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Happy ’80s Birthday to former Mets and Tigers pitcher Walt Terrell who could still throw 200 innings if need be.
Happy ’80s Birthday to former outfielder Dane Iorg who hit .529 in the 1982 World Series for the Cardinals and drove in the game-winning run in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series for the Royals
Happy ’80s Birthday to Jerry Martin, who should have been in left field on that fateful October day at The Vet
Happy ’80s Birthday to Bobby Witt, who struck out a lot of dudes and walked a lot of dudes.
In 16 big league seasons, Witt struck out nearly 2,000 batters and walked nearly 1,400.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Mark Huismann, who won 13 games out of the bullpen over 9 seasons for the Royals and other teams.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Floyd Youmans, who won 13 games for the Expos in 1986 and was high school teammates with Dwight Gooden.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Billy Bean, who collected four hits in his big league debut
5/11/82
The Angels trade Tom Brunansky, Mike Walters and cash to the Twins for Doug Corbett and Rob Wilfong.
The Twins had already dealt Roy Smalley earlier in the season and this was viewed as another terrible Calvin Griffith deal, especially since Bruno was batting all of .205 in Triple-A at the time of the deal. The mood in the Twins clubhouse didn’t improve when Griffith traded Butch Wyneger the next day.
Big Days
5/11/80
Pete walks to lead off the 7th inning and then steals 2nd, 3rd and home against the Reds at Riverfront Stadium.
He was 39.
5/11/82
5/11/84
The Natural opens in theaters.
It grosses more than $5 million in the first weekend and close to $48 million overall.
5/11/84
The Tigers beat the Angels 8-2 to run their record to an amazing 26-4. Playing .867 ball isn’t too shabby.
5/11/85
Dave Concepcion collects the 2,000th hit of his career, which gives the Reds four players with at least 2,000 hits.
Davey joins teammates Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Cesar Cedeno in the club.
Injuries
5/11/85
Darryl Strawberry tears ligaments in his right thumb diving for a ball in a game against the Phillies and misses six weeks.
