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MARCH
1951
1951 Teams
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IN THE NEWS : The St. Louis Browns seek a $600,000 loan to help them stay in St. Louis.
IN THE NEWS : The Browns reveal plans to move the club to Milwaukee because of poor attendance.
FBI director J. Edgar Hoover reports that he declined the post of baseball commissioner.
IN THE NEWS : Happy Chandler loses his fight to stay in office by a 9-7 vote.
IN THE NEWS : Detroit player rep Fred Hutchinson asks that players be allowed a say in choosing the new commissioner.
IN THE NEWS : Pittsburgh's lefty first baseman Dale Long makes his first appearance as a catcher in an exhibition game against San Diego.
IN THE NEWS : The Brooklyn Dodgers sign a 21-year lease with the city of Vero Beach, FL, for use of their spring training facilities there.
IN THE NEWS : In an exhibition game at USC, Mickey Mantle propels a homer estimated at 654 to 660 feet. The shot clears Bovard Field and then goes the width of a practice football field before landing. Mantle has two homers, a bases loaded triple, and drives in seven runs as the Yankees flunk the collegians, 15–1.