Happy ’80s Birthday to Willie Hernandez, who won a Cy Young, MVP, and World Series with the Tigers in 1984.
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.
11/14/89
Mark Davis win the NL Cy Young Award after notching 44 saves with a 1.85 ERA.
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”
11/14/85
The Cardinals release Darrell Porter.
He signs with Texas and spends the final two years of his career with the Rangers.
11/14/89
The Mets release Gary Carter.
He signs with the Giants for 1990.
11/14/84
The Expos name Buck Rodgers as their new manager after they are unable to coax Earl Weaver out of retirement.
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.
We lost Wil Culmer OTD in 2003 to a cerebral hemorrhage. He was just 56.
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