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| 1857 | The National Convention of Baseball Players, consisting of 16 different amateur organizations from Manhattan's Lower East Side, adopt uniform rules that continue to impact the modern game significantly. The group agrees that contests will be played consistently, with nine players on a side for nine innings, with bases 90 feet apart. |
| 1923 |
 Kenesaw Mountain Landis turns down the American Legion's request to discontinue major league morning games on Memorial Day. Although disappointed by the decision, the organization awards the baseball commissioner its Distinguished Service Medal in 1929.
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| 1995 | The Veterans Committee selects former players Richie Ashburn, Vic Willis, Leon Day, and past president of the National League, William Hulbert, for induction into the Hall of Fame. Day, a Negro League right-hander, who played with Baltimore's Black Sox and Elite Giants and the Brooklyn and Newark Eagles, will be dead of a heart attack in less than a week after hearing the good news. |
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