On April 1st, 1980, members of the Major League Baseball Players Association voted to walk out of the final week…
967-1. That was the vote. On April 1st, 1980, players across the major leagues voted on whether or not to…
I was an outsider. A malcontent. I grew up as a Phillies Phan in Reds Country in the 1970s. Mike…
In December of 1979, the Houston Astros made Nolan Ryan the first million-dollar man history. Ryan won 324 games, threw…
The Houston Astros had one of the best pitching staffs in the National League in 1979, finishing second in the…
On February 17th, 1980 two separate interviews at a local television station turned into an impromptu Los Angeles Dodgers…
After eight seasons in Cincinnati, second-baseman Joe Morgan was looking to prove he could still contribute as he entered his…
All young baseball fans dream of hitting a walkoff home run to win the World Series like Bill Mazeroski or…
I grew up reading Angell, Halberstam, Kahn and others wax nostalgic about baseball in the 1950’s. The pictures they painted…