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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.
The 2020s will mark the 50th anniversary of so many milestones in 1970s baseball. The inevitable retrospectives will reveal a decade still near enough to seem recent, but different enough to feel ...
Nearly 50 years ago, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association instituted a baseball state playoff system for its four classifications. The timing was perfect in small-town Washougal.
Collecting baseball cards in the 1970s was a very different enterprise than today's Hobby. For one thing, rookie cards were ...
The Tiger Stadium that hosted O's-Tigers in July 1970 is remembered as 'a grand old stadium.' (Getty Images) Father's Day is just around the corner, and I am not looking at ties. Or golf shirts. I ...
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 New York Mets' pitcher Tom Seaver, ...
No, the Lompoc supporters were there to see the Lompoc High baseball team play for a CIF championship. A reunion for that 1970 team is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 18 at 3 p.m.
Black baseball players made up about 20% of Major League Baseball in the 1970s. Today, they're less than 8%.
“Our entire sort of brand aesthetic has that 1970s vintage vibe,” said Crawford ... Red Sox t-shirts, jerseys and baseball caps are everyday apparel. “Athleisure and more elevated lifestyle ...
As the baseball legends of the 1970s fade, so too does a unique era in the sport's history.