Gaylord Perry earned his 300th career victory on May 6th, 1982 while hurling spitballs for the Seattle Mariners during a 7-3 victory over the New York Yankees. It was also one of his 303 career complete games as well. Sail on Ancient Mariner.
Who’s ready for the Blaze Pick-a-Pair Deal?!?! Select any two issues of the Amazing Blaze Zine (#1-10) & two copies of ‘Roaches’ (#1-6) Each issue comes inside a hand printed envelope with various vinyl stickers, & other Blaze Goodies. Shipping & Handling is included.
Happy Friday Dudes! You gotta hurry up and follow the link in my bio to snag your copy of the fresh ‘Decades’ Zine. A 64 page collaboration Zine featuring over 30 different basketball artists & writers. 100% of the profits from this project go directly to the Feeding America Covid-19 Response Fund. Big thanks to our guys @floppyaction & @ostertagmademedoit for including a bit of The Amazing Blaze Zine amongst the pages.
Happy Birthday Zeke!
On April, 29th 1988 the Baltimore Orioles shut out the Chicago White Sox 9-0 at Comiskey Park. The victory snapped a 0-21 start to the season for the Birds. The worst start in AL History. They went on to finish 1988 with a 54-107 record.
Happy Birthday Ice-Man !!
Stay Cool Dudes!!
Get your Blaze On!! Chuck Carr led the National League with 58 steals in 1993 for the expansion Florida Marlins.
A little bit of trivia for you guys. Who gave Julius Erving the nickname Dr. J? Well it’s been credited to his ABA teammate Willie Sojourner. Willie was the 2nd player included in the 1973 trade that sent Julius from the Virginia Squires to the New York Nets for George Carter & $$$. That ‘73-’74 season Willie averaged about 6 points a game along with 4 rebounds for the Nets who would go on to win it all. More about Willie & his Weber State days in a future post. Stay Tuned.
Birthday shout-out to Mr. Michael Barrow, the 1992 Big East Defensive Player of the Year, & first team All-American Linebacker for the University of Miami. (‘89-’92) He even placed 7th in the Heisman race that season.
Who can forget him separating Seminole Wide Receiver Tamarick Vanover from his senses back in the infamous ‘Wide Right II’ game played back in October of 1992. # 561
Eddie Murray hit the 1st of his 504 career Home Runs back on April 18th, 1977 in a 4-3 Baltimore victory over the Cleveland Indians. The 6th Inning solo shot came off ex-Orioles 20 game winner Pat Dobson. Eddie would finish out his first year in majors with 26 more round trippers.
On this Day : April 17th, 1987 Julius Erving scores 38 points in a losing effort to reach the 30,000 career point plateau. He had 18,364 points in his 11 seasons with the Sixers and 11,662 during his five years in the ABA.
Our newest installment of the Blaze ‘Burn Of The Week’ goes out to Dana Barros who torched the Houston Rockets for 50 points back on March 14th, 1995. Barros shot 21 of 26 from the field including 6 of 8 from three point land during the Sixers 136-107 loss. Fifty points from one guy and they still lose by Twenty-nine? He would earn the NBA Most Improved Player Award and his only All-Star selection that season. Happy Birthday Dana Barros.
