The decade begins

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The first Opening Day of the new decade brought baseball fans a brand new statistic and the season highlight in an otherwise horrible season for one pitcher. Here’s how things went down on April 9th, 1980.

Reds 9, Braves 0

Foster made history on April 9, 1980

Filling in for an ill Tom Seaver, Frank Pastore draws the Opening Day start for the #Reds and beats the #Braves 9-0 and a new statistic is born. Here’s the story.

Mariners 8, Blue Jays 6

Mike Parrott Seattle Mariners
Parrot got the nod on Opening Day

Seattle had high hopes for their pitching staff heading into 1980, but one pitcher in particular had a nightmare year. Here’s the story.

 

 

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