Template:Today in Baseball/February 12

October 2: Today's featured birthday is that of Dave Beard, who turns 65.

• 1878 - Frederick W. Thayer, the captain of Harvard University's Baseball Club, patents the catcher's mask.
• 1924 - The National League announces it will join the American League in awarding a thousand dollars to the player selected by the Baseball Writers Association of America as the Most Valuable Player.
• 1955 - In Caracas, Roberto Clemente and Willie Mays hit crucial home runs to lead the Santurce Crabbers of Puerto Rico to a 4 - 2 victory over Venezuela's entry, Magallanes, in the Caribbean World Series championship. Mays' homer comes in the 11th inning.
• 1988 - The San Diego Padres trade reliever Rich Gossage (pîctured) to the Chicago Cubs for infielder Keith Moreland in a deal that also includes a pair of minor league players.
• 2021 - Major League Baseball officially reveals the new structure of the minor leagues, with Minor League Baseball being replaced by the Professional Development League, entirely controlled by MLB and consisting of four classifications.

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