Happy ’80s Birthday to Bucky Effing Dent.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Chico Walker, who spent parts of eight seasons in the bigs with the Cubs, Red Sox, Mets, and Angels. He also played in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Tony Brewer, who appeared in 24 games for the 1984 Dodgers and won the Pacific Coast League batting title the same year. He also played in Japan.
Randy Veres was born OTD in 1965. He made his debut in 1989 with the Brewers and pitched until 1997. He passed away in 2016.
11/25/85
The White Sox trade a PTBNL, Ed Correa, and Scott Fletcher to the Texas Rangers for Dave Schmidt and Wayne Tolleson.
11/25/80
The Phillies sign amateur free agent Rick Schu so they can move Schmitty to 1st in five years.
11/25/81
Rollie Fingers becomes the first relief pitcher to win the AL MVP Award. Rollie saves 28 games in a strike-shortened season and posts a 1.04 ERA.
11/25/85
Ozzie Guillen wins the A.L. Rookie of the Year Award. Ozzie hits .273 with 9 triples and commits only 12 errors in 150 games.
11/25/88
Bull Durham is released in Sweden. Sweden becomes better
11/25/89
Tommy Lasorda appears on Hee Haw
11/25/81
The Royals release Ken Brett and his career is over.
Ken was an ultra-prospect who made his big-league debut at the age of 18 and become the youngest pitcher to appear in a World Series game. Unfortunately, he was never quite able to live up to the potential.
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