DRAFT – DEC 15: NL decides to play ball

[TRIBUNE PROQUEST SEARCH SHOWS VOTE ON UNIFORM BALL WAS DEC 14, NOT DEC 15]

DECEMBER 15, 1933| CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – Major League Baseball owners meeting in Chicago decided on a uniform baseball on this date in 1933. For several years the American League used a more lively ball, but the National League decided to conform.

Contributing sources:
Associated Press, Paul Mikelson, December 16, 1933

 

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