March 13, 1981 Lakeland Florida, 28 year Boston Red Sox star slugger Jim Rice gets into a heated confrontation with 61 year old VP of PR Jim Crowley. Rice had parked his yellow Cadillac in Crowley’s spot that had been his for 16 years, it was the third year in a row Rice…
March 13, 1981 – UL Washington has swapped his trademark, the ever-present toothpick dangling from the mouth, for bubblegum. The Kansas City Royals’ shortstop says it’s not because of any worry about jamming the pointed splinter down his throat, something team trainer Mickey Cobb has worried about “I just got tired of answering all the…
On March 13, 1981, the California Angels sign Rick Burleson to a six-year contract worth $4.2 million, making him the highest-paid shortstop in the major leagues. Burleson was traded to the Angels from the Boston Red Sox last December. He will be paid an estimated $700,000 a year If he had not agreement…
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