Editor’s note: How good were the 1975 Cincinnati Reds? The best way to end the speculation is to challenge the team with a 162-game season against some great teams. This is a series that will include each game played with the Strat-o-Matic cards and dice, while hoping to reach the 108-54 record that the Reds […]
Category: 1980s Baseball History
Reggie Jackson was becoming a star. In just third big league season in 1969, Jackson would join the ranks of the elite with career-high numbers. Jackson would have many great days in 21 years, including the legendary three-homer affair in game six of the 1977 World Series that gave the New York Yankees their first […]
Sibling rivalry is a part of life. There are numerous cases of brother against brother in the history of major league baseball. Back in 1979, the Underwood brothers from Kokomo (Ind.) joined the ranks in an unique way in Toronto on May 31. Tom Underwood had been in the big leagues was in his sixth […]
Hitting home runs from both sides of the plate during a game has happened 232 times in major league history. The total is less when counting three long balls in a contest with that occuring 19 times. Mickey Mantle (1955) and Tom Tresh (1965), who were teammates with New York Yankees, were the first two […]
It was billed as the “Eighth Wonder of the World.” Originally known as the Harris County Domed Stadium, what would soon be called the Houston Astrodome opened for business in 1965. Mickey Mantle is credited with having the first indoor home run, which occurred in an exhibition game on April 9 as his New York […]
Editor’s note: Throughout this year Press Room Pass will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1969 baseball season with a variety of stories from the covering personal accomplishments, unique moments, major league expansion and the amazing New York Mets. This is the latest installment of that series. Swapping lesser known players is always a gamble. […]
Editor’s note: How good were the 1975 Cincinnati Reds? The best way to end the speculation is to challenge the team with a 162-game season against some great teams. This is a series that will include each game played with the Strat-o-Matic cards and dice, while hoping to reach the 108-54 record that the Reds […]
Editor’s note: How good were the 1975 Cincinnati Reds? The best way to end the speculation is to challenge the team with a 162-game season against some great teams. This is a series that will include each game played with the Strat-o-Matic cards and dice, while hoping to reach the 108-54 record that the Reds […]
Editor’s note: How good were the 1975 Cincinnati Reds? The best way to end the speculation is to challenge the team with a 162-game season against some great teams. This is a series that will include each game played with the Strat-o-Matic cards and dice, while hoping to reach the 108-54 record that the Reds […]
Editor’s note: How good were the 1975 Cincinnati Reds? The best way to end the speculation is to challenge the team with a 162-game season against some great teams. This is a series that will include each game played with the Strat-o-Matic cards and dice, while hoping to reach the 108-54 record that the Reds […]