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Mar 8, 1999

Faith Hill earns six nominations for the Academy of Country Music's "Hat" awards. Garth Brooks, Steve Wariner and Brooks & Dunn each appear four times on the ballot

Mar 9, 1999

Garth Brooks' mother, Colleen Brooks, has surgery for throat cancer at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. The operation takes 12 hours

Mar 11, 1999

Garth Brooks strikes out during a San Diego Padres spring training game against the San Francisco Giants in Arizona. The Padres win, 14-8

Mar 13, 1999

While playing left field, Garth Brooks falls with two outs in the ninth inning of a spring training game, dropping a flyball and allowing the Milwaukee Brewers to defeat the San Diego Padres, 2-1, in Phoenix

Mar 15, 1999

Garth Brooks reaches base for the first time during spring training with the San Diego Padres. Brooks walks, then scores when the next batter hits a home run against the Milwaukee Brewers, but the Padres lose, 6-4, in Phoenix

Mar 15, 1999

Garth Brooks takes a ribbing in Baseball America for attending spring training with the San Diego Padres. Writes columnist Peter Gammons: "At least one good baseball mind in that organization recommended Shania Twain over Brooks"

Mar 17, 1999

Garth Brooks starts in left field for the San Diego Padres during a spring training game in Tucson, Arizona. Brooks catches a fly against the outfield fence but goes hitless in four at-bats as the Padres beat the Chicago White Sox, 7-6

Mar 20, 1999

Garth Brooks goes to the wrong ballpark during spring training with the San Diego Padres. When he finally arrives at Tucson's Hi Corbett Field, he grounds out in his only at-bat against the Chicago White Sox

Mar 21, 1999

Garth Brooks gets his first hit of spring training, singling up the middle off of pitcher Mike Sirotka during a San Diego Padres loss to the Chicago White Sox, 11-8, at the Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, Arizona

Mar 22, 1999

Garth Brooks commits an error in left field and goes hitless in two at-bats, as the San Diego Padres tie the Cubs, 7-7, at Chicago's spring training facility in Mesa, Arizona. The bleacher bums jeer him: "Are you the guy who sang 'Achy Breaky Heart'?"

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