A discussion on Facebook the other day -- combined with a PBS documentary on Roberto Clemente last night -- got me thinking about how packed full of stars 1970s Major League Baseball was. A discussion ...
All are members of a list disquieting in its length — those from the ranks of 1970s baseball rosters who have died in the past year alone. The list: Perhaps it’s no longer than any other list of those ...
It’s as though time stood still for nearly five decades. Along the Washougal River is where ex-Washougal High baseball teammates, longtime friends, and their head coach reunited two summers ago to ...
I somehow missed news of the death of Dave Parker, aka the Cobra, the fine right fielder and slugger recently inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame through the veterans committee. I learned from our ...
If it happened today — 24 innings thrown in one 346-pitch game by a high school junior — the coach likely would be fired or maybe even worse. But this was April 23, 1970. Miami High beat Hialeah 1-0 ...
Who's Who in Baseball Magazine Co. 1970 edition of the annual periodical, WHO'S WHO IN BASEBALL. (New York, NY: Who's Who in Baseball Magazine Co., 1970), 128 pgs. Cover features a prominent images of ...
About 2,500 Lompocans traveled to Anaheim Stadium for a June 1, 1970 baseball game. But it wasn't a major league game or even a collegiate contest the large crowd was excited for. No, the Lompoc ...
It took 162 regular season games played over six months, a wild card round, four division series, and two league championship ...
Black participation in Major League Baseball has declined for years — and The Washington Post spent this baseball season trying to understand why. In the 1970s, Black baseball players made up about 20 ...
Hello. BP is dark today, but last week an Eagles-related argument (weigh in down in the comments section on how they suck! —GS) begat a draft of bands from the 1970s. Now, we’re fulfilling the ...
The affection engulfs Clint Hurdle’s voice as he appraises the list of those recently gone — childhood idols who became teammates and opponents, teammates and opponents who became acquaintances, ...