December 2nd
Happy Birthday to Julio Cruz, Fernando wins Rookie of the Year and Steve Garvey wants to buy the Padres on December 2nd in 1980s Baseball
Willie McCovey
October 31st
Happy Birthday to Fred McGriff, the Royals tour the Far East, and we lost Stretch on October 31st in 1980s Baseball
August 3rd
Happy Birthday to Sid Bream, The Yankees make (another) managerial change, and Joe Niekro gets framed on August 3rd in 1980s Baseball
May 3rd
Davey Lopes’ Birthday, milestones for Fergie Jenkins and Ron Cey, and Eric Davis goes off on May 3rd in 1980s Baseball
January 10th
Happy posthumous Birthday to Willie McCovey, the Yankees want to play in Denver, and Dwight Gooden’s agent threatens to have him hold out on January 10th in 1980s Baseball.
January 8th
Happy Birthday to Randy Ready, Bill Gullickson heads east and Mike Schmidt is one of ten ’80s icons to get the Hall Call on January 8th in 1980s Baseball
McCovey’s Last Bomb
Sometimes you witness history and don’t even know it. That was the case for the 18,622 people in attendance for the Giants/Expos game in Montreal on May 3rd, 1980. At the time, Willie McCovey was in the twilight of what would become a Hall of Fame career. McCovey was born on January 10th, 1938 in Mobile …
