J.R. Richard

2021InMemoriam

Remembering those with '80s ties we lost in 2021

3 years ago

August 4th

Happy Birthday to Roger Clemens and milestones for Tom Seaver and Rod Carew highlight August 4th in 1980s Baseball

3 years ago

April 30th

Happy Birthday to Phil Garner, the Jays say goodbye to a franchise icon, and Murph sets a record on April…

4 years ago

April 27th

Multiple big days for Nolan Ryan, a triumphant return for Reggie, and the end of a potential Hall of Fame…

4 years ago

March 27th

Happy Birthday to Dick Ruthven, the Royals make an ill-advised trade, and it's the end of the road for a…

4 years ago

March 7th

Happy posthumous Birthday to a dominant pitcher and to a World Series hero, plus a former #1 pick gets traded…

4 years ago

February 17th

Happy Birthday to one of the best pitching coaches of the decade a big day for Don Mattingly, and Tommy…

4 years ago

January 19th

Happy Birthday to Jon Matlack, The Penguin heads east and Ozzie gets paid on January 19th in 1980s Baseball.

4 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

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