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Happy ’80s Birthday to Terry Puhl, who hit a cool .526 in the 1980 NLCS. Unfortunately for him, it wasn’t enough to get his Astros past the Phillies.

Terry spent 15 seasons in the bigs and recorded more than 1,300 hits.

Alan Ashby 1983 baseball card

Happy ’80s Birthday to Alan Ashby, who spent 17 years in the big leagues and caught three no-hitters. 

Jerome Walton card

Happy ’80s Birthday to 1989 National League Rookie of the Year Jerome Walton, who bested his teammate Dwight Smith to take home the hardware.

Rosario Rodriguez

Happy ’80s Birthday to Rosario Rodriguez, who appeared in 34 games for the Reds and Pirates from 1989 through 1991. 

Happy ’80s Birthday to Ken Patterson, who was drafted four times and spent seven years in the big leagues with the White Sox, Angels, and Cubs. 

Mike Ramsey 1988 Score

Happy ’80s Birthday to Mike Ramsey, who appeared in 48 games for the 1987 Dodgers.

Bob Kipper

Happy ’80s Birthday to Bob Kipper, who was the #8 overall pick in the 1982 draft and spent eight years in the big leagues. 

mike ramsey 1985 Topps baseball card

7/8/85
The Orioles sign Mike Ramsey as a free agent. 

He appears in six minor league games and his career is over. 

Felix Fermin 1987 baseball card

7/8/87

Felix Fermin goes 0 for 2 in his big league debut for the Pirates.

He collects his first hit two days later and spends ten years in the major leagues. He led the league with 32 sacrifice bunts in 1989. Thirty-two!

Gerald Young 1987 baseball card

7/8/87

Gerald Young goes 0 for 4 in his big league debut.

He becomes the first player from Honduras to appear in the majors. 

7/8/82

Bruce Bochte pulls off the hidden ball trick against Rich Dauer in the 7th inning of 4 – 3 Seattle win over Baltimore.

Bud Black 1988

7/8/88

Indians pitcher Bud Black hits Jack Howell, Devon White, and Johnny Ray with pitches in the 4th inning of a 10 – 6 loss to tie a major league record. 

Big Days

Willie Stargell 1982 baseball card

7/8/82

Down 4-2 heading into the 9th inning, the Reds score 6 runs to take the lead over the Pirates but the Bucs score 5 in the bottom frame to win it thanks to a Willie Stargell 2-run HR and Jason Thompson’s bases-loaded walk-off double.

Billy Martin 1982 Donruss

7/8/82

Billy Martin records the 1,000th career win as a manager as the A’s beat the Yankees, 6-3.

Floyd Youmans 1987

7/8/87

Floyd Youmans fires a one-hitter to beat Nolan Ryan and the Astros 1-0 in the Astrodome.

The Expos score their only run in the 1st inning when Tim Wallach singles to drive in Tim Raines.

7/8/87

Thanks to two rain outs, the Dodgers and Cardinals play each other four times over the course of two days and St. Louis wins all four games.

The Cards win games 3 and 4 on July 8th behind Bob Forsch and Dave LaPoint.

Fights

7/8/87

Danny Jackson comes up and in to Brett Butler and the benches empty in Cleveland. 

7/8/89

Rob Dibble does Rob Dibble things and the Mets and Reds go to to toe. 

Deaths

Tom Veryzer

We lost former shortstop Tom Veryzer OTD in 2014. 

Tom spent twelve years in the big leagues and was a member of the 1984 N.L. East Champion Chicago Cubs. 

Ken Stabler

We lost former University of Alabama pitcher Ken Stabler OTD in 2015. 

The Snake was drafted by the Yankees, Mets, and Astros. 

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