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Tiago da Silva has played in Taiwan, Italy, San Marino, Venezuela, Mexico, the US and the Dominican Republic. He has been on the Brazilian national team and Italian national team, competing in the Baseball World Cup, World Baseball Classic, Intercontinental Cup and European Championship, winning Gold, Silver and Bronze. He has been very successful as both a starter, winning All-Star pitcher and Italian Series MVP honors in Italy, and as a reliever, finishing among the save leaders in the Mexican League and Venezuelan League. He even was a position player early in his career for Brazil and in Italy.

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Recent Deaths – Recent Events

January 23: Today's featured birthday is that of Victor Cole, who turns 54.

1887 - Dave Foutz is accused of throwing an exhibition game.
1927 - Ban Johnson takes a leave of absence as president of the American League. He had been in the midst of a major dispute with Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
1958 - Pete Runnels is traded to the Boston Red Sox, for whom he will win two batting titles.
1979 - Willie Mays (pictured) is elected to the Hall of Fame.
1981 - Tokuji Iida and Yoshiyuki Iwamoto are inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.

January 25, 2022 - The results of the BBWAA vote in the 2022 Hall of Fame Election will be announced.
July 24, 2022 - The induction ceremony for the 2022 Hall of Fame class will take place in Cooperstown, NY.
August 17, 2022 - The twice-postponed SABR Convention will start in Baltimore, MD

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