September 17, 1978: Parker, Tekulve continue Pirates’ home winning streak
Though the Pittsburgh Pirates had finished in second place in…
September 21, 1978: Padres’ Gaylord Perry wins 20th game en route to second Cy Young Award
San Diego Padres staff ace Gaylord Perry was the National League’s…
October 1, 1978: Twenty wins for Ross ‘The Boss’ Grimsley
Southpaw Ross Grimsley waited until the last inning of the last…
October 1, 1978: Luis Tiant blanks Toronto on final day as Boston ties New York for AL East lead
In an episode of Cheers, former Red Sox relief pitcher Sam Malone,…
October 1, 1978: Cleveland’s Rick Waits handcuffs Yankees, forces tiebreaker with Red Sox for AL East title
“New York and Boston finished tiedIn baseball’s roller coaster…
October 1, 1978: Gaylord Perry records 3,000th career strikeout and Ozzie Smith performs his first pregame backflip
“The game will go down in the history of the San Diego Padres…
October 2, 1978: Bucky Dent’s home run spurs Yankees to division title in AL East tiebreaker
Baseball purists long for the days when baseball games, either…
October 6, 1978: Munson, Yankees outslug Royals in Game 3
American League umpire Ron Luciano relished pulse-quickening…
October 7, 1978: Bill Russell’s walk-off single sends Dodgers back to World Series; Steve Garvey wins NLCS MVP
The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies were…
October 11, 1978: In dramatic ninth inning, Bob Welch strikes out Reggie Jackson to secure Dodgers’ win in Game 2
Right-hander Bob Welch pitched 10 years for the Dodgers…
October 13, 1978: Graig Nettles’ defense leads Yankees in Game Three win
The Yankees and Dodgers have met more times in the World Series…
October 14, 1978: Yankees tie World Series with one extra-base hit and one excessive hip
Heavy clouds hung over Yankee Stadium before Game Four of the…
April 6, 1979: Expos edge Pirates in 10-inning season opener
On a blustery afternoon at Three Rivers Stadium, the Pittsburgh…
April 7, 1979: Astros’ Ken Forsch hurls earliest no-hitter in MLB history
To relate each of the historical events that converged in the…
April 17, 1979: Rod Carew returns to Minnesota as a visiting Angel
Signed as an 18-year-old amateur free agent by the Twins in 1964,…
April 25, 1979: Oakland’s Craig Minetto picks up only major league win
Making his seventh major-league appearance and only his second…
April 29, 1979: Bobby Murcer’s 9th-inning home run shocks Braves
On a day when a sparse crowd was hoping to see its home team…
May 8, 1979: Reassurance, 4-for-4 performance propel Cardinals’ Keith Hernandez to NL batting crown and MVP season
For Keith Hernandez, some reassuring words from his manager,…
May 9, 1979: Wham, bam, grand slam: Bucs conquer Braves with substitute umpires
The Pittsburgh Pirates outlasted the Atlanta Braves 17-9 in the…
May 17, 1979: Schmidt’s Phillies outslug Kingman’s Cubs, 23-22
In what could be billed as one of the wildest games in major-league…
May 25, 1979: Flushing fog-out as Pirates, Mets finish in tie
The long history between the New York Mets and Pittsburgh Pirates…
May 28, 1979: George Brett hits for the cycle with walk-off home run in 16th
In a tight contest that lasted almost five hours on May 28, 1979,…
May 29-31, 1979: How ‘Bout Them Expos? Sweep of Phillies makes a ‘statement’
In football they talk about “statement” games, when Team…
May 31, 1979: Pat Underwood outduels his brother Tom in major-league debut
Mothers are often their sons’ biggest rooters when they begin…