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Events of Thursday, December 18, 1997

12-17-1997 12-19-1997   12-18-1996 12-18-1998 

Births on This Date

Ronald Acuna
Grant Hartwig
Brandon Marsh

Deaths on This Date

Ted Bond (93)

Transactions

Pittsburgh Pirates signed Steve Bieser as a free agent.

Arizona Diamondbacks signed Scott Brow as a free agent.

Pittsburgh Pirates signed Terry Burrows as a free agent.

Cleveland Indians signed Rheal Cormier as a free agent.

Chicago Cubs signed Micah Franklin as a free agent.

Arizona Diamondbacks signed Greg Hansell as a free agent.

Arizona Diamondbacks signed Barry Manuel as a free agent.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Josias Manzanillo as a free agent.

Pittsburgh Pirates signed Jeff McCurry as a free agent.

St. Louis Cardinals signed Rusty Meacham as a free agent.

New York Yankees signed Scott Pose as a free agent.

Atlanta Braves traded Steve Hacker to Minnesota Twins completing trade in which
Minnesota Twins traded Greg Myers to Atlanta Braves in exchange for a player to be
named later (September 5, 1997).

Boston Red Sox traded Tony Armas to Montreal Expos completing trade in which Boston
Red Sox traded Carl Pavano and a player to be named later to Montreal Expos in
exchange for Pedro Martinez (November 18, 1997).

Florida Marlins traded Dennis Cook to New York Mets in exchange for Fletcher Bates
and Scott Comer.

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