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Perspective

Apr. 23, 2015

A major moment for the major league

Yet this year marks the 40th anniversary of a legal event which had a more profound impact on Major League Baseball than anything that ever happened on the field. By Dan Lawton


By Dan Lawton


Each April, as ever since I was young, marks a special time - the beginning of another major league baseball season. Some of the moments during those years remain vivid memories. My first home run (Frank Howard, over the left-field wall). Orel Hershiser breaking Don Drysdale's record for consecutive shutout innings pitched (in 1988, at Qualcomm Stadium). Mike Trout hitting for the cycle, getting the home run on his last at-bat in the 9th inning....

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