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 affection engulfs Clint Hurdle’s voice as he appraises the list of those recently gone — childhood idols who became teammates and opponents, teammates and opponents who became acquaintances, ...

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 ...

The Tiger Stadium that hosted O's-Tigers in July 1970 is remembered as 'a grand old stadium.' (Getty Images) Father's Day is just around the corner, and I am not looking at ties. Or golf shirts. I am ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The affection engulfs Clint Hurdle’s voice as he appraises the list of those recently gone — childhood idols who became teammates and opponents, teammates and opponents who became acquaintances, ...