Happy ’80s Birthday to Mike Ramsey, who spent seven years in the bigs with the Dodgers, Cardinals, and Expos
Happy ’80s Birthday to 1980 1st round Mets draft pick Billy Beane, who went on to have Brad Pitt play him in a movie.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Tom Hume, who served as the Reds closer for four seasons and finished his career with 92 saves over 11 years with Cincinnati and Philadelphia.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Karl Pagel, who put up monster numbers in the minor leagues for the Cubs but couldn’t make the transition in the show. Here’s his story.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Bill Castro, who won 31 games and saved 26 more during his 10-year career, primarily for the Brewers. Once he retired, he fessed up that he was actually a year and a half older than he’d told everyone.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Tom Tellmann, who spent five years in the bigs and another four pitching in the minor leagues in Hawaii. You could do a lot worse.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Domingo Ramos, who made his debut with the Yankees in 1978 and was traded to Texas along with Sparky Lyle a few months later in a deal that sent Dave Righetti to New York.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Mike Kingery, a Minnesota native who broke in with the Royals in 1986 and spent 10 years in the big leagues.
3/29/82
The White Sox trade a PTNL to the Cubs for Lynn McGlothen. The Sox send Bob Molinaro to the Cubs to complete the deal.
3/29/88
The White Sox sign Jerry Reuss as a free agent. He wins 13 for the Sox in his age-39 season.
3/29/87
Fighting for a job with the Braves, 42-rear-old Graig Nettles hits three homers in a 12-1 win over Baltimore. He makes the team but struggles at the plate in the regular season, batting just .209 with 5 homers and 33 RBI.
3/29/89
The Angels announce that Jim Abbott has made the team as the #5 starter. Born without a right hand, Abbott wins 12 games as a rookie.
3/29/80
The Blue Jays release Rico Carty and his career is over. He finishes his 15-year career with 204 homers.
3/29/82
The Brewers release Mike Parrott and his big league career is over but he pitches in the minors through 1986. He also once suffered a very unfortunate injury.
3/29/82
The Reds release Mike LaCoss. He signs with Houston and pitches in the big leagues for another 10 years.
3/29/83
The Tigers release Dave Revering and his career is over. He finishes his career with five years in the big leagues for the A’s, Yankees, Mariners, and Blue Jays.
3/29/84
The A’s sign Dave Kingman as a free agent. After hitting .198 with 13 dingers for the Mets in 1983, Kong bounces back to hit .268 with 35 bombs with Oakland. He continues to make friends with the local media.
3/29/84
The A’s release Mitchell Page. He signs with the Pirates and plays 15 games at the major league level before spending all of 1985 in the minor leagues.
3/29/87
Roger McDowell is diagnosed with a hernia and has to have surgery. He misses the first month and a half of the season but still saves 25 games for the Mets.
We lost Klu on this date in 1988.
We lost Le Grande Orange on this date in 2018
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