Template:Today in Baseball/January 12

July 6: Today's featured birthday is that of Greg Norton, who turns 54.

• 1903 - Recently-appointed Detroit Tigers manager Win Mercer (pictured) commits suicide.
• 1921 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes the commissioner of baseball, opening up an era of more tightly regulated sport.
• 1946 - The Venezuelan League opens for business, playing its first-ever game.
• 1983 - Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal are elected to the Hall of Fame.
• 1998 - Nippon Pro Baseball players Hiroki Kokubo and Hidekazu Watanabe are suspended and fined due to tax evasion.
• 2009 - Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice are elected to the Hall of Fame.

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