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IN THE NEWS :Gold Glove winners. SS Mark Belanger wins for the 8th and final time, while 1B Keith Hernandez and C Bob Boone are each honored for the first time.
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PLAYERS BORN ON DECEMBER 4, 1978 » Kyle Lohse in Chico, CA
IN THE NEWS :Sparky Anderson leaves the Reds, free agent Pete Rose signs a 4-year, $3.2 million contract with the Phillies, temporarily making him the highest-paid athlete in team sports.
IN THE NEWS :Bill Lee to the Expos for IF Stan Papi .
IN THE NEWS :Toby Harrah to the Indians for 3B Buddy Bell .
PLAYERS BORN ON DECEMBER 8, 1978 » Vernon Wells in Shreveport, LA
PLAYERS BORN ON DECEMBER 17, 1978 » Alex Cintron in Humacao, P.R.
IN THE NEWS :Willard Mullin , 76, the nation's top sports cartoonist and creator of the "Brooklyn Bum," dies at Corpus Christi, TX.
Don Blasingame is named manager of the Hanshin Tigers , the first American not of Japanese descent to lead a Japanese team.
PLAYERS BORN ON DECEMBER 23, 1978 » Victor Martinez in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
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