Dallas Green Positions: Bats: L Throws: R Height: 77 Weight: 210 Born: Saturday, August 04, 1934 in Newport, DE USA Died: 3 22 2017 in Philadelphia, PA USA Debut: 6/18/1960 Last Game: 9/12/1967 Full Name: George Dallas Green
Dallas Green is fired as manager of the Yankees and replaced by former SS Bucky Dent. It is the 17th time the Yankees have changed managers since George Steinbrenner took over the club in 1973. The 1978 play-off hero loses his managerial debut to the Tigers in Detroit, 7 – 3.
On January 27, 1982, the Chicago Cubs make one of their best trades in franchise history, acquiring infielders Ryne Sandberg and Larry Bowa from the Philadelphia Phillies for shortstop Ivan DeJesus. Bowa and DeJesús will have a few more productive seasons in the major leagues, but Sandberg, after starting out his career at third…
The Phillies’ Marty Bystrom makes his first major league start and beats the Mets, 5 – 0.
The Reds’ Pete Rose hits the only grand slam of his career as he drives in six runs in the Reds’ 14 – 4 home win against the Phillies. His grand slam is served up by his future manager, Dallas Green.
On June 23, 1963, New York Mets’ outfielder Jimmy Piersall celebrates his 100th career home run by running in the correct order, but bases backward. Piersall’s homerun came in the bottom of the 5th when he lead off the inning, it was his first National League homerun. The stunt angers Philadelphia Phillies pitcher…