October 29th
Happy Birthday to Jesse Barfield, The Phillies have new owners, and Joaquin Andujar gets suspended on October 29th in 1980s Baseball.
Happy Birthday to Jesse Barfield, The Phillies have new owners, and Joaquin Andujar gets suspended on October 29th in 1980s Baseball.
Ryne Sandberg was expendable in January of 1982. With the benefit of hindsight, the Phillies trade of Sandberg and Larry Bowa to the Cubs for Ivan DeJesus was awful. But a deep dive into what was going on with the Phillies at the time provides a fascinating look at a team desperately trying to hold …