A controversial ninth-inning ruling sent tempers boiling over as the Astros and Cardinals battled through 16 innings on May 9, 1979, with players, a manager, and even items from the bench getting tossed along the way. Yet the strangest twists may have come later, as one Astro kept getting chances to end the game and another refused to leave it despite a frightening first-inning collision.
🕵️ Inside The Original Newspaper Coverage you’ll learn:
The Astro who finally won it on his third chance
Why one baseball executive mentioned a full moon
The painful collision that almost ended a streak
🕵️ Replay Today: June 24, 1976
Travel back 50 years ago to the day, and experience baseball as fans saw it that day with one original newspaper page featuring:
Dodgers close the gap with Reds
Bake McBride pursued by four Reds on the NL batting leader board
a disgruntle recent Cy Young winner heads to Atlanta
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The headlines, box scores, league leaders, and details modern recaps often leave behind are waiting below.
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