November 6th
Happy Birthday to Larry Bowa and trades galore with lots of big names highlight December 6th in 1980s Baseball.
Mike Parrott
March 29th
Happy Birthday to a future GM, a big day for Jim Abbott, and the A’s sign Kong on March 29th in 1980s Baseball
March 5th
Happy Birthday to Teke, a cagy veteran heads to Atlanta, and the Mariners sign a future Hall of Famer on March 5th in 1980s Baseball.
The Best of 2016 on ’80s Baseball
I started this blog 364 days ago. Since then, I’ve published 64 posts, including guest posts, for which I’m very grateful. It’s been a great year and I thought I’d take a look back at the Top 5 posts of 2016 based (unscientifically) on page views. Number 5: George Brett’s amazing 1980 Brett was absolutely ridiculous …
Missed it By That Much – The Mike Parrott story
Every baseball player has bad years. Both Cy Young and Walter Johnson posted 20-loss seasons. Mike Schmidt hit .196 in his first full year. But few players had a year as miserable as Mike Parrott‘s 1980. Mike Parrott was a first-round draft choice of the Baltimore Orioles in 1973. He worked his way up to …
