Happy ’80s Birthday to Rick Burleson.
Once the highest-paid shortstop in baseball history, Bill Lee said of Burleson, “Some guys didn’t like to lose, but Rick got angry if the score was even tied.”
Happy ’80s Birthday to Wash!
Happy ’80s Birthday to Bob McClure, who spent 19 years in the big leagues and earned two saves in the 1982 World Series.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Danny Garcia, who played in 12 games for the Royals in 1981.
He was also a bat boy for the 1973 Mets.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Wash!
Happy ’80s Birthday to Steve Crawford, who went undrafted but still spent 11 years in the big leagues, won 30 games, and pitched in a World Series.
Don’t ever give up.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Wes Gardner, who spent 8 years in the big leagues and led the 1987 Red Sox in saves.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Louie Meadows, who spent parts of four seasons in the big leagues and pulled off the rare feat of having more RBI (10) than hits (9) in 1988.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Ed Correa, who made his big league debut in September of 1985 and then threw 202 innings in 1986 for the Rangers.
Happy ’80s birthday to former umpire John Shulock, who umpired 3,050 major league games in his 24-year career. He umpired in two World Series, and two All-Star Games.
4/29/80
The Phillies sign a 19-year-old amatuer free agent named Juan Samuel.
4/29/82
Storm Davis makes his big league debut.
He’d win 8 games as a rookie and 113 in his thirteen year career.
4/29/80
The Brewers hit 7 homers in a 14-1 win over the Indians.
Ben Oglivie and Sal Bando each hit two. Larry Hisle, Sixto Lezcano and Paul Molitor each hit one.
4/29/81
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Steve Carlton becomes the first left-handed pitcher to record 3,000 career strikeouts.
4/29/83
A moment of silence, please.
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4/29/83
George Brett goes 2-for-5 with an RBI against Cleveland to finish April with a .460 batting average.
Brett has at least one hit in every game he plays in April. He finishes the season with a .310 average.
4/29/85
The Yankees score 5 runs against Rangers pitchers Frank Tanana and Burt Hooton but Larry Parrish drives in 6 by himself on the strength of three dingers and the Rangers win 7-6.
4/29/86
Billy Beane raises his batting average by 625 points when he goes 5 for 5 in a 14-11 loss to the Yankees.
4/29/86
Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Mariners in a 3-1 win at Fenway Park
4/29/87
Andre Dawson rolls out of the rack, checks his calendar, and sees he’s scheduled to hit for the cycle against the Giants.
So he does. Hawk goes 5 for 5 and drives in two. Cubs Win! Cubs Win!
4/29/1988
The Orioles win their first game of the season, a 9-0 shutout of the White Sox at Comiskey Park.
Cal Ripken goes 4 for 5 and Mark Williamson and Dave Schmidt combine on the shutout.
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