From Robin Yount to Chili Davis, here are the hits leaders for every major league team in the 1980s.
From Mike Schmidt to Carmelo Martinez, here is the home run leader for every major league team in the 1980s.
Happy Birthday to Johnny Bench, eight trades, and 14 free agent signings highlight December 7th in 1980s Baseball
Happy Birthday to George Foster, free-agent signings galore, and a couple of Tigers appear on Magnum, P.I. on December 1st…
Happy Birthday to Bob Boone, the Phillies, Cardinals, and Indians make a three-way trade, and another MVP for Schmitty highlight…
Bret Saberhagen becomes the highest-paid player in the game, Bill Virdon is manager of the Year and Mike Schmidt wins…
Mike Schmidt collects some hardware and the Dodgers and A's win World Championships on October 28th in 1980s Baseball.
Willie McGee has a huge day and the Yankees, Mets, and Red Sox punch their World Series tickets on October…
Happy Birthday to The Duke, Schmitty hits a huge dinger, and Greg Gagne pulls off a rarity on October 4th…
Yaz's swansong, the Cubs go off, and lots of managerial comings and goings highlight October 2nd in 1980s Baseball.
Three teams clinch, Lance Parrish sets a record, and Orel Hershiser keeps rolling on September 28th in 1980s Baseball
Happy Birthday to Mike Schmidt, and three more teams clinch division titles on September 27th in 1980s Baseball.
Wade Boggs hits a milestone, Mike Schmidt hits a milestone, and the Padres clinch on September 20th in 1980s Baseball
Ernie Whitt goes off, two big days for Mike Scott, and Bob Brenly redeems himself on September 14th in 1980s…
Happy Birthday to The Big Unit. Bill Gullickson sets a record, and the Mets and Cardinals empty the benches on…
Happy Birthday to a Cy Young winner, Tommy has issues with The Phanatic, and a future Rookie of the Year…
Happy Birthday to The Bird, a future Cy Young winner makes his debut, and Pete Rose and Mike Schmidt hit…
Happy birthday to Jose Cruz, the Rangers end the Lee Mazzilli experiment and Doug DeCinces continues to swing a hot…
Happy Birthday to a former Rookie of the Year, John Franco makes his debut and a big day for Schmitty…
Happy Birthday to a Golden Spikes winner, an unlucky day for Mike Torrez, and Morgan Fairchild distracts Gibby April 22nd…
The Reds run wild, a Rookie of the Year makes his debut, and a big day for Mike Schmidt highlight…
Pete Rose makes history, Rollie Fingers makes history and the game loses two legends on April 13th in 1980s Baseball
Happy Birthday to Steve Sax, Gibby finds a new home and Bill Veeck sells the White Sox on January 29th…
Happy Birthday to Randy Ready, Bill Gullickson heads east and Mike Schmidt is one of ten '80s icons to get…
Sometimes mistakes can work in your favor. That was certainly the case for Tommy Lasorda and the L.A. Dodgers when they…
Every player longs for that dream season. The one where they stay healthy and just produce. I'm going to crunch…
It was January of 1995 and Mike Schmidt had just been voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. I distinctly…
I started this blog 364 days ago. Since then, I've published 64 posts, including guest posts, for which I'm very…
The poster hung on the wall of my bedroom in southwest Ohio for years. MVP and CY. Mike Schmidt…
The most important day of the 1980 baseball season may very well have taken place in June of 1971. June…
"Green's Phillies Win Brawl Game" read one headline. "Phillies Wrestle First Place Away From Bucs" read another. On May 26th,…
I grew up reading Angell, Halberstam, Kahn and others wax nostalgic about baseball in the 1950’s. The pictures they painted…