{"id":18100,"date":"2022-04-28T06:14:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T12:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=18100"},"modified":"2022-04-27T15:51:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T21:51:50","slug":"throwback-thursday-team-records-of-the-1980s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/throwback-thursday-team-records-of-the-1980s\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday &#8211; Team Records Of The 1980s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/baseballs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3693\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/baseballs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/baseballs.jpg 365w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/baseballs-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a>With the 2022 season well underway, I thought it would be interesting to take a trip in the wayback machine and see what my view of the baseball world looked like in the long-ago period known as the 1980&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been able to identify 14 games I attended during the 80&#8217;s, starting with Luis Aparicio&#8217;s number retirement in 1984 through a September 1988 game at Wrigley Field, which turned out to be the second official night game.\u00a0 There are more games that I remember something about attending, voting for the new White Sox uniform designs in 1981, Carlton Fisk bat day some point in the early 80s, getting a Cubs calendar in 1986,\u00a0 and winning tickets from WGN radio for a game, but I haven&#8217;t been able to track down specifics about them as of yet.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<caption><b>1980s Team Records<\/b><\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Team Name<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Won<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Loss<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Winning Pctg<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1.000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">San Diego Padres<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1.000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Cleveland Indians<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1.000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">California Angels<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1.000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Texas Rangers<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.500<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Seattle Mariners<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.500<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">New York Mets<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.500<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Baltimore Orioles<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.500<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; 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color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Boston Red Sox<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot><\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the 2022 season well underway, I thought it would be interesting to take a trip in the wayback machine and see what my view of the baseball world looked like in the long-ago period known as the 1980&#8217;s. 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