We have seen Jim Edmonds in Cubbie blue, Ryan Theriot in Cardinal red. Lou Brock went from blue to red. So did Bruce Sutter. Leon Durham went from red to blue. The list goes on. The line has been crossed repeatedly in the Interstate 55 baseball rivalry we hold dear.
Yr, Tm__ IP__ W-L__ Sv__ SO__ ERA Chi (N)__ 83__ 6-3__ 10__ 73__ 2.70
For all Ryne Sandberg accomplished during his Hall of Fame baseball career, June 23, 1984 stands out as the day he became a household name. In a nationally televised game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs second baseman had a performance for the ages. He went 5-for-6 with two home runs and seven RBIs in a 12- 11 victory in 11 innings. Sandberg hit a solo homer to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth inning and added a game-tying, two-run shot in the 10th. Both homers came off relief pitcher Bruce Sutter, who was the dominant closer of that era.
The most momentous, joyous events in life often emanate from the most inauspicious beginnings. Ask Bruce Sutter.
A group of 12 former Negro Leagues and pre-Negro Leagues players and five executives represent all but one spot in the largest induction class in the National Baseball Hall of Fame's history. None of the 17 are living, but today still will be a day of great recognition for blacks in baseball. While 1970s and 1980s closer Bruce Sutter was voted in by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, the other inductees were elected from a pool of 39 nominees chosen by the Negro Leagues Researchers/Authors group, a body of 12 researchers and historians selected by the Hall of Fame's board of directors after Major League Baseball presented the Hall with a $250,000 grant to conduct a comprehensive study on the history of blacks in baseball from 1860 to 1960.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Thirty-three years after his career appeared to be over before it barely had begun, Bruce Sutter will receive the ultimate tribute - induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. When he's enshrined today, Sutter will become the first honoree whose name never appeared on a starting lineup card. And, as implausible as it might seem, the former ace reliever can thank an injury to his pitching arm for his good fortune.
He doesn't yet have the fear-inducing reputation of history's great closers, of pitchers such as Goose Gossage and Bruce Sutter and Mariano Rivera. Those things are forged over years and over playoff appearances. But with the 2007 season nearly three-quarters complete, Seattle's J.J. Putz might be putting together a historic season.
NEW YORK -- Bruce Sutter could become the first pitcher with no career starts elected to the Hall of Fame when results of 2006 balloting are released today. With no strong first-year candidates, Sutter, fellow reliever Rich Gossage and outfielder Jim Rice appear to be the players most likely to gain election among the 29 on the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot.
Bruce Sutter wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame if it weren't for Fred Martin. I wouldn't even have gotten to the big leagues," he said.
The image is burned in the minds of Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals fans: a young Ryne Sandberg drilling two Bruce Sutter pitches into the Wrigley Field bleachers on June 23, 1984. Sandberg rescued the Cubs from defeat both times, dazzling a capacity crowd and a national television audience. Chicago went on to win the extra-inning game, sending the Cubs on their way to the National League Eastern Division title, and Sandberg to the NL Most Valuable Player award.
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