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Best Baseball Weekend EVER

It was January of 1995 and Mike Schmidt had just been voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.  I distinctly…

8 years ago

The Best of 2016 on ’80s Baseball

I started this blog 364 days ago. Since then, I've published 64 posts, including guest posts, for which I'm very…

8 years ago

Baseball Nivrana

I've been a collector for my entire life. You never know when you may need a 37-year-old pocket schedule and…

8 years ago

Game Six

You never forget your first time. For me it was October 21st, 1980; the night I had my first championship…

8 years ago

7 Reasons The 1980 Pennant Race Was Fantastic

Four teams, two spots, one weekend. That's what the 1980 pennant race came down to in the National League. The…

8 years ago

Baseball Returns to Buffalo with Real Power

Note: This is a guest post from Greg Lucas After nearly an eight year hiatus, professional baseball returned to Buffalo…

8 years ago

Missed it by that much: The Karl Pagel story

If there was a Futures Game in 1980 he would have been a headliner. Karl Pagel was a can't miss…

8 years ago

The 1980 All-Star Game

There have been 87 All-Star games in major league history. Exactly one of them took place at Dodger Stadium. Watching…

8 years ago

The weirdest day of the 1980 season

"Is it a full moon or somethin'?" That's what my mother-in-law says when weird stuff happens. June 20th, 1980 must…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago