June 9, 1980: Whitey Herzog wins first game as Cardinals manager
On the day of Whitey Herzog’s first game as manager of the…
June 12, 1980: ‘Hit Man’ Mike Easler’s cycle leads Pirates over Reds
Delivered from minor-league limbo in 1979 as a pinch-hitting…
June 14, 1980: The Steve Henderson Game
Each baseball season’s early summer games take on a mystical…
June 22, 1980: Mets’ Claudell Washington hits three home runs at Dodger Stadium
Although Mets fans did not have much to celebrate in 1980, they…
June 27, 1980: Dodgers’ Jerry Reuss throws no-hitter to beat rival Giants
Jerry Reuss was on a roll. He’d returned to the Los Angeles…
June 28, 1980: Legend of ‘Super Joe’ Charboneau launches at Yankee Stadium
The legendary exploits of major-league baseball players are a…
July 4, 1980: Bob Sykes spins 10-inning shutout as Cardinals win on George Hendrick walk-off homer
Not even the oppressive St. Louis heat could break Bob Sykes…
July 5, 1980: Twins’ Geoff Zahn grounds Rangers into submission
“More than 50 percent, and you’re a ground-ball pitcher.…
July 12, 1980: Billy Martin is half-right as A’s best Angels
What a difference a year makes. In 1979 the California Angels…
July 25, 1980: Seven-run 9th inning launches Astros to 9-8 victory over Expos
Over the course of a 162-game season, there will invariably be…
July 31, 1980: Royals score baker’s dozen against Red Sox as George Brett raises average to .390
Going into the final game of the Kansas City Royals’ three-game…
August 12, 1980: Expos turn a triple play vs. lowly Cardinals
The baseball season is long enough that on any given day, a team…
August 17, 1980: George Brett raises batting average above .400
It was serendipity that George Brett even got his fifth plate…
August 20, 1980: Tom Brookens gets five hits, starts triple play
Before the 1980 season, Detroit manager Sparky Anderson had a…
August 24, 1980: Speier, Expos prevail in ‘a dumb man’s game’
This game featured five future Hall of Famers, yet Montreal Expos…
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”…
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…
August 29, 1980: No-hitter caps nightmarish season for Rocky Mount Pines
It was the best of teams, it was the worst of teams.
On August…
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…
September 10, 1980: Expos’ Bill Gullickson whiffs rookie-record 18 batters
“I’m not a strikeout pitcher,” said rookie right-hander…
September 18, 1980: Twins call-up Gary Ward hits for the cycle in loss to Brewers
In 1980 Minnesota’s Gary Ward wasn’t even in the majors long…
October 3, 1980: Joe Ferguson keeps Dodgers alive in NL West race
As the 1980 MLB season was winding down, the Houston Astros paid…
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’…
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…