Happy ’80s Birthday to Craig Reynolds, who was the Opening Day shortstop for the Mariners in their first season. He was also named to the National League All-Star team in 1979 because there was a certain shortstop who (supposedly) said that if he wasn’t startin’ he wasn’t departin’.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Chico Escarrega, who went 1-3 for the 1982 White Sox.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Mark Budaska, who played in 13 games for the A’s between 1978 and 1981 and spent 20 years as a hitting coach.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Gary Weiss, who appeared in 22 games for the Dodgers in 1980 and 1981.
12/27/84
Ed Whitson signs a free agent deal with the Yankees. That doesn’t really work out, especially for Billy Martin.
12/27/84
The Rangers sign Dave Rozema as a free agent. He goes 3-7 in 1985, throws 10 innings in 1986 and his career is over.
We lost Phil Niekro OTD in 2021
We lost Dave Henderson OTD in 2015
We lost Ivan Calderon OTD in 2003. He was murdered in a bar and the case is unsolved.
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