When it comes to the 1971 Topps Baseball set, there’s no doubt it’s loaded with legendary names, outstanding rookies and some ...
One year ago, Russia High School honored the members of its 1971 state baseball championship team fifty years after its tournament run. A big chunk of the team, the first baseball team to win a state ...
The roar of the crowd is one of two things that got Al Oliver going before a game. It’s what pops into his mind immediately when he thinks about the 1971 World Series — when he and his Pittsburgh ...
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Members of the 1971 Augusta East All-Star team were honored on the 50th ...
The 1971 Rochester Red Wings are generally considered the best team in the franchise's 122-year history. Here's a closer look at the 35 players and coaches who took to the field that season. The ...
It wasn't supposed to have been this way. When the Giants decided to move to San Francisco in the late 1950s, there were visions of more frequent success with all the new riches the West Coast had to ...
Editor’s note: Sporting News senior writer and proud Pittsburgh native Mike DeCourcy was 11 in October 1971. The Sporting News was 85. The Pirates hadn’t been to a World Series in 11 years, and it ...
When Pittsburgh Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh posted the lineup on Sept. 1, 1971, Gene Clines saw that he was starting in center field. Clines had no idea the Pirates were about to make MLB history, ...
Editor’s note: The Globe is reaching into its archives to bring you “Replay,” articles from the past that highlight something interesting, timely, or revealing. This column by Harold Kaese about those ...
Back in 1971, an all-star team from the Linthicum Ferndale Youth Athletic Association baseball program made it to the championship game of the Bronco World Series. More than half a century later, 11 ...
Russia High School scored seven runs in the sixth inning and beat No. 3 Van Wert Lincolnview 10-4 on Saturday to claim its first state baseball championship since 1971. Russia (25-6) won the Division ...