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November 22: Today's featured birthday is that of Rich McKinney, who turns 78.

• 1970 - Bud Selig leads a group that purchases the Seattle Pilots, moving them immediately to Milwaukee, WI to become the Milwaukee Brewers.
• 1985 - Sports Illustrated includes a story about fictional character Sidd Finch as an April Fools Day joke. George Plimpton authors the classic work, which claims Finch could throw 168 mph.
• 1987 - In one of the most famous trades in Pittsburgh Pirates history, Syd Thrift deals Tony Pena (pictured) to the St. Louis Cardinals for Andy Van Slyke, Mike LaValliere and Mike Dunne.
• 1996 - Umpire John McSherry dies of a heart attack at Riverfront Stadium on Opening Day. Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott complains that "this isn't supposed to happen to us, not in Cincinnati. This is our history, our tradition, our team." It is one of the most infamous insensitive remarks Schott makes in her controversial reign with the Reds.
• 2005 - Koichi Isobe hits the first home run in the history of the Rakuten Golden Eagles. He leads off the bottom of the 1st by sending an Atsushi Okamoto offering over the center-field wall.

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