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THIS DATE IN BASEBALL HISTORY - November 17 1953 - The St. Louis Browns relocation to Baltimore is made official, returning Baltimore to the ranks of MLB cities for the first time since 1902. That the Browns were relocating had been an open secret since the start of the '53 season.

DIED ON THIS DATE - November 17 Ron Bryant (2023) had a good '72 season, then won 24 for the '73 Giants before crashing & burning (3-15 5.61) in '74. Maybe it should have been obvious he was used up in September '73 when in his last 6 starts he lasted only 29.2 innings & gave up 27 earned runs.

BORN ON THIS DATE - November 17 Tom Seaver (1944) started 32 games for the 1966 Jacksonville Suns, going 12 and 12 with a 3.13 ERA.

The Oakland, I mean Las Vegas, I mean Sacramento, I mean West Sacramento, I mean City With No Name Athletics. It will be surprising if players, umps, fans, broadcasters, beer sellers and everyone else figures out where they're supposed to show up opening day.

It’s the agents…get rid of them and the players will start acting like 20 year old boys again.

DIED ON THIS DATE - November 16 Dick Burns was the first MLBer born (1863) who died on November 16 (1937). He went 2-12 for the 1883 Detroit Wolverines of the NL. Pitched a no-hitter in the Union Association in 1884 but if that was really a major league then I'm Juan Soto.

BORN ON THIS DATE - November 16 Dwight Gooden (1964) hit 8 home runs, ranking him 9th among all MLB players born on November 16th.