Happy ’80s Birthday to bat-flip pioneer and the only man traded for Pete Rose, Mr. Tom Lawless.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Stan Cliburn, who played in 54 games for the 1980 Angels, played in the Senior League, and managed in the minor leagues for more than 30 years.
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Happy ’80s Birthday to Stew Cliburn, who won 13 games for the Angals between 1984 and 1988 and spent more than 25 years as a minor league pitching coach.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Geoff Zahn, who won 111 games over 13 years before a torn rotator cuff ended his career. Also, I had no idea how to pronounce Geoff back in the day.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Bill Wegman, who spent 11 years in the bigs with the Brewers, winning 81 games.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Clay Parker, who won seven games over four seasons for the Mariners, Tigers, and Yankees.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Mike Fetters, who made his debut with the Angels in 1989 and pitched until 2004, winning 31 games and recording 100 saves
12/19/85
The Reds trade Jay Tibbs, Andy McGaffigan, John Stuper, and Dann Bilardello to the Expos for Bill Gullickson and Sal Butera.
12/19/82
The Mariners sign a 19-year-old kid from Puerto Rico as a free agent. He hits .173 in his first season in professional baseball.
12/19/83
The Pirates sign Amos Otis He would play just 40 games and retire.
12/19/86
After getting no offers from any teams, Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration to stay with the Tigers. Morris won 20 games in 1986. Kinda weird that no team was interested in him. I wonder if anything untoward was happening. Nah…
12/19/86
The Giants release Juan Berenguer. He signs with the Twins and wins a World Series. Advantage: Juan.
12/19/86
The Angels release Bobby Grich and his career is over. He spends 17 years in the bigs, wins a ring with the Orioles in 1970, and racks up more than 1,800 hits. Dude was solid.
12/19/89
The Red Sox release Rick Cerone. He returns to the Yankees for 1990, spends 1991 with the Mets and wraps up his career in 1992 in Montreal.
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