2010 Season News
Six no-hitters were thrown. They were thrown by Ubaldo Jiménez
(April 17), Dallas Braden (May 9), Roy Halladay (May 29), Edwin
Jackson (June 25), Matt Garza (July 26), and Halladay once again,
this time in Game 1 of the NLDS. It was only the third time in major
league history that at least six no-hitters were thrown in a single
season.
January 5 - Five time
Cy Young Award winner
Randy Johnson announces his retirement. Johnson was 303–166 over
his 22 year career, with a 3.29 earned run average. His 4,875 career
strikeouts are second only to Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan.
April 28 – All-Star rosters have been expanded again by commissioner
Bud Selig's special committee for on-field matters, with each team
bringing 34 players, with 13 pitchers per team, to the July 13 game
at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, as part of several changes.
Another change is that a pitcher who starts on the final Sunday
before the All-Star break will be ineligible to pitch in the ASG and
will be replaced on the roster. In addition, a designated hitter
will be used in the ASG every year, including in National League
cities; the AL's starting DH will continue to be elected by fans,
and the NL's starting DH will be chosen by the NL All-Star manager.
Under a change that runs contrary to normal baseball rules, each
manager may designate a position player who will be eligible for
re-entry to the game if the final position player, at any position,
is injured.
At Citizens Bank Park, Jamie Moyer becomes the first pitcher to
throw a shutout in four separate decades, giving up only two hits in the
of the Philadelphia Phillies's 7–0 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
At 47 years, 170 days old, Moyer is also the oldest pitcher to throw a
Major League shutout, eclipsing Phil Niekro's record by almost a year.
At 46 years, 188 days old, Niekro, while pitching for the New York Yankees,
tossed a four-hit shutout against the Toronto Blue Jays on October 6,1985;
the shutout was also Niekro's 300th career victory.
June 8 – Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg makes his
big league debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates, striking out
fourteen, including his last seven, and not walking any over
seven innings. The 2009 Major League Baseball Draft #1 overall
pick wins his MLB debut, 5–2.
August 4 - At Yankee
Stadium, Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees hits his 600th home
run, becoming the seventh player in Major League history to do so,
in a 5–1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. The shot comes in the
first inning against the Jays' Shaun Marcum and three years to the
day of Rodriguez' 500th home run. Rodriguez also becomes the
youngest player to hit his 600th home run, at 35 years, 8 days; Babe
Ruth had held the previous record at 36 years, 196 days.
September 30 - MLB players and owners agrees to
free agency changes. Under the deal announced this date, players
no longer have to file for free agency but automatically are set
free. The exclusive period for teams to negotiate with their free
agent-eligible players was cut from 15 days to five. The deadline
was moved up for clubs to offer salary arbitration to their former
players who became free agents, as was the deadline for teams to
offer contracts for the following season to players on their
man 40-rosters. In addition, teams, players and agents will be
restricted in their ability to conduct free-agent negotiations in
the media
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