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April 2012 Updates
"Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today."	Description
04-26: Our live 2012 data is progressing, slowly, but each day it's a little	Webmaster Notes
xx-xx: bit better. Thanks for your patience. A enormous number of
xx-xx: updates across the site have been done as well, stay tuned!
04-15: Miami Marlins Managers updated - split 2012 to include interim	2 Updated Baseball Managers Pgs
xx-xx: skipper Joey Cora. Typo fixed on Los Angeles Dodgers Managers.	2 Updated Baseball Managers Pgs
04-15: How many 2012 Opening Day players were born outside the US?	Baseball Almanac Stays Social
xx-xx: That's just one example of the things we tweet about on Twitter.	Baseball Almanac Stays Social
04-15: Base page for 2012 Player of the Week Award is added.	1 New Baseball Award
xx-xx: Miguel Cabrera wins AL week 1, Miguel Cabrera Awards updated.	2 Updated Baseball Players
xx-xx: Matt Kemp wins NL week 1, Matt Kemp Awards updated.	2 Updated Baseball Players
04-14: Aaron Harang ties mark for Most Strikeouts Through 4th Inning.	1 Updated Baseball Record
04-14: Maury Wills: great new intro quote & both Pirates salaries.	1 Updated Baseball Player
04-14: Longest Opening Day Game in History gets updated with 2012	1 Updated Baseball Record
xx-xx: record AND we added every 14+ inning contest to the set.	1 Updated Baseball Record
04-14: David Phelps added University of Notre Dame Baseball Players.	1 Updated Baseball College
04-14: Most Home Runs in One Game by Every Team improved.	1 Updated Baseball Record
04-14: Typo on Fishel Award fixed (Ned Colletti was mispelled).	1 Updated Baseball Award
04-07: Added University of Colorado Baseball Players Page (Thx Jon).	1 New Baseball College Page
xx-xx: Cobe Jones, Carroll Hardy, John Stearns & Jay Howell.	4 Updated Baseball Players
04-07: Adam Dunn ties Home Runs in a Career on Opening Day.	1 Updated Baseball Record
04-04: Today we are having lunch with Bud Selig then covering Opening	Webmaster Notes
xx-xx: Day live at the new Miami Marlins ballpark. Details of lunch with
xx-xx: Selig will be sent to our Twitter today & park pics on Facebook.
04-04: On Opening Day, Octavio Dotel should appear with his 13th team	2 Future Baseball Records To Fix
xx-xx: setting a new ML record for Most Teams Played For in a Career.
xx-xx: And Jamie Moyer, if / when he wins, oldest pitcher with a win!
xx-xx: Did you know both are part of the 4 Decade Players set?
04-04: Take a look "beyond the stats" with Baseball Almanac as we	1 Updated Baseball Player
xx-xx: explore why HOF'er Edd Roush has a "J" for his middle name.	1 Updated Baseball Player
04-04: Fixed a few typos (thanks Tim) on our 2011 World Series page.	1 Updated World Series Page
04-01: New player pics / baseball autographs / baseball cards on:	51 Updated Baseball Players (7,824 images to date!)
xx-xx: Bob "Tex" Nelson, Kirk Saarloos, Garrett Jones, Dave Machemer.
xx-xx: Brian Williams, Felix Doubront, Scott Chiasson, Doug Mathis.
xx-xx: Fred Valentine, Bruce Robinson, Juan Rincon, Nick Hagadone.
xx-xx: Will Rhymes, Jarrett Hoffpauir, Jarrod Parker, Devin Mesoraco.
xx-xx: Zach McAllister, Chris Short, Shaun Marcum, George Kottaras.
xx-xx: Leon Wagner, Barry Enright, Amos Strunk, Sam Demel.
xx-xx: Jimmie Dykes, Maikel Cleto, Travis Snider, Nick Etten.
xx-xx: Red Munger, Curt Raydon, Johnny James, Will Pennyfeather.
xx-xx: Marc Pisciotta, Jose Tabata, Joe Grzenda, Craig Stammen.
xx-xx: Al Todd, Joe Redfield, Tom Ferrick, J.P. Arencibia, Victor Cruz.
xx-xx: Elmer Riddle, Gordie Pladson, Chuck Locke, Jeff Schneider.
xx-xx: Joel Johnston, Chad Meyers, Brett Sinkbeil, Bryan Petersen.
xx-xx: Mike Dimmel & Alex Kellner.
04-01: The 1,000 Wins Club gets a typo (current through) fixed.	1 Updated Baseball Manager Pg
04-01: University of Central Florida Baseball Players ommissions fixed.	1 Updated Baseball College
04-01: A few new contracts were added to these HOF player pages:	7 Updated Baseball Players (35,770 contracts to date!)
xx-xx: Max Carey (1926) & Billy Hamilton (1892-1893).
xx-xx: Jackie Robinson (1951-1953) & Eddie Collins (1916-1918)
xx-xx: Edd Roush (1927-1929), Elmer Flick (1901), Eppa Rixey (1924).
04-01: Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2012, March:	1 Updated Year of Death Script
xx-xx: Hub Andrews, Dennis Bennett, Lloyd Hittle & Don Mincher.
xx-xx: Jim Obradovich, Mal Parnell & Dave Philley.
04-01: Previous month updates moved to Baseball Almanac Updates.	1 Updated Archive Page
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March 2012 Updates
"Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today."	Description
03-26: I will be making daily updates, but just not mentioning them here	Webmaster Note
xx-xx: until 04-01. Follow us on Facebook and / or Twitter.	Webmaster Note
03-23: Carl Furillo: quote sourced, order of #'s in '46 fixed, 2 new salaries.	1 Updated Baseball Player
03-23: Baseball and Football Players, a comprehensive list is added.	2 New Baseball Lists
xx-xx: Baseball and Basketball Players, a comprehensive list is added.	2 New Baseball Lists
03-23: Baseball Managers "hooks" for 2012 added, live data maybe...	30 Baseball Manager Pages
xx-xx: Baseball Ballparks attendance "hooks" for 2012 added also.	30 Baseball Ballparks Pages
03-14: Most Strikeouts Through Each Inning (1-9) added, thanks Trent!	1 New Baseball Record Set
03-14: Each box score on the 3,000 Hits Club is now labeled better.	1 Updated Baseball Hitting Chart
03-14: Fast fact #1 on 2011 World Series corrected (Texas fact).	1 Updated World Series Page
03-14: Immaculate Inning, link to Jordan Zimmermann fixed (wrong one).	1 Updated Baseball Feat
03-09: Yet another very nice data donation, thank you kindly Jim H.	425 Updated Ballplayers (7,660 High Schools Found!)
xx-xx: 425 new confirmed high school names added to ballplayers.	425 Updated Ballplayers (7,660 High Schools Found!)
03-09: Special thank you to researcher Phil Labat who has added to the	1 Updated Baseball Feat
xx-xx: Home Runs From Both Sides of the Plate in One Game page.
xx-xx: Eleven new 100% confirmed instances! Bold faced 3-HR games.
03-09: Litera scripta manet / updates made to these ballplayers:	11 Updated Baseball Players
xx-xx: Dee Gordon, Jeff Manship, Justin Morneau & Glen Perkins.
xx-xx: Trevor Plouffe, Anthony Swarzak, Ben Revere & Ryan Doumit.
xx-xx: Francisco Liriano, Jamey Carroll & Greek George.
03-09: Typo fixed & title tags added to Games Pitched Records.	2 Updated Baseball Record Bks
xx-xx: Sourced quote & title tags added to Relief Pitching Records.	2 Updated Baseball Record Bks
03-09: Link on Baseball & Writing fixed (wrong Boyer, Clete Boyer).	1 Updated Baseball Poem
03-04: University of California, Santa Barbara Baseball Players fixed.	1 Updated Baseball College
03-04: Updated our Baseball Almanac Facebook page (new timeline)	Baseball Almanac Gets Social
xx-xx: and recently started using Baseball Almanac Twitter as well.	Baseball Almanac Gets Social
03-04: HUGE data donation - contract data jumps from 25,261 all the	2,000+ Updated Ballplayers (10,000+ New Contracts)
xx-xx: way to 35,701! Tooks three days of work, but it was worth it!
xx-xx: More than 2,000 players were updated in this last upgrade.
03-04: Gio Gonzalez: new quote, '08 salary & accent on birth name.	4 Updated Baseball Players
xx-xx: Salvador Perez, new quote & nickname, '11 salary & an accent.
xx-xx: Giancarlo Stanton, former Mike Stanton, requests name change.
xx-xx: New ESPN: The Magazine arrived yesterday, quotes added to:
xx-xx: Brandon McCarthy and Eric Hosmer.
03-01: Did you know 401 guys were taken in the draft prior to Pujols?	1 Updated Baseball Player
xx-xx: Albert Pujols fast facts (#2) gets a new list, hope you like it!	1 Updated Baseball Player
03-01: Some additional quotes added to Albert Pujols Quotes page.	1 Expanded Baseball Quotes Pg
03-01: A few new contracts were added to these HOF player pages:	41 Updated Baseball Players (25,261 contracts to date!)
xx-xx: Rogers Hornsby (1929-1932) & Old Hoss Radbourn (1887-1888).
xx-xx: George Van Haltren (1887-1889) & Eddie Collins (1916-1918)
xx-xx: Charlie Comiskey (1891) & Buck Ewing (1886-87).
xx-xx: Willie Keeler (1904), George Sisler (1927) & Al Spalding (1876).
xx-xx: Fred Clarke (1904-1906) & Jimmy Collins (1907-1908).
xx-xx: Ed Delahanty (1888-1889) & Hugh Duffy (1888-1889).
xx-xx: Jim Palmer (1978-1980) & Harmon Killebrew (1970-1973).
xx-xx: Nap Lajoie (1908-1910) & Connie Mack (1888-1889).
xx-xx: Grover Alexander (1925 & 1928) & Cap Anson (1884-1885).
xx-xx: John McGraw (1894-1895) & George Wright (1878-1879).
xx-xx: Roger Bresnahan (1913) & Dan Brouthers (1886-88).
03-01: New contract data added to these player pages (thanks Tim):
xx-xx: Willie Banks (2001), Paul Abbott (1991) & Larry Casian (1997).
xx-xx: Tom Edens (1990), Mauro Gozzo (1992) & Bob Kipper (1987).
xx-xx: Bill Krueger (1985), John Smiley (1986), Gary Wayne (1991).
xx-xx: Jim Kaat (1980-1982), Cesar Tovar (1970), Bob Allison (1966).
xx-xx: Jim Perry (1975), Camilo Pascual (1963-1965).
xx-xx: Tony Oliva (1965-1968), Zoilo Versalles (1965-1966).
xx-xx: David West (1988), Greg Gagne (1985), Donnie Hill (1984).
03-01: Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2012, February:	1 Updated Year of Death Script
xx-xx: Herb Adams, Gary Carter, Danny Clyburn, Gene Crumling.
xx-xx: Terry Mathews, Howie Nunn.
03-01: Previous month updates moved to Baseball Almanac Updates.	1 Updated Archive Page
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November 2011 Updates
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11-24: Joe Maddon won his 2nd Manager of the Year Award.	1 Updated Baseball Award
xx-xx: Kirk Gibson won his 1st Manager of the Year Award.	1 Updated Baseball Award
11-24: Nick Hundley: new quote (with source) & two salaries (2008 & 2011).	1 Updated Ballplayer
11-19: John Boozer: High School added. A GREAT quote / story added.	1 Updated Ballplayer
xx-xx: AND read how Boozer threw pitches that counted during his warm-up!	1 Updated Ballplayer
11-19: Researcher Ed Collins researched & shared God Bless America data:	1 Updated World Series
xx-xx: 2010 World Series: Game 1, Game 2, Game 3, Game 4 & Game 5.	1 Updated World Series
11-18: The Philadelphia Phillies Baseball Writers announce team specific awards:	3 Updated Baseball Awards & 3 Updated Baseball Players
xx-xx: Charlie Manuel won the 2011 Dallas Green Special Achievement Award.
xx-xx: Cliff Lee won the 2011 Steve Carlton Most Valuable Pitcher Award.
xx-xx: Shane Victorino won the 2011 Mike Schmidt Most Valuable Player Award.
xx-xx: Charlie Manuel Awards updated, his 1st major baseball award.
xx-xx: Cliff Lee Awards updated, his 15th major baseball award.
xx-xx: Shane Victorino Awards updated, his 6th major baseball award.
11-18: Miguel Cabrera won the 2011 Luis Aparicio Award, his 2nd time.	1 Updated Baseball Award & 1 Updated Baseball Player
xx-xx: Unique award given to best baseball player born in Venezuela.
xx-xx: Miguel Cabrera Awards updated, his 20th major baseball award.
11-18: Two new quotes on Brooks Robinson Quotes page (thanks Mark).	Baseball Quotes Update
11-18: Phil Cavarretta: quote sourced, cemetery location & nickname added.	2 Updated Ballplayers
xx-xx: Carlos Zambrano: new quote, new fast fact, and 2 missing salaries added.	2 Updated Ballplayers
11-18: Clayton Kershaw won the 2011 National League Cy Young Award.	2 Updated Baseball Awards & 2 Updated Baseball Players
xx-xx: This was the 10th time a Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher won the award.
xx-xx: Clayton Kershaw Awards updated, his 6th major baseball award.
xx-xx: Justin Verlander won the 2011 American League Cy Young Award.
xx-xx: This was the 4th time a Detroit Tigers pitcher won the award.
xx-xx: Justin Verlander Awards updated, his 14th major baseball award.
11-18: Craig Kimbrel won the 2011 National League Rookie of the Year Award.	2 Updated Baseball Awards & 2 Updated Baseball Players
xx-xx: This was the 7th Atlanta Braves player to win the award.
xx-xx: Did you know that Kimbrel was the first pitcher in the award's history to...
xx-xx: Jeremy Hellickson won the 2011 American League Rookie of the Year Award.
xx-xx: This was the 2nd Tampa Bay Rays player to win the award.
xx-xx: Craig Kimbrel Awards updated, his 3rd major baseball award.
xx-xx: Jeremy Hellickson Awards updated, his 5th major baseball award.
11-16: Updates resuming today, delay due to a death in the family.	Webmaster Comment
11-06: Jake Lowery, James Madison University, won the 2011 Johnny Bench Award.	2 Updated Baseball Awards & 2 Updated Baseball Players
xx-xx: 2011 finalists & links to Coastal Carolina University added to Fast Fact #2.
11-06: Bryan LaHair won the 2011 Joe Bauman Award (MiLB home run leader).
xx-xx: Bryan LaHair Awards updated, his 1st major baseball award.
xx-xx: The link to 2011 rookie Mike Moustakas was added as well.
xx-xx: Mike Moustakas Awards updated, his 1st major baseball award.
11-05: Jose Bautista (AL) & Matt Kemp (NL) won the 2011 Hank Aaron Award.	7 Updated Baseball Awards & 7 Updated Baseball Players
xx-xx: Jose Bautista Awards updated, his 9th major baseball award.
xx-xx: Matt Kemp Awards updated, his 7th major baseball award.
11-05: Phillies writer Bill Conlin won the 2011 J.G. Taylor Spink Award.
11-05: The Miami Marlins released their team specific awards, the winners were:
xx-xx: Emilio Bonifacio won the 2011 Jeff Conine Award.
xx-xx: Emilio Bonifacio Awards updated, his 2nd major baseball award.
xx-xx: Steve Cishek won the 2011 Florida Marlins Rookie of the Year Award.
xx-xx: Steve Cishek Awards updated, his 1st major baseball award.
xx-xx: John Buck won the 2011 Charlie Hough Good Guy Award.
xx-xx: John Buck Awards updated, his 1st major baseball award.
xx-xx: Mike Stanton won the 2011 Florida Marlins Most Valuable Player Award.
xx-xx: Mike Stanton Awards updated, his 2nd major baseball award.
11-05: Torii Hunter won the prestigious 2011 Heart & Hustle Award.
xx-xx: Torii Hunter Awards updated, his 17th major baseball award.
11-05: Oscar Streit, added cemetery location and an Oscar Streit Grave photo.	1 Updated Ballplayer
xx-xx: Baseball Graves updated as well, thank you David Hamilton.	1 Updated Ballplayer
11-04: Let's take a close look at how the Gold Gloves went down in 2011:	8 Updated Baseball Awards & 18 Updated Baseball Players
xx-xx: AL Gold Glove Catcher Award won by Matt Wieters, his 1st GG.
xx-xx: Matt Wieters Awards updated, his 3rd major baseball award.
xx-xx: NL Gold Glove Catcher Award won by Yadier Molina, his 4th GG.
xx-xx: Yadier Molina Awards updated, his 4th major baseball award.
xx-xx: AL Gold Glove First Baseman Award won by Adrian Gonzalez, his 3rd GG.
xx-xx: Adrian Gonzalez Awards updated, his 9th major baseball award.
xx-xx: NL Gold Glove First Baseman Award won by Joey Votto, his 1st GG.
xx-xx: Joey Votto Awards updated, his 8th major baseball award.
xx-xx: A.L. Gold Glove Outfielder won by Jacoby Ellsbury, his 1st GG.
xx-xx: Jacoby Ellsbury Awards updated, his 5th major baseball award.
xx-xx: A.L. Gold Glove Outfielder won by Alex Gordon, his 1st GG.
xx-xx: Alex Gordon Awards updated, his 6th major baseball award.
xx-xx: A.L. Gold Glove Outfielder won by Nick Markakis, his 1st GG.
xx-xx: Nick Markakis Awards updated, his 3rd major baseball award.
xx-xx: N.L. Gold Glove Outfielder won by Andre Ethier, his 1st GG.
xx-xx: Andre Ethier Awards updated, his 8th major baseball award.
xx-xx: N.L. Gold Glove Outfielder won by Matt Kemp, his 2nd GG.
xx-xx: Matt Kemp Awards updated, his 6th major baseball award.
xx-xx: N.L. Gold Glove Outfielder won by Gerardo Parra, his 1st GG.
xx-xx: Gerardo Parra Awards updated, his 2nd major baseball award.
xx-xx: AL Gold Glove Pitcher Award won by Mark Buehrle, his 3rd GG.
xx-xx: Mark Buehrle Awards updated, his 8th major baseball award.
xx-xx: NL Gold Glove Pitcher Award won by Clayton Kershaw, his 1st GG.
xx-xx: Clayton Kershaw Awards updated, his 5th major baseball award.
xx-xx: AL Gold Glove Second Baseman Award won by Dustin Pedroia, his 2nd GG.
xx-xx: Dustin Pedroia Awards updated, his 10th major baseball award.
xx-xx: NL Gold Glove Second Baseman Award won by Brandon Phillips, his 3rd GG.
xx-xx: Brandon Phillips Awards updated, his 4th major baseball award.
xx-xx: AL Gold Glove Shorstop Award won by Erick Aybar, his 1st GG.
xx-xx: Erick Aybar Awards updated, his 2nd major baseball award.
xx-xx: NL Gold Glove Shorstop Award won by Troy Tulowitzki, his 2nd GG.
xx-xx: Troy Tulowitzki Awards updated, his 10th major baseball award.
xx-xx: AL Gold Glove Third Baseman Award won by Adrian Beltre, his 2nd GG.
xx-xx: Adrian Beltre Awards updated, his 8th major baseball award.
xx-xx: NL Gold Glove Third Baseman Award won by Placido Polanco, his 3rd GG.
xx-xx: Placido Polanco Awards updated, his 7th major baseball award.
11-04: Steve Kemp: Quote sourced, high school added, 3 salaries added.	2 Updated Ballplayers
xx-xx: Mickey Scott: Quote added with a source and a new Fast Fact (#1).	2 Updated Ballplayers
11-03: One week of work and our baseball college section now includes:	150+ Updated Baseball Colleges
xx-xx: All players from 2011 with years played on their appropriate school.
xx-xx: Links to an additional 500+ debut game box scores for older players.
xx-xx: A total of 158 college pages were upgraded & updated.
11-01: SEVERAL late October (10-27 thru 10-31) items were updated	Webmaster Comment
xx-xx: daily and they include the following:	Webmaster Comment
xx-xx: Home Runs in a Month updated 10-27, missed an March player.	1 Updated Baseball Record
xx-xx: President George W. Bush Baseball Game Attendance Log updated.	Updated Presidents & Baseball
xx-xx: Bobo Osborne, sourced quote & high school added 10-26.	1 Updated Ballplayer
xx-xx: Researcher Ed Collins researched & shared first pitch data on 10-20:	4 Updated World Series Pages
xx-xx: 2010 World Series: Game 1, Game 2, Game 3, Game 4 & Game 5.
xx-xx: 1988 World Series: Game 1.
xx-xx: 1977 World Series: Game 1 & Game 3.
xx-xx: 1973 World Series: Game 7.
11-01: Previous month updates moved to Baseball Almanac Updates.	1 Updated Archive Page
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