Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The deal involved the airing of Thursday Night Baseball [31] in markets at least 50 miles (80 km) from a major league park. [32] The deal earned Major League Baseball less than $500,000, but led to a new two-year contract for 40–45 games per season. [33] [34] ABC aired Monday Night Baseball and the World Series.
The 1979 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1979 season.The winners of each division advance to the postseason and face each other in a League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
Pages in category "1979 Major League Baseball season" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. ... 1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game;
The 1979 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1979 season. The 76th edition of the World Series was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates (98–64) and the American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles (102–57). The Pirates won in seven games, becoming the ...
January 9 – Hinkey Haines, 80, professional baseball and football player; outfielder over 12 minor-league campaigns and a single major-league season, appearing in 28 games for 1923 American League champion New York Yankees, then two games in 1923 World Series; in his final MLB contest, in Game 6, scored winning tally as a pinch runner during ...
National League Champion American Association Champion Players' League Champion World Series / Temple Cup Champion 1890: Brooklyn Bridegrooms: Louisville Colonels: Boston Reds: Tie, Louisville Colonels and Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1891: Boston Beaneaters: Boston Reds – – 1892 – – Boston Beaneaters 1893 – – – 1894: Baltimore Orioles
The 1979 Cincinnati Reds season was the 110th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 10th and 9th full season at Riverfront Stadium.The Reds won the National League West under their first-year manager John McNamara, with a record of 90–71, 1½ games better than the Houston Astros.
The 1979 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five series that was the semifinal on the American League side of the 1979 postseason, which pitted the East Division champion Baltimore Orioles against the West Division champion California Angels, who were making their first postseason appearance.