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.”…

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 years ago