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  2012 Baseball Calendar  
07-10-2012 All-Star Game, Kauffman Stadium, KC, MO 54 Days
07-20-2012 National Baseball Hall of Fame Weekend 64 Days
09-01-2012 Rosters Increased From 25 to 40 Players 107 Days
09-11-2012 September 11 Remembrance 117 Days
10-03-2012 End of 2012 Regular Season 139 Days
12-03-2012 Baseball Winter Meetings (Nashville, TN) 200 Days
12-06-2012 Rule 5 Draft 203 Days

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05-15: New 2012 rookies now appearing on these baseball colleges: 2 Updated Baseball College Pgs
xx-xx: Kevin Mattison, University of North Carolina at Asheville Players.
xx-xx: Mike Costanzo, Coastal Carolina University Baseball Players.
05-15: Did you know EVERY rookie set is in our Famous Firsts area? Baseball Almanac Tip
xx-xx: Including this years 2012 American League Rookies / Debuts.
xx-xx: Including this years 2012 National League Rookies / Debuts.
05-15: Colby Lewis gave up 5 HRs in a game last Thursday, but didn't 3 Added Baseball Record Boxes
xx-xx: tie the mark for Most Home Runs Allowed in a Game.
05-15: Which pitchers struck out four batters in one inning in April 2012? 1 Updated Baseball Feat
xx-xx: Bud Norris, the fourth Houston Astros instance in history.
xx-xx: Ryan Cook, the third Oakland Athletics instance in history.
05-12: Al Leiter: New quote and a GREAT trivia item (Fast Fact #1). 1 Updated Baseball Player
05-12: Every baseball player page has several chart () links on it. 4 Upgraded Baseball Charts
xx-xx: The following charts now feature "live" data current this season!
xx-xx: Batting Stances, Throwing Arms, Weights & Heights.
05-12: Future Hall of Fame Manager Tony La Russa number gets retired. 2 Updated Baseball Team Pgs
xx-xx: Retired Uniform Numbers in the NL & St. Louis Cardinals updated.
05-12: New 2012 rookies now appearing on these baseball colleges: 9 Updated Baseball College Pgs
xx-xx: A.J. Pollock, University of Notre Dame Baseball Players.
xx-xx: Thad Weber, University of Nebraska Baseball Players.
xx-xx: Dan Jennings, University of Nebraska Baseball Players.
xx-xx: Jeremy Hefner, Oral Roberts University Baseball Players.
xx-xx: Tyler Moore, Mississippi State University Baseball Players.
xx-xx: Luke Putkonen, University of North Carolina Baseball Players.
xx-xx: Brian Dozier, University of Southern Mississippi Baseball Players.
xx-xx: D.J. Mitchell, Clemson University Baseball Players.
xx-xx: Christian Friedrich, Eastern Kentucky University Baseball Players.
05-12: Most Total Bases in a Game expanded (not just record holder). 1 Expanded Baseball Record Bk
05-12: Typo on St. Louis Cardinals Managers fixed, 2012 link added. 1 Updated Baseball Manager Pg
05-11: Jack Warhop: Nice quote and a good trivia item (Fast Fact #1). 1 Updated Baseball Player
05-11: Josh Hamilton also tied Most Home Runs in 2 Consecutive Games. 1 Updated Baseball Record
05-11: Casey Blake officially retired, nice quote & final date added. 1 Updated Baseball Player
05-11: Andy Van Slyke -> Scott Van Slyke, new Father & Son duo. 1 Updated Baseball Family Page
05-11: John Bateman: Added High School, Junior College, a GREAT 1 Updated Baseball Player
xx-xx: quote from Lum Harris, AND a good trivia item (Fast Fact #1).
05-11: New 2012 rookies now appearing on these baseball colleges: 11 Updated Baseball College Pgs
xx-xx: Lucas Luetge, Rice University Baseball Players.
xx-xx: Stephen Vogt, Azusa Pacific University Baseball Players.
xx-xx: Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Azusa Pacific University Baseball Players.
xx-xx: Erik Komatsu, Cal State Fullerton Baseball Players.
xx-xx: Ryan Flaherty, Vanderbilt University Baseball Players.
xx-xx: Matt Hague, University of Washington Baseball Players (05-07).
xx-xx: Matt Hague, Oklahoma State University Baseball Players (08-08).
xx-xx: Dan Otero, University of South Florida Baseball Players.
xx-xx: Nate Jones, Northern Kentucky University Baseball Players.
xx-xx: Drew Smyly, University of Arkansas Baseball Players.
xx-xx: Evan Crawford, Auburn University Baseball Players.
05-11: Felix Millan: Added proper accents to his birth name, added his 1 Updated Baseball Player
xx-xx: Spanish nickname, a quote AND a good trivia item (Fast Fact #1).
05-11: Typo on Most Total Bases in a Game fixed (Oliver's team). 1 Updated Baseball Record
xx-xx: Al Oliver: Sourced quote and added 1974 contract data. 1 Updated Baseball Player
05-09: Josh Hamilton had a pretty good day (05-08) and ended up here: A Record Setting Day...
xx-xx: The 6th A.L. baseball player to ever hit four home runs in a game.
xx-xx: Baseball Record: Tied Most Home Runs in a 9-Inning Game.
xx-xx: Baseball Record: Broke A.L. mark Most Total Bases in a Game.
05-09: The 2012 Player of the Week winners for the past two weeks are:

1 Updated Baseball Award

&

4 Updated Baseball Players

xx-xx: On 04-30 we added Paul Konerko, Paul Konerko Awards updated.
xx-xx: On 04-30 we added Jay Bruce, Jay Bruce Awards updated.
xx-xx: On 05-07 we added Jered Weaver, Jered Weaver Awards updated.
xx-xx: On 05-07 we added Freddie Freeman, Freddie Freeman Awards...
05-06: Ricky Nolasco ties Dontrelle Willis, Miami Marlins Career Wins. 1 Updated Baseball Team Pg
05-06: Chipper Jones & Jason Giambi were the first players to ever... 1 New Baseball First
05-06: Knuckleball (2012) added to Baseball Movie Checklist. 1 Updated Baseball Movie Page
05-04: Most Strikeouts Through 4th Inning updated, new 11k instances 1 Updated Baseball Record
xx-xx: found by historian / research expert Trent McCotter.
05-04: In respect to the Rookie of the Month Award (from yesterday), the

1 Updated Baseball Award

&

4 Updated Baseball Players

xx-xx: links to the 2011 rookies listed below were just added. Sorry about
xx-xx: that omission. This year data is daily, it won't happen again.
xx-xx: Michael Pineda linked. Michael Pineda Awards tab updated.
xx-xx: Jemile Weeks linked. Jemile Weeks Awards tab updated.
xx-xx: Eric Hosmer linked. Eric Hosmer Awards tab updated.
xx-xx: Dee Gordon linked. Dee Gordon Awards tab updated.
05-03: Jonathan Papelbon won Delivery Man of the Month Award.

4 Updated Baseball Awards

&

7 Updated Baseball Players

xx-xx: Jonathan Papelbon Awards tab updated, his 8th major award!
xx-xx: Matt Kemp won April N.L. Player of the Month Award.
xx-xx: Matt Kemp Awards tab updated, his 10th major award!
xx-xx: Josh Hamilton won April A.L. Player of the Month Award.
xx-xx: Josh Hamilton Awards tab updated, his 16th major award!
xx-xx: Stephen Strasburg won April N.L. Pitcher of the Month Award.
xx-xx: Stephen Strasburg Awards tab updated, his 4th major award!
xx-xx: Jake Peavy won April A.L.Pitcher of the Month Award.
xx-xx: Jake Peavy Awards tab updated, his 12th major award!
xx-xx: Wade Miley won April N.L. Rookie of the Month Award.
xx-xx: Wade Miley Awards tab updated, his 1st major award.
xx-xx: Yu Darvish won April A.L. Rookie of the Month Award.
xx-xx: Yu Darvis Awards tab updatred, his 1st major award.
05-03: Jered Weaver throws 10th Angels No-Hitter game in history: 2 Updated Baseball Team Pgs
xx-xx: Bo Belinksy, 05-05-1962; Clyde Wright, 07-03-1970.
xx-xx: Nolan Ryan, 05-15-1973, 07-15-1973, 09-28-1974, 06-01-1975.
xx-xx: Mike Witt, 09-30-1984; Mark Langston/Mike Witt, 04-11-1990.
xx-xx: Ervin Santana, 07-27-2011. American League No-Hitters updated.
05-01: On April 26 I wrote the following here, "Our live 2012 data is Baseball Almanac News
xx-xx: progressing, slowly, but each day it's a little bit better. Thanks for
xx-xx: your patience. An enormous number of updates across the site
xx-xx: have been done as well, stay tuned!" Here are just a few of those
xx-xx: updates done in the past few days during the live data upgrade:
05-01: What have Derrick Turnbow, Salomon Torres & Frank Francisco 3 Updated Baseball Players
xx-xx: done that no other pitcher has? Fast Fact #1, any player, has it.
05-01: A typo on the 1965 World Series page was fixed. 1 Updated World Series Page
05-01: Norm Cash: Quote sourced, 1965-1967 contracts added. 5 Updated Baseball Players
xx-xx: New quotes on: Sean Burroughs, Alfonso Soriano, Matt Moore
xx-xx: and Mark Hamburger. New nickname on: David Murphy.
05-01: Octavio Dotel broke mark for Most Teams Played For in a Career. 1 Updated Baseball Record
05-01: Scott Hairston, New York Mets, 10th franchise cycle (on 04-27). 2 Updated Baseball Team Pgs
xx-xx: Hitting for the Cycle in the National League, updated on 04-28.
05-01: Links to box scores on 2011 Walk Off Grand Slams were added. 1 Updated Baseball Feat
05-01: Record book trivia: Did you know that Mark Reynolds set the AL Baseball Record Trivia
xx-xx: Record for Strikeouts in a Season by a Righthander in 2011, but
xx-xx: already held the NL mark giving him both the AL & NL records?
05-01: Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2012, April: Ballplayers Year of Death
xx-xx: Allie Clark, Stan Johnson, John O'Neil & Andy Replogle.
xx-xx: Al Veigel and Bill "Moose" Skowron.
05-01: Previous month updates moved to Baseball Almanac Updates.

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