Houston Astros
Dodgers Astros Showdown
“For you guys who don’t think we can win four in a row, do us a favor. Don’t get dressed.”…
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…
Joe Morgan’s Mysterious Dodgers Connection
Joe Morgan made a career out of beating the Los Angeles Dodgers. The damage varied from beating L.A. in the regular…
That Time I Met Nolan Ryan
Note: This is a guest post from Scott Ottenweller In the late ’70s my family moved from New York to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…