3-01-1969 – MICKEY MANTLE announced his retirement from MLB. The 3-time MVP finishe with 536 home runs plus a record 18 in Worls Series action.

3-02-1976 – The SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS are sold to ROBERT LURIE, who promised to keep the team in San Francisco, ending Toronto's hopes of having the franchise shifted to Canada.

3-04-1941 – GRACE COMISKEY, the widow of CHARLES COMISKEY, is elected the team
president of the CHICAGO WHITE SOX.

3-05-1993 – The FLORIDA MARLINS defeat the HOUSTON ASTROS, 12-8, winning their inaugural Spring Training game before a crowd of 6696 at the COCOA EXPO SPORTS COMPLEX.

3-06-1993 – The COLORADO ROCKIES win their initial Spring Training game, 7-2, over the SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS.

3-07-1990 – H. WAYNE HUIZENGA announces he has purchased half of JOE ROBBIE STADIUM and 15% of the MIAMI DOLPHINS NFL franchise for an estimated $30 million, stating his intention to aggressively pursue an expansion baseball franchise.

3-08-1999 – NEW YORK YANKEES legend JOE DiMAGGIO dies at the age of 84 in Hollywood, Florida.

3-09-1995 – At a meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, baseball owners officially welcomed the TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS and ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS as the 13th and 14th expansion teams in MLB history by a vote of 28-0.

3-12-1903 – The New York franchise is approved as a member of the AMERICAN LEAGUE, with the club being known as the HIGHLANDERS, playing at HILLTOP PARK.

3-15-1991 – Colorado ownership announces that the proposed new ballpark will be named COORS FIELD.

3-17-1910 – The cornerstone in the construction of COMISKEY PARK is set down on St. Patrick's Day amidst great fanfare.

3-18-1953 – In the first franchise shift in half a century, the BOSTON BRAVES announce they will move to Milwaukee and be called the MILWAUKEE BRAVES.

3-18-1989 – An investor group, led by GEORGE W. BUSH and EDWARD W. ROSE, purchases controlling interest in the TEXAS RANGERS from EDDIE CHILES.

3-20-1976 – The AMERICAN LEAGUE voted 11-1 to offer a baseball franchise to the city of Toronto, with only the BALTIMORE ORIOLES voting no.

3-21-1900 – An agreement is reached which lands the ST. PAUL SAINTS in Chicago.

3-21-1976 – The NATIONAL LEAGUE claimed that it was strongly considering expansion, which would include a franchise for the city of Toronto.

3-31-1991 – JOE ROBBIE STADIUM hosts two exhibition games on 3-30 and 3-31 between the NEW YORK YANKEES and the BALTIMORE ORIOLES, which draw 125013 fans, with a Spring Training record 67654 sellout for the first contest.

3-31-1998 – The MILWAUKEE BREWERS played their first-ever game as a NATIONAL LEAGUE franchise, dropping a 2-1 decision to the ATLANTA BRAVES at TURNER FIELD.

3-31-1998 – Opening Night for BANK ONE BALLPARK, the new home of the expansion ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS, who go down to defeat to the COLORADO ROCKIES, 9-2.