Happy ’80s Birthday to Mike LaCoss, who made the All-Star team as a Reds rookie in 1979 and hit his 1st career home run off Dane Iorg as a member of the Giants in 1986.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Mike Sadek, who caught for the Giants for eight seasons.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Phormer Phillies skipper John Felske.
John also spent parts of three seasons in the big leagues as a player.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Jay Loviglio, who played 46 games in the big leagues over four seasons for the Phillies and Cubs.
Happy ’80s Birthday to James Steels, who spent eleven seasons in the minor leagues, three in the big leagues, and also became the first 30/30 guy in the Mexican League.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Dana Demuth, who made his big league debut in 1983 and called 4,283 regular season games and 101 postseason games.
Happy ’80s Birthday to former Indians catcher Tom Berenger.
Dude was a gamer.
5/30/85
The Indians trade Johnnie LeMaster to the Pirates for a player to be named later.
Pittsburgh sends Scott Bailes to Cleveland to complete the trade.
5/30/86
The Rangers sign Juan Gonzalez as an amateur free agent.
That worked out.
5/30/80
Dave Stapleton goes 1 for 4 with a double off of Lary Sorensen.
He finishes the season with a .321 batting average and finishes 2nd in the A.L. Rookie of the Year balloting to Joe Charboneau.
5/30/85
Dan Pasqua goes 1 for 3 with a dinger in his big league debut.
He plays ten years in the show.
5/27/86
Doug Drabek throws 4.1 innings in relief in his major league debut.
He wins the Cy Young four years later.
5/30/86
Some kid makes his debut for the Pirates and goes 0-5 with three strikeouts. He’d collect his first hit the following day.
His “official” debut actually took place before he got called up. It was the completion of a suspended game and he was inserted in the 17th
5/30/82
Orioles manager Earl Weaver inserts Cal Ripken Jr. into the lineup playing 3B against the Blue Jays. Cal wouldn’t miss a game until 1998.
5/30/82
Rickey goes 3 for 4 with 4 SBs in the second game of a doubleheader against the Tigers.
The four bags give Rickey a total of 49 on the season in 49 games.
5/30/87
Eric Davis goes 1 for 4 with a grand slam against the Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium. It’s his 3rd slam of the month, which sets an N.L. record. He hits .329 with 12 homers and 36 RBI in May along with stealing 11 bases in 11 attempts.
5/30/88
Dale Scott ejects Billy Martin from the Yankees/A’s game in Oakland.
It’s the 48th, and final, time Martin is ejected from a game as a manager.
5/30/80
The Red Sox release Ted Sizemore. And the career of the 1969 NL Rookie of the Year is over.
5/30/89
The Yankees release Tommy John, who finishes his career with 288 wins in 26 seasons. He faced Don Zimmer in his MLB debut and Dante Bichette in his final game.
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