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Happy ’80s Birthday to Vida Blue, who was cool enough to wear a uniform with his first name on the back.
Not a lot of people can pull that off.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Carmelo Martinez, who finished 6th in the 1983 N.L. Rookie of the Year balloting and spent nine years in the big leagues.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Bob Milacki, who pitched in the big leagues for eight seasons and won a career-high 14 games for the Orioles in 1989.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Terry Taylor, who pitched in five games for the Mariners in 1988.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman, one of the best ever.
7/28/89
The Orioles trade Brian Dubois to the Tigers for Keith Moreland.
Zonk finishes the year in Detroit and retires.
7/28/87
Bill Buckner signs with the Angels, five days after being released by the Red Sox.
Billy Buck was hitting .273 in Boston at the time of his release, but the Red Sox wanted to make the move to Sam Horn. Buckner hits .306 over the last 57 games of the season for the Angels. Dude could always hit.
7/28/80
Ron LeFlore steals his 62nd base of the season and the Montreal scoreboard notes that the first stolen base was 115 years earlier.
As LeFlore stands off base reading the message, he is tagged out.
7/28/87
Jeff Reed makes three errors in the 7th inning of an 8 – 3 loss to the Cubs, tying the major-league record for catchers.
Big Days
7/28/82
Phil Niekro wins his 250th career game.
Knucksie went 17-4 in 1982. He was 43.
7/28/83
A. L. president Lee MacPhail upholds the Royals’ protest regarding the that George Brett’s ‘Pine Tar’ home run should count.
7/28/85
Darrell Evans hits his 300th career home run. Dude could hit bombs
7/28/85
Lou Brock is inducted into the Hall of Fame, along with Hoyt Wilhelm, Enos Slaughter, and Arky Vaughn
7/28/89
After 50 straight successful SB attempts, Vince Coleman is finally thrown out, proving the axiom, “Don’t run on Nelson Santovenia”
Transactions
7/28/80
The Rangers purchase Ed Figueroa from the Yankees.
Figueroa finishes the season in Texas and appears in two games for Oakland in 1981 before his career is over.
7/28/83
The Expos release Randy Lerch.
He signs with the Giants and wraps up his career in 1986.
7/28/88
The Braves release Ken Griffey. He returns to Cincinnati and plays there until 1990 when he’s sent to Seattle to play with his son.
7/28/89
The Astros release Bob Knepper.
He returns to San Francisco and wraps up his career in 1990.
Managerial Changes
7/28/82
The woeful Rangers announce the firing of manager Don Zimmer and replace him with Derrell Johnson.
In reality, Zim was fired earlier but Eddie Chiles asked him to stay and manage a few more games. Just one of many bizarre things that surrounded the train wreck that was the 1982 Rangers.
Deaths
Former Orioles prospect Drungo Hazewood passed away on this day in 2013.
We lost John McNamara OTD in 2020. McNamara was the A.L. Manager of the Year in 1986 and also won a division title with the Reds in 1979.
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