BR Bullpen:News Archive
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This is an archive of items that were featured on the Main Page as part of Current Events.
Recent Events
2012
- April 28: Atsunori Inaba joins the meikyukai with his 2,000th NPB hit.
- April 21: Phil Humber of the Chicago White Sox throws the 20th regular season perfect game in major league history, beating the Seattle Mariners, 4-0.
- April 17: Jamie Moyer becomes the oldest pitcher in major league history to record a win.
- April 17: Danni Aguilera ties the record for most saves in a Cuban Serie Nacional campaign with 27.
- April 15: Masahiro Yamamoto becomes the oldest starter to win a game in Nippon Pro Baseball history.
- April 6: Kenta Maeda no-hits the Yokohama BayStars.
- April 3: Alfredo Despaigne reclaims the Cuban Serie Nacional single-season home run record, when he hits his 34th; he had previously held the record for two years.
- March 27: A group led by Magic Johnson and Stan Kasten is the winner in the bidding process to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers from bankrupt owner Frank McCourt. The $2 billion offered by the group is the highest price ever paid for a North American sports franchise.
- March 16: The 2012 Mexican League season begins.
- March 13: Raimar Navarro and Pablo Fernández combine on the first extra-inning no-hitter in Cuban Serie Nacional history.
- March 7: Enrique Esteban Díaz gets his 2,357 hit in Cuba, breaking Antonio Pacheco's mark for the all-time record on the island.
- March 2: Lou Brock, Ed Cheff, Nomar Garciaparra, Wayne Graham, Tim Jorgensen, Frank Sancet and Brad Wilkerson are inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame.
- February 23: Ryan Braun becomes the first player to successfully appeal a conviction for PED use. A three-person pannel rules that Braun's positive test cannot be upheld because the proper protocol was not followed.
- February 19: The Orientales win the 2012 Cuban All-Star Game.
- February 17: Researchers Robert Creamer, Ray Nemec, Tom Heitz, F.C. Lane and David W. Smith are honored with the Henry Chadwick Award.
- February 16: Hall of Famer Gary Carter dies of brain cancer at age 57.
- February 12: The Perth Heat win their second straight Australian Baseball League title. Virgil Vasquez is named finals MVP.
- February 7: Rusty Staub, Rhéal Cormier and Doug Melvin are elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, in addition to the 2011 Senior Canadian National Team that won gold at the 2011 Pan American Games and bronze at the 2011 Baseball World Cup.
- February 6: The Leones del Escogido win the 2012 Caribbean Series. Jairo Asencio wins the Caribbean Series Most Valuable Player award.
- February 5: Joaquín Andújar and Neifi Pérez are inducted into the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame.
- January 30: The Leones del Escogido win the Dominican League pennant for the 14th time.
- January 29: The Tigres de Aragua win their 9th Venezuelan League title.
- January 25: The Yaquis de Obregón take their second straight Mexican Pacific League championship.
- January 25: The Indios de Mayagüez win their record 17th Puerto Rican League pennant.
- January 13: Tsunemi Tsuda and Manabu Kitabeppu are elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame by the Sportswriter Committee. The Special Committee picks Kiro Osafune and Osamu Omoto.
- January 9: Barry Larkin is elected to the Hall of Fame.
