Happy ’80s Birthday to Dan Graham, who burst onto the scene in 1980 and faded away. Here’s the story.
Happy ’80s Birthday Mark Carreon, who made his debut with the 1987 Mets and spent ten years in the big leagues.
His father, Cam, spent eight years in the major leagues as well.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Vicente Palacios, who played professionally from 1983 through 2000, including eight years in the big leagues.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Dick Scott, who played in three games for the 1989 A’s.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Curt Kaufman, who spent three years with the Yankees and Angels from 1982 through 1984.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Peter Golenbock, who penned many books about the Yankees and is still writing today.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Jayson Stark, who is still one of the best in the business.
7/19/85
The Reds trade a PTBNL and Duane Walker to the Rangers for Buddy Bell and my buddies and I immediately bought tickets to go see Buddy’s first game as a Red.
Cincinnati sent Jeff Russell to Texas to complete the trade.
7/19/82
A young Padres outfielder makes his MLB debut. He goes 2 for 4 (of course), with a double off Sid Monge and a single off Ron Reed.
He never stops hitting.
7/19/85
Steve Buechele goes 1 for 4 with a single against the Tigers in his big league debut.
He’d spend eleven years in the major leagues and hit .304 for the Pirates in the 1991 N.L.C.S.
7/19/88
Cubs pitcher Rick Sutcliffe picks Brett Butler off first base unassisted.
With Jose Uribe at second, Butler wanders too far off the bag and the cat-like Sutt nails him.
7/19/80
Roy Lee Jackson throws a CG against the Reds and retires the last 19 batters he faces.
The Mets smoke Cincinnati 13-3 at the Baseball Cathedral known as Riverfront Stadium.
7/19/82
75-year-old Luke Appling homers in an Old-Timer’s Game at RFK Stadium in Washington.
7/19/82
Tom Brunansky’s inside-the-park grand slam helps the Twins beat the Brewers 6-4.
7/19/84
Orel Hershiser pitches his third straight shutout for the Dodgers, striking out nine in a 10-0 two-hitter at St. Louis.
He goes 4-1 in July with a 0.78 E.R.A. and allows just 20 hits in 46 innings while striking out 48.
7/19/87
Steve Buechele’s two-homer day leads the Rangers to a 20 – 3 win over the Yankees. Rick Cerone pitches the 9th for New York.
7/19/89
Joe Carter goes 3-5 with three homers and 6 RBI in a 10-1 Indians win over the Twins.
Future Red Sox manager John Farrell throws a two-hitter for the Indians to get the win.
7/19/80
The Rangers purchase Rick Auerbach from the Reds.
Auerbach doesn’t play for Texas and goes to Seattle in an eleven-player deal at the 1980 Winter Meetings. He finishes his career with the Mariners.
7/19/83
The Angels release Bill Travers and his career is over.
He pitches in the big leagues for nine seasons and wins 65 games.
7/19/86
The Cardinals sign Cesar Cedeno as a free agent.
He hits .169 in Triple-A and he’s done.
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