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 ...

Somewhere, surely, there was a boy last summer with a baseball glove dangling from the handlebar of his bicycle, on his way to a hastily put together, loosely organized version of our national pastime ...

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 ...

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 ...

About 2,500 Lompocans traveled to Anaheim Stadium for a June 1, 1970 baseball game. But it wasn't a major league game or even a collegiate contest the large crowd was excited for. No, the Lompoc ...

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 ...

The 1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was, like tonight's version, held in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is memorable for one of the defining moments of Pete Rose's career as the Reds' "Charlie Hustle," ...

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 ...

Hello. BP is dark today, but last week an Eagles-related argument (weigh in down in the comments section on how they suck! —GS) begat a draft of bands from the 1970s. Now, we’re fulfilling the ...

A bold hire marks a turning point for Washington as the Nationals put their trust in MLB’s youngest skipper to lead the ...