#OTD 23 years ago, Tony Fernandez signed with the Toronto Blue Jays for his fourth and final tenure with the club. He would bat .305 in 48 games serving primarily as a pinch-hitter in his last stretch with the Blue Jays. He retired at the end of the season. #BlueJays

Carmelo Martinez, 1984 @Padres (wearing the 1983 #Sansabelt pants).

David Green, circa 1982 @Cardinals

New Feature Players Not In The HOF Who had Very Good Careers #Dodgers #MLB #nostalgia

Today's '83 Topps birthdays.

6/6/82 Steve Sax leads the Dodgers to a win over the Cards and the Post Dispatch just can't help themselves. Here's the rest of Today in 1980s Baseball buff.ly/34OPO5o

Happy 60th birthday to Nelson Liriano. Liriano broke into the MLB with Toronto in 1987 and appeared in the postseason with the Blue Jays in 1989. His 1 season with the Dodgers came in 1997 when he played in 76 games for LA. In all, he played for 6 teams over an 11 year career.

Happy 90th birthday to Jim Gentile. Gentile came up with the Dodgers and played 4 games in Brooklyn and 12 in LA before being traded to the Orioles in 1959. In Baltimore, he was runner up for ROY in 1960 and finished 3rd for MVP in 1961 after hitting 46 HR and batting in 141.

New Feature Players Not In The HOF Who had Very Good Careers #SFGiants #Pirates #Cardinals #Yankees #MLB #nostalgia

New Night Owl Cards blog post: "Set chaser" nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2024/05/set-ch…

Good day all. On the blog today, revisiting a 10 year old post showing my "missing" 1972 card for former MVP Zoilo Versalles: whentoppshadballs.blogspot.com/2024/05/revisi… @Braves @70sBaseball

"You're gonna play center field - today, tomorrow, next week, next month..." ~ After a pep talk from manager Leo Durocher, New York Giants rookie Willie Mays finally gets his first major league hit, a HR vs. Braves pitcher Warren Spahn! (May 28, 1951) #MLB #History #SFGiants

5/26/96 Rex Hudler goes 5-for-5 in a 12-2 Angels win over Boston. It is the Wonderdog's only 5-hit game. Here is the rest of the day in 1990s Baseball: 90sbaseball.com/may26/

5/28/87 Mike Young hits two extra-inning dingers against the Angels and Baltimore wins the game 8-7. The second one was a walk-off piece. buff.ly/38p5TE6

5/27/84: Larry Parrish homers and drives in four runs and Dave Hostetler homers and drives in three runs as Texas down the White Sox 11-3. Danny Darwin (4-2) collects the win allowing three runs on eight hits in seven innings of work. #StraightUpTX

Box 3 made up for Box 2. Way more rookies. Nomar! My first Nolan out of one of these boxes! Of course it's from the Pacific set and not a Ghostwriter card 😞. Braves came up big in this box with Glavine, Jones, and Spahn. No beer cards yet.

Pittsburgh Pirates Bill Mazeroski, Vern Law, Roberto Clemente, and Elroy Face

5/17/80 Matt Keough goes the distance in a 14-inning A's win over Toronto. Four different Oakland starters would throw 14-inning complete games in 1980. Here is the rest of the action for today in 1980s Baseball: 80sbaseball.com/may17