1957 - The Braves acquire Bob Rush from the Cubs in exchange for catcher Sammy Taylor and pitcher Taylor Phillips. 1979 - The Braves acquire Chris Chambliss and Luis Gomez from the Blue Jays in exchange for Barry Bonnell, Pat Rockett and Joey McLaughlin. Chambliss will spend seven seasons with the Braves while hitting .272/.345/.422 with 80 home runs and a 110 OPS+ in 886 games. 2005 - Rafael Furcal leaves the Braves as he agrees to a three-year, $39 million contract with the Dodgers.
1927 - The National Board of Arbitration rules that the Texas League cannot put teams in Tulsa and Oklahoma City without permission from the Western League. 1950 - Oakland hires Mel Ott to replace Charlie Dressen as manager. 1957 - The American League purchases a $1.8 million group accident policy to help clubs buy new players in case of a major disaster. 1967 - Big Devine replaces Stan Musial as general manager of the Cardinals. 1973 - Ron Santo becomes the first player to invoke the new 10 and 5 rule. The Cubs wanted to trade Santo to the Angels, but he vetoed the deal.
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