After a two-month strike in '81, anger was up, crowds were down and chaos (not to mention Pete Rose) reigned. World wars, earthquakes, civil unrest, terrorist attacks, military threats, infectious ...

The last time two of baseball's most storied franchises -- the Yankees and Dodgers-- faced each other in New York came in the 1981 World Series. So in honor of that matchup finally taking place ...

CINCINNATI- UNDATED 1981: Tom Seaver of the Cincinnati Reds pitches during an MLB game at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. Seaver played for the Cincinnati Reds from 1977-1982. (Photo by Ron ...

The 1981 baseball season stands as the great outlier in baseball history. It was the first season when Major League players would go on strike. It was the first and still the only season with a first ...

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It was not the worst of times for baseball fans. That would come in 1994, when there was a work stoppage and no World Series. But the 1981 baseball season was the first season to be interrupted by a ...

JEFF KATZ: The 1981 strike was the first mid-season strike in sports history and, as such, deserves extra attention. After the players were granted free agency by an arbitrator’s decision in December ...

When Fernando Valenzuela first stepped onto the mound in 1981, few could have predicted the seismic shift he would create, not just in baseball, but in the cultural fabric of Los Angeles. His untimely ...

It’s fun to play on the internet and encounter treasures like the full television broadcast of the 1981 World Series. Pearl Bailey sang the anthem. The lead play-by-play voice belonged to a man better ...

NOTE: This column is adapted from a similar column published last year, because people apparently still don't remember or know about the 1981 NLDS. Didn't realize the franchise already won a playoff ...

A commemorative sign hanging on the backside of the third-base dugout at Boone High’s baseball field bears a peculiar slogan that was once a rally cry for perennial underdogs. “HOW ‘BOUT THEM EARS!” ...