Birthday Memory
Today is my birthday, a day that I usually don't make any big deal out of, anymore. There was a time when my birthday was celebrated, at any level of revelry. Making this post is the grandest celebration of my birthday in many a year (which tells you how little it has been celebrated). There are two sports-related events that happened on my birthday that I remember, only one of which I witnessed. I am sure I could go to Retrosheet or something and dig up more. I decided to use only the power of my memory.
The first one I found on the back of a baseball card. The player on that card? I don't remember. Danny Frisella, a pitcher of moderate success for a few teams, including the Mets, and not the player on the front of the card, won his first major league game in 1967. He would win 33 more games in his career.
The second, and more significant event, was the 400th career homerun for one of my favorite players, Reggie Jackson. I remember this because I cut out the article from the Times-Herald Record the next day and put it up on my wall. Below is the boxscore from Retrosheet (thank goodness for them!).
A note or two about the game/boxscore: First of all, what Rudy May, the winning pitcher for the Yankees, performed what is called a "complete game". A species as endangered today as the pika or the snow leopard, the complete game once roamed the baseball landscape. Around the early 1980s, they tended to populate the most around the Oakland/Alameda County, California region. You can read more about this rare creature here. Second of all, it was the debut game for the White Sox outfielder Leo Sutherland.
Today, let's celebrate a first, a 39th, and a 400th. I will leave it to the reader(s) to decide which number pertains to me.
Game Played on Monday, August 11, 1980 (N) at Yankee Stadium
CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 4 1
NY A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 10 0
BATTING
Chicago White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Sutherland lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Pruitt dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morrison 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Nordhagen rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
L. Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 11 0
Lemon cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Pryor 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Borgmann c 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Cruz ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 4
Burns p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 28 1 4 1 1 4 25 10
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Cruz-L. Johnson.
E: Nordhagen (2).
BATTING -
HR: Cruz (3,6th inning off May 0 on 2 out).
SH: Sutherland (1,off May).
Team LOB: 2.
BASERUNNING -
SB: Sutherland (1,2nd base off May/Cerone).
CS: Pryor (2,2nd base by May/Cerone).
New York Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Randolph 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 2
Jones cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Watson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 9 0
Jackson rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
Soderholm dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Cerone c 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 1
Piniella lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 4
Dent ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
May p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 32 3 10 3 1 4 27 11
FIELDING -
DP: 2. Rodriguez-Randolph-Watson, Cerone-Randolph.
BATTING -
2B: Piniella (9,off Burns).
HR: Jackson (31,4th inning off Burns 0 on 1 out); Rodriguez (1,9th inning off
Burns 1 on 1 out).
SH: Jones (4,off Burns); Rodriguez (1,off Burns).
IBB: Randolph (1,by Burns).
Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR
Burns L(10-11) 8.1 10 3 3 1 4 2
New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR
May W(10-5) 9 4 1 1 1 4 1
IBB: Burns (2,Randolph).
Umpires: Greg Kosc, Dale Ford, Rocky Roe, Rich Garcia
Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 28292
Starting Lineups:
Chicago White Sox New York Yankees
1. Sutherland lf Randolph 2b
2. Pruitt dh Jones cf
3. Morrison 2b Watson 1b
4. Nordhagen rf Jackson rf
5. L. Johnson 1b Soderholm dh
6. Lemon cf Cerone c
7. Pryor 3b Piniella lf
8. Borgmann c Rodriguez 3b
9. Cruz ss Dent ss
Burns p May p
WHITE SOX 1ST: Sutherland singled to center; Debut game for
Leo Sutherland; Pruitt popped to first in foul territory;
Morrison grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Sutherland out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0,
Yankees 0.
YANKEES 1ST: Randolph singled to center; Jones out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Randolph to second]; Watson
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Randolph to third]; Jackson
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White
Sox 0, Yankees 0.
WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen flied to right; L. Johnson popped to
second; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0,
Yankees 0.
YANKEES 2ND: Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Cerone
singled to left; Piniella popped to first in foul territory;
Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0,
Yankees 0.
WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor flied to left; Borgmann grounded out
(second to first); Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 0.
YANKEES 3RD: Dent grounded out (third to first); Randolph flied
to center; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 0.
WHITE SOX 4TH: Sutherland grounded out (pitcher to first);
Pruitt popped to first; Morrison flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 0.
YANKEES 4TH: Watson flied to center; Jackson homered;
#400; Soderholm singled to center; Cerone flied to center;
Piniella flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0,
Yankees 1.
WHITE SOX 5TH: Nordhagen flied to center; L. Johnson struck out;
Lemon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); Dent
singled to right; Randolph lined into a double play (shortstop
to shortstop to first) [Dent out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 1.
WHITE SOX 6TH: Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); Borgmann
flied to center; Cruz homered; Sutherland singled to right;
Sutherland stole second; Pruitt flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 6TH: Jones popped to second; Watson singled to center;
Jackson singled to right [Watson to third, Jackson to second
(error by Nordhagen)]; Soderholm grounded out (third to first);
Cerone was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White
Sox 1, Yankees 1.
WHITE SOX 7TH: Morrison flied to center; Nordhagen popped to
shortstop; L. Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White
Sox 1, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 7TH: Piniella singled to right; Rodriguez out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Piniella to second]; Dent
flied to right; Randolph was walked intentionally; Jones struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 1.
WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon walked; Pryor forced Lemon (third to
second); Borgmann struck out while Pryor was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1,
Yankees 1.
YANKEES 8TH: Watson struck out; Jackson popped to third in foul
territory; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 1.
WHITE SOX 9TH: Cruz singled to left; Sutherland out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Cruz to second]; Pruitt flied
to center; Morrison grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 9TH: Cerone flied to center; Piniella doubled to left;
Rodriguez homered [Piniella scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Yankees 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
White Sox 1 4 1 2
Yankees 3 10 0 7
The first one I found on the back of a baseball card. The player on that card? I don't remember. Danny Frisella, a pitcher of moderate success for a few teams, including the Mets, and not the player on the front of the card, won his first major league game in 1967. He would win 33 more games in his career.
The second, and more significant event, was the 400th career homerun for one of my favorite players, Reggie Jackson. I remember this because I cut out the article from the Times-Herald Record the next day and put it up on my wall. Below is the boxscore from Retrosheet (thank goodness for them!).
A note or two about the game/boxscore: First of all, what Rudy May, the winning pitcher for the Yankees, performed what is called a "complete game". A species as endangered today as the pika or the snow leopard, the complete game once roamed the baseball landscape. Around the early 1980s, they tended to populate the most around the Oakland/Alameda County, California region. You can read more about this rare creature here. Second of all, it was the debut game for the White Sox outfielder Leo Sutherland.
Today, let's celebrate a first, a 39th, and a 400th. I will leave it to the reader(s) to decide which number pertains to me.
Game Played on Monday, August 11, 1980 (N) at Yankee Stadium
CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 4 1
NY A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 10 0
BATTING
Chicago White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Sutherland lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Pruitt dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morrison 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Nordhagen rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
L. Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 11 0
Lemon cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Pryor 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Borgmann c 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Cruz ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 4
Burns p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 28 1 4 1 1 4 25 10
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Cruz-L. Johnson.
E: Nordhagen (2).
BATTING -
HR: Cruz (3,6th inning off May 0 on 2 out).
SH: Sutherland (1,off May).
Team LOB: 2.
BASERUNNING -
SB: Sutherland (1,2nd base off May/Cerone).
CS: Pryor (2,2nd base by May/Cerone).
New York Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Randolph 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 2
Jones cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Watson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 9 0
Jackson rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
Soderholm dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Cerone c 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 1
Piniella lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 4
Dent ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
May p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 32 3 10 3 1 4 27 11
FIELDING -
DP: 2. Rodriguez-Randolph-Watson, Cerone-Randolph.
BATTING -
2B: Piniella (9,off Burns).
HR: Jackson (31,4th inning off Burns 0 on 1 out); Rodriguez (1,9th inning off
Burns 1 on 1 out).
SH: Jones (4,off Burns); Rodriguez (1,off Burns).
IBB: Randolph (1,by Burns).
Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR
Burns L(10-11) 8.1 10 3 3 1 4 2
New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR
May W(10-5) 9 4 1 1 1 4 1
IBB: Burns (2,Randolph).
Umpires: Greg Kosc, Dale Ford, Rocky Roe, Rich Garcia
Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 28292
Starting Lineups:
Chicago White Sox New York Yankees
1. Sutherland lf Randolph 2b
2. Pruitt dh Jones cf
3. Morrison 2b Watson 1b
4. Nordhagen rf Jackson rf
5. L. Johnson 1b Soderholm dh
6. Lemon cf Cerone c
7. Pryor 3b Piniella lf
8. Borgmann c Rodriguez 3b
9. Cruz ss Dent ss
Burns p May p
WHITE SOX 1ST: Sutherland singled to center; Debut game for
Leo Sutherland; Pruitt popped to first in foul territory;
Morrison grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Sutherland out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0,
Yankees 0.
YANKEES 1ST: Randolph singled to center; Jones out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Randolph to second]; Watson
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Randolph to third]; Jackson
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White
Sox 0, Yankees 0.
WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen flied to right; L. Johnson popped to
second; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0,
Yankees 0.
YANKEES 2ND: Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Cerone
singled to left; Piniella popped to first in foul territory;
Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0,
Yankees 0.
WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor flied to left; Borgmann grounded out
(second to first); Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 0.
YANKEES 3RD: Dent grounded out (third to first); Randolph flied
to center; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 0.
WHITE SOX 4TH: Sutherland grounded out (pitcher to first);
Pruitt popped to first; Morrison flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 0.
YANKEES 4TH: Watson flied to center; Jackson homered;
#400; Soderholm singled to center; Cerone flied to center;
Piniella flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0,
Yankees 1.
WHITE SOX 5TH: Nordhagen flied to center; L. Johnson struck out;
Lemon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); Dent
singled to right; Randolph lined into a double play (shortstop
to shortstop to first) [Dent out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 1.
WHITE SOX 6TH: Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); Borgmann
flied to center; Cruz homered; Sutherland singled to right;
Sutherland stole second; Pruitt flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 6TH: Jones popped to second; Watson singled to center;
Jackson singled to right [Watson to third, Jackson to second
(error by Nordhagen)]; Soderholm grounded out (third to first);
Cerone was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White
Sox 1, Yankees 1.
WHITE SOX 7TH: Morrison flied to center; Nordhagen popped to
shortstop; L. Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White
Sox 1, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 7TH: Piniella singled to right; Rodriguez out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Piniella to second]; Dent
flied to right; Randolph was walked intentionally; Jones struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 1.
WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon walked; Pryor forced Lemon (third to
second); Borgmann struck out while Pryor was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1,
Yankees 1.
YANKEES 8TH: Watson struck out; Jackson popped to third in foul
territory; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 1.
WHITE SOX 9TH: Cruz singled to left; Sutherland out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Cruz to second]; Pruitt flied
to center; Morrison grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 9TH: Cerone flied to center; Piniella doubled to left;
Rodriguez homered [Piniella scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Yankees 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
White Sox 1 4 1 2
Yankees 3 10 0 7
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