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Willie Hernandez 1984 Topps Traded baseball card

Happy ’80s Birthday to Willie Hernandez, who won a Cy Young, MVP, and World Series with the Tigers in 1984.

Steve Peters 1988 Topps Baseball Card

Happy ’80s Birthday to Steve Peters, who went 3-3 for the Cardinals in 1987 and 1988.

Happy ’80s Birthday to Curt Schilling, who won 216 games and three rings.

11/14/80

The Braves sign free agent OF Claudell Washington to a 5-year deal worth $3.5 million. Other baseball owners are very happy for Ted Turner and applaud his fiscal responsibility.

11/14/83

The A’s signed Bruce Bochte as a free agent. 

He sat out the 1982 season in a salary dispute with the Mariners. 

11/14/84

The Expos sign a big kid from Maple Ridge, Canada as an amateur free agent.

Big Days

Mark Davis 1989 Fleer Baseball Card

11/14/89

Mark Davis win the NL Cy Young Award after notching 44 saves with a 1.85 ERA.

Transactions

Rollie Fingers 1986 Fleer Baseball card

11/14/85

The Brewers release Rollie Fingers and his career is over. He had a chance to pitch for the Reds, but Marge said he’d have to shave his trademark handlebar. Fingers’ reply to Reds general manager Bill Bergesch was: “Well, you tell Marge Schott to shave her Saint Bernard, and I’ll shave my moustache”

Darrell Porter 1986 Fleer baseball card

11/14/85

The Cardinals release Darrell Porter. 

He signs with Texas and spends the final two years of his career with the Rangers. 

Gary Carter 1990 Mothers Cookies Baseball Card

11/14/89

The Mets release Gary Carter.

He signs with the Giants for 1990. 

Managerial Changes

Buck Rodgers 1985 Topps Baseball Card

11/14/84

The Expos name Buck Rodgers as their new manager after they are unable to coax Earl Weaver out of retirement.

Doug Rader 1989 Topps Baseball Card

11/14/88

The Angels move on from the Cookie Rojas experience and tap Doug Rader as their new manager. Rader wins 91 games in 1989 but is dismissed after 124 games in 1991.

Deaths

Wil Culmer 1983 Wheaties Cleveland Indians postcard

We lost Wil Culmer OTD in 2003 to a cerebral hemorrhage. He was just 56.

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