The Bill Mazeroski Baseball Annual for 1987 - A treasure found at my parents house

Whenever I go back to my parents home, which was also my home during my high school days, I love going through the closets and seeing what artifact from my childhood I can unearth.This past Christmas I stumbled across this gem: Bill Mazeroski's Baseball Annual for 1987.For those of you who don't remember or are too young to even know, the release of the Bill Mazeroski Annual was one of the

Mid-1980s playoff baseball had no equal - My Latest For The Hardball Times

In my latest article for The Hardball Times I make the case that the 1980s had the greatest stretch of post season baseball ever.October baseball never was better than between 1985 and 1988 and year in and year out we not only had exciting games but also a few iconic moments that became legendary.The 1980s might have been a maligned decade for baseball, but the Octobers were sublime… from “Go