Happy ’80s Birthday to Bill Long, who made his debut in 1985 with the White Sox and won 27 games with 9 saves over six seasons in the bigs.
He later went into coaching.
2/29/80
Kent Tekulve ends his holdout and signs a new contract with the Pirates.
The one-year deal calls for Teke to make $500,000.
2/29/84
Reports surface that Peter Ueberroth will be named as Baseball’s new commissioner.
2/29/88
Carlton Fisk’s agent reaches out to the Royals to see if they have any interest in the future Hall of Famer.
Fisk was declared a free agent by an arbitrator in January but ultimately returns to the White Sox.
2/29/88
Danny Tartabull tells the media it would be embarrassing for him to come to camp now and suggests that it would be best if he was traded.
He ends his holdout and hits .274 for KC with 26 homers and 102 RBI.
2/29/88
Roger Craig open Giants camp by playing the 1987 highlight film and giving his team a rousing 20-minute pep talk.
“We’re going to be champions, guys,” he tells his team.
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