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
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.
