A big Happy ’80s Birthday to The Hawk!,
1977 Rookie of the Year, 1987 MVP, 8-time All-Star, 8 Gold-Gloves, 4 Silver Sluggers, and a Hall of Famer.
Not a bad body of work.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Hal McRae, who could flat hit.
From 1974 through 1984, McRae hit an even .300 with 138 homers, 846 homers, and 12,368 double plays broken up.
Happy 80s Birthday to former Braves prospect Urban Meyer.
He hit .182 in two seasons in the Atlanta system
Happy ’80s Birthday to Vance McHenry, who appeared in 18 games for the Mariners in 1981 and 1982.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Bob Bailor, who spent eleven years in the bigs with the Blue Jays, Mets, Dodgers, and Orioles.
7/10/85
The Astros trade Enos Cabell to the Dodgers for a PTBNL and Rafael Montalvo. Los Angeles sends German Rivera to Houston to complete the trade.
Cabell finishes his career with the Dodgers.
7/10/80
The Pirates sign Rafael Belliard as an amateur free agent.
He makes his debut in 1982, plays nine seasons in Pittsburgh, and signs with the Braves where he wins a World Series in 1995.
7/10/83
The Braves sign Paul Assenmacher as an amateur free agent.
He makes his debut in 1986 and pitches in the bigs for 14 years. Not too shabby for a dude who wasn’t drafted.
7/10/84
The Mets sign Heathcliff Slocumb as an amateur free agent.
He spends 10 years in the bogs and earns 90 saves from 1995 through 1997.
7/10/86
The A’s sign Ozzie Canseco as a free agent.
He makes his big league debut in 1990 and plays in 24 games for Oakland and St. Louis over the next four seasons.
7/10/86
The A’s sign Mike Bordick as an amateur free agent out of the University of Maine.
Bordick spends fourteen seasons in the big leagues, makes an All-STar team, and appears in the postseason four times.
7/10/87
The Dodgers sign Tito Landrum as a free agent.
He plays in 51 games for L.A., then returns to Baltimore for his final season in 1988.
7/10/87
Lance Johnson goes 0 for 2 against the Giants in his big league debut.
He’s traded to the White Sox the following year and steals 290 bases over the next nine seasons.
7/10/80
The Yankees score 10 runs in the first inning against the Rangers in Arlington.
Graig Nettles’ 2-run homer off reliever Sparky Lyle caps the scoring in the inning, The Yankees would win 13-5
7/10/80
George Brett returns to the Royals lineup after missing a month with torn ligaments in his ankle and goes 2-4 against the Tigers.
He’d hit .421 for the rest of the season, which is pretty good.
7/10/82
Larry Parrish hits his third Grand Slam in six days.
From July 4th through the 10th, Parrish homers four times and drives in 17 runs.
7/10/84
Nineteen-year-old Dwight Gooden strikes out the side in the top of the 5th and throws two scoreless innings as the National League wins the All-Star Game 3-1 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
7/10/85
Jose Cruz goes 3-3 with 3 RBI as the Astros hammer the Phillies 10-0.
Jose could hit.
7/10/85
Moseby, Bell & Barfield all homer in an 11-1 Blue Jays win over the Mariners.
That was quite an outfield.
7/10/86
Oil Can Boyd (11-6 at the time) storms out of the Red Sox clubhouse after being told he has not made the All-Star Team. Boyd is so upset he ends up in an altercation with Boston police.
7/10/87
Eddie Murray and Fred Lynn go a combined 6-8 with 9 RBI as the Orioles outlast the Twins 13-12.
7/10/82
Kirk Gibson goes on the DL with a wrist injury that costs him the remainder of the 1982 season.
The injury is a recurrence of a 1980 injury that limited him to 51 games.
We lost Dick Tidrow OTD in 2021.
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