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August 25, 1980: Minor league game goes on despite murders at Miami ballpark
On the night of August 25, 1980, an armed man described as “screaming”…
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September 5, 1980: Holyoke raises its first and only Eastern League championship title
The summer of 1980 was undoubtedly the high-water mark in the…
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May 12, 1981: Clutch homers by Hatcher and Smalley lead Twins to win over Red Sox
Roy Smalley was off to a solid start to the 1981 season for the…
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October 21, 1980: Phillies win their first World Series championship
The Philadelphia Phillies joined the National League in 1883,…
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April 19, 1981: Walk-off homer spares PawSox, Rochester another extra-inning battle
On Easter Sunday afternoon, April 19, 1981, an otherwise uncelebrated…
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October 4, 1980: Twins handed a Royal beating by AL West champs in final weekend
A late-season stumble could not derail the Kansas City Royals’…
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August 28, 1980: Dane Iorg collects 7 RBIs; Whitey Herzog wins final game of first stint as Cardinals manager
The postgame talk after the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the…
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April 12, 1981: Bruce Sutter earns first save for Cardinals
It didn’t take long for St. Louis Cardinals fans to appreciate…
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October 10, 1980: Royals advance to first World Series after sweeping Yankees in ALCS
The Kansas City Royals were on the threshold of experiencing…
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April 22, 1981: Cardinals’ Lary Sorensen shuts out Cubs
The revamped St. Louis Cardinals were off to a rousing start…
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April 17, 1981: A’s dominate Mariners in home opener for ninth straight win
The Oakland Athletics started the 1981 season with an 11-game…
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October 5, 1980: Expos’ Ron LeFlore becomes first player to win NL and AL stolen-base crowns
The Expos and Phillies, sporting identical 89-70 records, went…
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May 19, 1981: Jim Bibby’s near no-hitter
On the evening of Tuesday, May 19, 1981, a scant crowd of 5,514…
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May 15, 1981: Cleveland’s Len Barker makes history with perfect game against Blue Jays
Who could have foreseen that the Friday evening matchup between…
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October 4, 1980: Reuss outduels Ryan to pull Dodgers within one in NL West race
In the opening contest of the most pivotal series of their baseball…
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October 12, 1980: Phillies rally to clinch NL pennant in 10 innings at Astrodome
In spite of the previous night’s 5-3 loss in 10 innings, the…
October 11, 1980: Phillies stay alive in Game 4 with 10th-inning rally at Houston
The champagne was ready in the Astrodome. With a two-games-to-one…
October 10, 1980: Astros win 11-inning NLCS thriller to reach brink of World Series
The Houston Astros (originally the Colt .45s) had begun play…
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October 3, 1980: Joe Ferguson keeps Dodgers alive in NL West race
As the 1980 MLB season was winding down, the Houston Astros paid…
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April 18, 1981: A first pitch for writer Eugenia Price
When inspirational writer Eugenia Price discovered St. Simons…
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April 10, 1981: Carlton Fisk homers in return to Fenway Park
Beginning on March 18, 1981, Comiskey Park was the new ballpark…
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August 24, 1980: Speier, Expos prevail in ‘a dumb man’s game’
This game featured five future Hall of Famers, yet Montreal Expos…
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September 10, 1980: Expos’ Bill Gullickson whiffs rookie-record 18 batters
“I’m not a strikeout pitcher,” said rookie right-hander…
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May 10, 1981: Expos’ Charlie Lea pitches a ‘Giant’ no-hitter
Montreal’s 24-year-old right-hander Charlie Lea was an unlikely…