Joe Niekro, Trading Card Database

August 3, 1987: Twins’ Joe Niekro ejected for allegedly scuffing ball

Fingernail care was part of the Niekro family business. Forty-two-year-old…

August 16, 1987: Tim Raines hits for the cycle

The Montreal Expos completed a four-game sweep of the Pittsburgh…

August 25, 1987: Paul Molitor’s hitting streak reaches 39 games

When an injury (or a sullen attitude) forced Robin Yount out…

September 14, 1987: Blue Jays hit 10 home runs to set all-time record; a Ripken streak ends

A crowd of 27,446 showed up on a cool, clear late-summer night1…

September 17, 1987: Pascual Pérez keeps underdog Expos in the pennant race

Bill Mazeroski’s Baseball yearbook gave a blunt assessment…
Phil Niekro (TRADING CARD DB)

September 27, 1987: Phil Niekro returns to Braves for final start

Unless they announce their retirement in advance, very few players…
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September 29, 1987: Don Mattingly’s record sixth grand slam sinks Red Sox

For a player who had excelled so consistently for the prior three…

October 4, 1987: Tanana beats Toronto to clinch division title

Sunday, October 4, 1987, was the culmination of the Showdown…

October 10, 1987: Local kid Pat Sheridan makes good with ALCS homer for Tigers

Before Game One of the 1987 American League Championship Series…

April 4, 1988: Brewers blast Baltimore on Opening Day

 After posting a 91-71 record in the 1987 season (a 14-game…
Darryl Strawberry (TRADING CARD DB)

April 4, 1988: Darryl Strawberry blasts 525-foot homer off Olympic Stadium service ring

“That’s ridiculous,” exclaimed Mets slugger Dave Kingman.…

April 4, 1988: Angry George Bell hits unprecedented three home runs on Opening Day

One player on the Royals Stadium field didn’t share in the…
Steve Ellsworth (Trading Card DB)

April 21, 1988: Boston’s Steve Ellsworth tames Tigers for sole big-league win

Boston Red Sox manager John McNamara asked right-hander Steve…

June 12, 1988: Robin Yount hits for the cycle as Brewers blast White Sox

The Milwaukee Brewers were playing .500 baseball through the…

July 9, 1988: Joe Hauser watches hometown team beat Twins in ninth

In 1988 the Society for American Baseball Research held its convention…

August 3, 1988: Morgan Magic: Red Sox win 22nd straight home game

The rumors were swirling in July 1988. The Boston Red Sox were…

August 8, 1988: Nature intervenes as first Wrigley Field night game is rained out

By the time the Cubs scheduled their first home night game, they…

August 9, 1988: Cubs win first official night game at Wrigley Field

Wrigley Field at night, as pictured in 2014.   After…