most Valuable Player voting this week, was second-to-none in the voting for the top two awards given by the Boston Chapter Of The BBWAA . Ortiz will be given the Ted Williams Award as the top hitter in the major leagues, along with the Yawkey Award as the Red Sox MVP at the Boston BBWAA's annual dinner on January 12, 2006. Ortiz hit .300 with 47 Home Run s and a major league-leading 148 RBI this season. He also had 34 RBI that put his team ahead, the most in the AL, and eight RBI from the seventh inning on that gave Boston the lead for good.
- --- Al Nipper , a former Boston Red Sox draft pick who played the majority of his career with the club, was hired as Boston's Bullpen Coach .
- --- Broadcaster Ralph Edwards , who died today in Los Angeles at age 92, was considered the voice that launched the '' Jimmy Fund '', the children's cancer-fighting charity long favored by the Boston Red Sox .
- --- MLB hopes it can resolve differences with Washington officials over a stadium lease by next week, clearing the way for a sale of the Nationals .
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