J.R. Richard

2021InMemoriam

Remembering those with '80s ties we lost in 2021

4 years ago

August 4th

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

5 years ago

April 30th

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

5 years ago

April 27th

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

5 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…

5 years ago

March 7th

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

5 years ago

February 17th

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

5 years ago

January 19th

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

5 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…

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