Rip Sewell

On this date in 1989, Rip Sewell passes away at age 82.

"Rip, I don't think I feel any less of you for it. But we've got thirty pitchers and only one first baseman. What do you think I'm going to do?" - Tigers manager, Mickey Cochrane advising Sewell he was cutting him in Spring Training after Sewell got in a fight with future Hall of Famer, Hank Greenberg which had to be broken up by the police