Template:Today in Baseball/January 26

January 5: Today's featured birthday is that of Chris Nabholz, who turns 58.

• 1895 - After the 1894 season had been the highest-scoring in Major League Baseball history, plans are discussed to revert to the pre-1893 pitching distance of 50 feet. These plans are not passed and the 60' 6" distance remains the standard today.
• 1930 - Buzz Arlett is sold to the Philadelphia Phillies by the Oakland Oaks. One of the greatest minor league hitters ever, Arlett has a very good year in Philadelphia but never plays again in the majors, returning to star in the minors.
• 1951 - Mel Ott (pictured) and Jimmie Foxx are voted into the Hall of Fame.
• 1965 - In the highest rated television program of the year in Japan, Shigeo Nagashima marries Akiko Nishimura.
• 1989 - The balk rule is changed to its pre-1988 version due to a public outcry over the "year of the balk" that had just taken place.

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