NL West

Schmidt, Carlton and the 1980 Phillies

  The poster hung on the wall of my bedroom in southwest Ohio for years. MVP and CY. Mike Schmidt…

8 years ago

Moonlighting – Starring Ozzie Smith

Before there was Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd there was Ozzie Smith. While there may be no truth to the…

9 years ago

McCovey’s Last Bomb

Sometimes you witness history and don't even know it. That was the case for the 18,622 people in attendance for…

9 years ago

Horner vs. Turner

Bob Horner almost never played for the Atlanta Braves and it would have been Ted Turner's fault. Turner purchased the…

9 years ago

The Birth of the Game Winning RBI

It seemed like a good idea at the time. At the beginning of 1980, Major League Baseball implemented Rule 1004-a,…

9 years ago

Joe Morgan and J.R. Richard’s (not so ) Secret Mission

On April 1st, 1980, members of the Major League Baseball Players Association voted to walk out of the final week…

9 years ago

The greatness of J.R. Richard

In December of 1979, the Houston Astros made Nolan Ryan the first million-dollar man history. Ryan won 324 games, threw…

9 years ago

The Courtship of Nolan Ryan

The Houston Astros had one of the best pitching staffs in the National League in 1979, finishing second in the…

9 years ago

Down Goes Lasorda!

  On February 17th, 1980 two separate interviews at a local television station turned into an impromptu Los Angeles Dodgers…

9 years ago

Joe Morgan Comes Home

After eight seasons in Cincinnati, second-baseman Joe Morgan was looking to prove he could still contribute as he entered his…

9 years ago