1987 World Series: Minnesota Wins With Dome-Field Advantage
The 1987 World Series brought together two teams from the Midwest, and for the third straight year, the Fall Classic went seven games…
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A Dramatic AL East Race Highlights The 1987 Baseball Season
The AL East didn’t produce a World Series winner in the 1987 baseball season, but the division produced one of the best playoff races of the decade, as the Detroit Tigers went toe-to-toe with the Toronto Blue Jays and the Milwaukee Brewers played a key complementary role as the third team.
The 1984 Baseball Season: The Playoff Teams & October Battles
The Detroit Tigers made mincemeat of the league in the 1984 baseball season. The Tigers had a young middle infield of Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammel, a rising star in right with Kirk Gibson, a 19-game winner atop the rotation in Jack Morris and a great year by closer Willie Hernandez, who won both the Cy Young and MVP.
Giving The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers Their Rightful Place In The History Books
The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers got their first and only American League pennant, and came within one win of the World Series, and it came with a lot of drama along the way. In particular, the ending to the regular season and the ensuing American League Championship Series deserve more attention in the history books than they have recei
1979 MLB Season: Six Key Contenders & The October Battles
The 1979 MLB season was marked by a return to form from teams that dominated the early part of the decade, along with one newcomer. The Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds had all won multiple division titles and at least one World Series title in the period covering 1970-76. All three continued to field good teams in the ensuing three years, but they had been displaced by others in their division. In 1979, they returned to the October stage.
How The 1986 New York Mets Ran Away With The NL East
…finally, at long last, the Mets had survived 8-5. It had been a road that was extraordinarily easy in the regular season and extraordinarily difficult in October. But they were champions.
The 1980 Philadelphia Phillies Bring An End To Frustration
The 1980 Philadelphia Phillies carried the banner for a franchise and a fan base that was marked with frustration, both short-term, long-term and even beyond the baseball diamond. The Phillies had not won a World Series since 1915. They had lost the National League Championship Series each year from 1976-78.
The 1981 Milwaukee Brewers Breakthrough Win
This post is part of a series of sports history articles commemorating under-the-radar teams and moments in a given year. This article about the 1981 Milwaukee Brewers marks a breakthrough pennant race win for the franchise and set the stage for the more renowned team that would follow one year later.
Steel City Supreme: The 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates & Steelers
The city of Pittsburgh was already riding high in the early part of 1979. In January of that year the Steelers became the first NFL team to win three Super Bowls, defeating the Dallas Cowboys 35-31. The baseball Pirates had contended to the season’s penultimate day the previous fall and were one of the National League’s model franchises in the 1970s. Little did the good people of Pittsburgh know that even better times were still ahead and it would be the Pirates and Steelers leading the way.
1976 Sports: Greatness On The Indiana/Ohio Border
… it’s not unusual for a sports fan in the southern part of the Hoosier state to cheer for IU hoops and Cincinnati Reds’ baseball. And for fans as these, 1976 must have been nirvana.