It was a slow sports weekend, so I watched a couple of baseball games ... from 1978. The YES Network, home of the New York Yankees, replayed some Yankee Classics -- shockingly, the channel shows only ...

Not only are the Red Sox facing what amounts to a do-or-die four-game series with the first place New York Yankees, how about using one of the organization's darkest hours for motivation. So, who ...

Much like the 1979 and 1980 Topps sets that followed it, the 1978 Topps set is primarily known for a single, quintessential rookie card. In 1979, it was Ozzie Smith. In 1980, it was Rickey Henderson.

Steinert High graduated Dave Gallagher (left) in this 2002 with Trenton Thunder mascot Boomer and then manager De Marlo Hale, recalls fonding the 1978 high school team. (Frank Jacobs III/The Times) ...

Jorge Diaz, who was Coral Park's catcher in 1978, and Manny Fernandez, the school's second baseman. Photo provided to the Miami Herald There was the sophomore first baseman, Orestes Destrade, who wasn ...