A discussion on Facebook the other day -- combined with a PBS documentary on Roberto Clemente last night -- got me thinking about how packed full of stars 1970s Major League Baseball was. A discussion ...

The Lompoc High baseball team won a CIF Southern Section championship with an 8-5 win over El Segundo in 1970. The game was played at Angel Stadium and featured a handful of future major leaguers, ...

It took 162 regular season games played over six months, a wild card round, four division series, and two league championship ...

If it happened today — 24 innings thrown in one 346-pitch game by a high school junior — the coach likely would be fired or maybe even worse. But this was April 23, 1970. Miami High beat Hialeah 1-0 ...

I somehow missed news of the death of Dave Parker, aka the Cobra, the fine right fielder and slugger recently inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame through the veterans committee. I learned from our ...

Who's Who in Baseball Magazine Co. 1970 edition of the annual periodical, WHO'S WHO IN BASEBALL. (New York, NY: Who's Who in Baseball Magazine Co., 1970), 128 pgs. Cover features a prominent images of ...

All are members of a list disquieting in its length — those from the ranks of 1970s baseball rosters who have died in the past year alone. The list: Perhaps it’s no longer than any other list of those ...

Editor's note: The Rockin' the Riverfront series takes a look back at 1970 and all the key moments that shaped Cincinnati's sports future 50 years ago. Bud Selig, Major League Baseball commissioner at ...

It’s as though time stood still for nearly five decades. Along the Washougal River is where ex-Washougal High baseball teammates, longtime friends, and their head coach reunited two summers ago to ...

A bold hire marks a turning point for Washington as the Nationals put their trust in MLB’s youngest skipper to lead the rebuild. The post Nationals Hire Youngest Manager in MLB History Since the 1970s ...

Black participation in Major League Baseball has declined for years — and The Washington Post spent this baseball season trying to understand why. In the 1970s, Black baseball players made up about 20 ...