What happened today in team history?
2007 – Biggio tells off the MLB
After wearing the yellow pin of his hat to promote the Sunshine Kids charity for almost 20 years, the MLB tells Astros second baseman Craig Biggio that he is no longer allowed during Spring Training. While the front office had nothing to say, Biggio himself reacted furiously. Just a week later, the MLB redacted the order in the midst of an upload from local and national media.
2014 – Astros make of regrettable move
After a bad start to his career in his first three years and a slow Spring, the Astros released a 26-year-old J.D. Martinez. Although a journeyman, through the 2024 season, Martinez has over 330 career homers and had a .283 career average.
What else happened on this day?
2012
MLB sets up a new league in the Dominican Republic for amature players with the hopes of giving some of these guys an opportunity from a young age to show off their skills or be trained.
2013
The MLB files a lawsuit against Anthony Bosch and five others connected to Biogenesis, the Miami clinic that was caught providing multiple players with illegal performance enhancing drugs.