On June 12th, 1981, the MLB players association went on strike. The event marked the fourth work stoppage in a decade, and baseball’s devoted fans were understandably frustrated. After years and years ...

It truly was the best of times and the worst of times in baseball in 1981. On one hand, the "Fernandomania" phenomenon brought unmatched levels of excitement to the game every fourth of fifth day in a ...

There have been 147 Mexican-born players in MLB history. The greatest among them was the legendary Fernando Valenzuela, who became an instant sensation with the Dodgers in the early 1980s and the only ...

NEW YORK Incoming baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and players’ association head Tony Clark have been selected to participate in a new Major League Baseball committee tasked with decreasing the ...

Those who were around for Fernando-Mania probably never expected to see anything like that ever again. Fernando Valenzuela took Major League Baseball by storm when he arrived as a rookie for the ...

Fueled by Mike Norris, Tony Armas and Rickey Henderson, the 1981 Oakland Athletics set a new Major League record by winning their first 11 games of the season. On this day in 1981, the A’s played a ...