Happy ’80s Birthday to Jose Cardenal, who sported an underrated afro back in the day.
He spent 18 years in the bigs with nine teams.
Happy ‘80s Birthday to Rudy Law, who made his debut with the Dodgers in 1978 and spent seven years in the bigs. The bulk of his career was with the White Sox and Law hit .389 in the 1983 ALCS.
10/7/85
The Tigers trade a PTBNL, Juan Berenguer and Bob Melvin to the Giants for Eric King, Dave LaPoint, and Matt Nokes.
Detroit sends Scott Medvin to San Francisco to complete the deal.
10/7/80
Greg Luzinski’s 2-run dinger off Ken Forsch helps the Phillies take a 1-0 lead over the Astros in the 1980 NLCS.
Steve Carlton goes 7 for the win while Tug McGraw pitches the final two innings to earn the save.
The seven innings run Carlton’s total to 311, not including spring training.
10/7/81
Denny Walling’s walkoff pinch-hit single off Tom Niedenfuer in the bottom of the 11th inning gives the Astros a 1-0 win over the Dodgers in Game 2 of the 1981 N.L. West Division Series and a 2-0 series lead.
10/7/81
Oscar Gamble goes 3-4 with a homer as the Yankees take a 1-0 lead in the 1981 A.L. East Division Series against the Brewers.
10/7/81
Steve Rogers works around two hits and a walk in the 1st inning and beats the Phillies 3-1 in Game 1 of the 1981 N.L. East Division Series.
10/7/81
Steve McCatty goes the distance and Tony Armas goes 4-5 as the A’s beat the Royals to take a 2-0 lead in the 1981 A.L. West Division Series.
10/7/82
Bob Forsch fires a 3-hit shutout and the Cards get to Pascual Perez and Steve Bedrosian in the 6th inning to take the opening game of the 1982 NLCS in St. Louis.
10/7/83
Sarge goes 3-for-4 with 4 RBI as the Phillies take a 2-1 lead over the Dodgers in the 1983 NLCS.
He was a beast in the series.
10/7/83
Eddie Murray homers and drives in 3 as the Orioles beat the White Sox 11-1 to take a 2-1 lead in the 1983 ALCS.
10/7/84
The Padres complete their comeback and rip out the heart of every Cubs fan in the world when they win the 1984 NLCS and advance to the World Series.
Poor Leon Durham
10/7/86
Mike Witt bests Roger Clemens and Brian Downing drives in 4 to pace the Angels to a 1-0 series lead over the Red Sox in the 1986 ALCS.
10/7/87
Dave Dravecky spins a gem and the Giants tie the 1987 NLCS with the Cardinals at one game each.
10/7/87
Gary Gaetti homers twice and the Twins score 4 in the 8th to beat the Tigers 8-5 in Game 1 of the 1987 ALCS
10/7/89
Rickey Henderson homers twice to lead the A’s to a 6-5 win over Toronto and give Oakland a 3-1 lead in the 1989 ALCS.
10/7/88
Rain wipes out Game 3 of the 1988 NLCS.
10/7/89
Robby Thompson’s two-run homer off Les Lancaster gives the Giants a 2-1 lead over the Cubs in the 1989 NLCS.
10/7/89
It’s Barry Larkin Day at the Zoo!
10/7/83
The Braves release Phil Niekro. He signs with the Yankees and wins 16 games in back-to-back seasons. He returns to Atlanta in 1987 to finish his Hall of Fame career.
10/7/81
The Blue Jays announce that Bobby Mattick will not return as manager in 1982 and name him executive coordinator of baseball operations. Bobby Cox takes over in Toronto in 1982.
10/7/85
The Pirates fire Chuck Tanner after the Bucs post the worst record in baseball. He is hired by the Braves for 1986 while the Pirates eventually name Jim Leyland as their new manager.
10/7/85
The Astros fire Bob Lillis, who had been manager since 1982. Hal Lanier is eventually named to replace him.
10/7/88
The Yankees fire Lou Piniella and immediately replace him with Dallas Green.
10/7/88
The White Sox fire Jim Fregosi. Jeff Torborg takes over on the south side for 1989 and Fregosi resurfaces in Philadelphia in 1991.
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