Posted in Players, San Francisco Giants, tagged 1989 New York Yankees, 1989 Oakland A's, 1989 San Diego Padres, 1989 San Francisco Giants, Dave Stewart, Greg Cadaret, Kevin Mitchell, Matt Williams, Mike Pagliarulo, Rickey Henderson on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently interviewed Mike Pagliarulo, starting third baseman for the Yankees from 1985 to mid-1989. The interview was primarily prompted by this picture on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle of him and Rickey Henderson embracing after hearing of Rickey’s trade to the A’s:
I talked with Mike about his response to learning that [...]
Posted in Players, San Francisco Giants, tagged 1990 Fleer, Will Clark, Wrigley Field on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Will Clark in action at Wrigley Field during a 1989 day game, not during the NLCS (he must be bunting here, hard as that is to believe), as shown on a special 1990 Fleer card. I think Clark, and not Mitchell, got recognized by Fleer for their Players of the Decade set in 1990.
Posted in Players, tagged 1989 Oakland A's, Rickey Henderson on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s Rickey’s signature in blue pen, on an official American League baseball from right around 1989.
Posted in Players, tagged 1982 Topps, Dave Stewart, Oakland A's on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And this is Stewart pictured on the front of his 1982 Topps card, without the glare he’d become famous for about six years later.
Posted in Players, tagged Dave Stewart minor league statistics, L.A. Dodgers, Oakland A's on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This picture of the back of Dave Stewart’s 1982 Topps card has some glare, but it’s not too hard to make out Stewart’s stats in the minors from 1975 through 1980. I pass this on just in case people are interested and want to see how he did back then. Notice how much he struggled [...]
