
April 10, 1981: Carlton Fisk homers in return to Fenway Park
Beginning on March 18, 1981, Comiskey Park was the new ballpark…

April 12, 1981: Bruce Sutter earns first save for Cardinals
It didn’t take long for St. Louis Cardinals fans to appreciate…

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…

April 18, 1981: A first pitch for writer Eugenia Price
When inspirational writer Eugenia Price discovered St. Simons…

April 22, 1981: Cardinals’ Lary Sorensen shuts out Cubs
The revamped St. Louis Cardinals were off to a rousing start…

May 10, 1981: Expos' Charlie Lea pitches a 'Giant' no-hitter
Montreal’s 24-year-old right-hander Charlie Lea was an unlikely…

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…

May 19, 1981: Jim Bibby's near no-hitter
On the evening of Tuesday, May 19, 1981, a scant crowd of 5,514…

May 25, 1981: Mark Belanger hits rare home run as Palmer, Orioles beat Guidry, Yankees
Doug DeCinces clubbed two home runs and drove in five runs as…

June 10, 1981: Nolan Ryan gets best of Pete Rose, but Phillies win marquee matchup
A marquee matchup was scheduled on June 10, 1981, with the Houston…

July 3, 1981: During major leaguers' strike, Class A teams play at the Big A in Anaheim
As the baseball players’ strike got under way in June 1981,…

August 9, 1981: Gary Carter's two homers power NL to All-Star victory
For nearly two months in the summer of 1981, major-league stadiums…

August 10, 1981: Cal Ripken Jr. makes his major-league debut
Monday, August 10, may well have been the most important day…

August 10, 1981: Dodgers’ Reuss, Howe blank Reds in first game after strike ends
After the 50-day players strike in 1981, in which about a third…

September 21, 1981: Expos win 17-inning thriller over Phillies
This game had everything that makes baseball great — nail-biting…

September 26, 1981: Nolan Ryan breaks Koufax's mark with fifth no-hitter
When Nolan Ryan signed on November 19, 1979, what at the time…

October 3, 1981: Brewers win half-season championship, reach postseason for first time
Born as the Seattle Pilots in 1969, they moved to Milwaukee the…

October 3, 1981: Montreal Expos clinch franchise's first playoff berth
With a 1½-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals and just two…

October 4, 1981: White Sox overcome 7-run deficit to win season finale
The Chicago White Sox had played well in the first half of…

October 6, 1981: Alan Ashby’s walk-off homer in ninth preserves Ryan’s two-hitter in NLDS opener
The first game of the best-of-five 1981 NL West Division Series…

October 7, 1981: Denny Walling's walk-off single in 11th sends Astros to win in Game 2
While most of his Astros teammates in the clubhouse were celebrating…

October 7, 1981: Expos win first MLB postseason game played outside U.S.
To say that the Montreal Expos faced some adversity on the road…

October 11, 1981: Steve Rogers leads Expos to NLCS
For Game Five of the 1981 mini-series playoff between the Montreal…

October 14, 1981: Expos' Ray Burris outduels Valenzuela to even up NLCS
It looked like the best-of-five National League Championship…