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MARCH
1979
1979 Teams
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PLAYERS BORN ON MARCH 3, 1979 » Jorge Julio in Caracas, Venezuela
PLAYERS BORN ON MARCH 5, 1979 » Erik Bedard in Navan, ON
IN THE NEWS : The Special Veterans Committee selects Warren Giles and slugger Hack Wilson for the Hall of Fame.
The exhibition season opens with semipro and amateur umpires in place of ML arbiters, who are staging a collective holdout.
IN THE NEWS : Commissioner Kuhn issues a notice to all clubs urging that reporters, regardless of sex, be treated equally in the matter of access to locker rooms.
PLAYERS BORN ON MARCH 13, 1979 » Johan Santana in Tovar Merida, Venezuela
PLAYERS BORN ON MARCH 14, 1979 » Jose Nunez in Montecristi, D.R.
PLAYERS BORN ON MARCH 16, 1979 » Hee Seop Choi in Chun-Nam, South Korea
PLAYERS BORN ON MARCH 23, 1979 » Mark Buehrle in St. Charles, MO
IN THE NEWS : The Padres and Giants announce that the 1980 exhibition series between the two teams will be played in Tokyo. But Giants owner Bob Lurie leaves the decision up to his players and they reject the agreement.
IN THE NEWS : The Phillies trade 3B Richie Hebner and 2B Jose Moreno to the Mets for P Nino Espinosa .
IN THE NEWS : Fifty of 52 ML umpires meet in Chicago and reject new offers from the AL and NL.