I totally forgot about that…but, you reminded me…and now I remember. FWIW, IIRC, you’re right about that.

If you go through the play by logs of the 76 season when Doyle Alexander pitched for the Yankees, there were many times when he went deep into games pitching a perfect game. My first ever game at renovated Yankee Stadium was a Monday night game against the Tigers which was on ABC Mon night baseball when Doyle Alexander retired the first 20 Tigers before Rusty Staub hit a clean single.

thanks unmoderated

He was also traded to the Tigers for John Smoltz….that’s a major ouch for the Tigers

that description comes from abebooks, where you can buy it for 10 bucks

Book Description: RA Productions Inc., 1976. Soft cover. Book Condition: New. 1st Edition. 8×10 sized publication covers the 1976 regular season of Billy Martin, Thurman Munson & the rest of the New York Yankees, in detail. Brief accounts & line scores of each game, player profiles & biographies. Heavily illustrated w. bw photos; statistics, etc. 1st printing of the 1st edition, trade paperback (no hardcover published)

In light of the Alexander incident, did the Yanks pursue the same angle with Kevin Brown?

Wasn’t Alexander the winning pitcher when the Yanks were eliminated from playoff contention in ’85?

Double ouch