
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…

June 17, 1979: Expos go back-to-back-to-back for first time
We all remember our first time. We felt anxious, excited, nervous,…

June 18, 1979: Earl Weaver rips up the MLB rulebook, gets ejected
“The show gets better every nightAs Weaver’s cork blew out…

June 19, 1979: John Fulgham pitches complete game in Cardinals debut
Born and raised in the northern St. Louis suburb of Maryland…

June 22, 1979: Orioles Magic is born
The Orioles entered the bottom of the ninth down 5-3 to the Detroit…

June 24, 1979: Rickey Henderson makes his major-league debut for Oakland A’s
By late June 1979, the once-proud Oakland Athletics had fallen…

June 27, 1979: Cardinals’ Silvio Martinez twirls his third one-hit gem
Already the author of both a pair of one-hitters and two-hitters…

June 30, 1979: Steve Carlton throws tantrum as Phillies defeat Cardinals, 6-4
It was a battle for fourth place in the NL East – not the most…

July 8, 1979: Ben Oglivie’s 3-homer outburst sparks Brewers sweep
Ben Oglivie was the first, but not the last, hitter in Milwaukee…

July 11, 1979: Mariners drub Yankees 16-1, set new franchise runs record
In 1979 the Seattle Mariners were in their third season and,…

July 12, 1979: Chicago’s Disco Demolition Night results in White Sox loss and forfeit
Five days before the 1979 All-Star Game, two fifth-place teams…