
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…

June 1, 1979: A comeback victory and beginning of ‘We Are Family’ Pirates
As May turned to June the Pittsburgh Pirates found themselves…

June 3, 1979: Pirates’ Bruce Kison throws one-hitter, upset with official scorer
As shortstop Tim Foli caught Dave Winfield’s popup to secure…

June 11, 1979: Ted Simmons homers twice, drives in six runs to lead Cardinals over Dodgers
The 1979 St. Louis Cardinals were flying high when they arrived…

June 15, 1979: Royals stage ‘a comeback for all seasons’ in defeating Brewers
Yogi Berra is credited with saying the baseball truism “It…