October 3, 1970: Slam, errors give Orioles playoff opener

The opening game of the 1970 American League playoffs1 featured…

October 4, 1970: Orioles’ bats blast Twins to take 2-0 ALCS lead

The 1969 expansion of the major leagues and the splitting of…

October 15, 1970: Orioles clinch World Series championship in Game 5

The 1970 Cincinnati Reds [102-60] ran away with the National…
Vida Blue (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

April 9, 1971: Rain costs Oakland’s Vida Blue a shot at strikeout records

Rain in the San Francisco Bay Area on the evening of April 9,…

April 16, 1971: Tom Seaver strikes out 14 Pirates batters

Pirates are swashbuckling types, commanding submission from those…

April 18, 1971: Gary Gentry pitches his second career 1-hitter for Mets

The Pirates were in New York for their first series against the…
Luis Tiant (Trading Card DB)

April 22, 1971: Castoff Luis Tiant loses frigid Triple-A home opener

The Triple-A Rochester Red Wings’ home opener against the Richmond…
Henry Aaron (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

April 27, 1971: Hank Aaron hammers 600th career home run

Hank Aaron quietly and unassumingly approached another significant…
Doug Holmquist

May 24, 1971: Vermont Catamounts win final game, go extinct after 79 seasons

The first years of the 1970s were turbulent ones on American…
Sonny Siebert (TRADING CARD DB)

May 28, 1971: Sonny Siebert outduels Vida Blue

“So baseball is dead, like watching grass grow,” wrote Clif…

May 29, 1971: Tom Seaver strikes out 10 Padres to win opener for Mets

Tom Seaver maneuvered his way through National League lineups…
Nolan Ryan (TRADING CARD DB)

May 29, 1971: Mets’ Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in second game of doubleheader

When Nolan Ryan struck out 16 batters in the second game of a…

June 4, 1971: Tornadoes don’t twist Twins’ fortunes

The Minnesota Twins were competing with the Kansas City Royals…

June 5, 1971: Tom Murphy outduels Jim Lonborg, pitches Angels to Fenway win

“As I grew up, I knew that as a building (Fenway Park) was…

June 23, 1971: Have a day, Rick Wise: two home runs and a no-hitter!

The Cincinnati Reds, defending National League champions, were…
Ken Flowers (Geneva Times, June 24, 1971)

June 23, 1971: Geneva’s Ken Flowers nabs only professional win on Opening Day

One professional season, one professional win. In the pros,…

June 24, 1971: Rookie John Caruso’s only pro home run wins Class A Opening Day game

John Caruso’s short-lived professional career was not packed…