October 1, 1970: Wrecking ball for Connie Mack Stadium as Phillies play final game
The Philadelphia Phillies had hoped to play their 1970 season…
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 13, 1970: Dave McNally hits grand slam as Orioles defeat Reds in Game Three
In the first two contests of the 1970 World Series, Baltimore…
October 15, 1970: Orioles clinch World Series championship in Game 5
The 1970 Cincinnati Reds [102-60] ran away with the National…
April 6, 1971: Billy Williams’s homer in 10th breaks up pitchers’ duel on Opening Day
After the Chicago Cubs finished second in their division in 1969…
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 15, 1971: Bobby Cox’s Hall of Fame managing career begins with last-play loss in minor leagues
Managing a baseball team is a roller-coaster experience, and…
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…
April 22, 1971: Castoff Luis Tiant loses frigid Triple-A home opener
The Triple-A Rochester Red Wings’ home opener against the Richmond…
April 27, 1971: Hank Aaron hammers 600th career home run
Hank Aaron quietly and unassumingly approached another significant…
May 1, 1971: Bob Gibson, Steve Renko stranded with no-decisions in only tie of season
“He didn’t like to lose to anyone in anything,” catcher…
May 24, 1971: Vermont Catamounts win final game, go extinct after 79 seasons
The first years of the 1970s were turbulent ones on American…
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…
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 2, 1971: Sore-armed Jon Warden’s last gasp helps Elmira Royals beat major-league parent
By the numbers, pitcher Jon Warden’s final professional season,…
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 21, 1971: Blue’s 13 strikeouts, Mitterwald’s errant throw spark Oakland win
Vida Blue set the baseball world ablaze during the first half…
June 23, 1971: Have a day, Rick Wise: two home runs and a no-hitter!
The Cincinnati Reds, defending National League champions, were…
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…