80s Baseball Player of the Day

Whelp, the Pirates got no-hit by Homer Bailey and sealed another losing season over the weekend.

Enjoy Doug Drabek’s mustache, remaining Bucco fans who haven’t jumped off of the Fort Pitt Bridge.

On Sunday, Kevin Correia pitched two innings of relief in the Pirates’ 19-inning win over the Cardinals.

He took the ball again on Monday, working the first 4 1/3 innings of a 3-1 loss to the Friars.

The last player to pitch in relief a day before starting, Oakland’s Dave Beard back in 1982.

“Stormin’ Gorman” looks like a cross between Jeff Fisher and a Confederate (he hails from South Carolina) Civil War general.

Best known as a Brewer, patrolling center field at County Stadium during the Harvey’s Wallbangers era, Thomas slammed 268 career home runs.

All while rocking one of the iconic mullet-mustache combos of the 1980s.

Something about this photo of Big Mac’s face is unsettling.

His visage resembles a Goomba from the “Super Mario Bros.” movie.

And all this prior to his admitted steroid use.

Personally, this unattributed quote from his Wiki page slayed me.

He changed his clean-cut look and grew a mullet, a mustache, and a goatee to look more fearsome.

My theory is still that he grew all of that hair to hide his acne.

Dan Gladden.
Hands down the most atrocious player in RBI Baseball.

Joe Niekro, another classic knuckleballer, hit the only home run of his career off of his older brother — Phil Niekro.

He didn’t even need the help of his trusty nail file.

R.I.P. Joe Niekro, who passed away back in 2006.

Don Sutton’s wig piece.

For the win.

Is it just me or does Eric Plunk kind of look like Kyle Orton?

Pretty much every Eric Plunk Topps card from the 1980s is a goldmine.