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TWIB '77 reaches its finale with the hotly contested AL East battle and a look back on all the craziness of its first year.

It's Let's Get Small Week on TWIB '77! Small guys playing small ball, doing little things to win big games! Also, Lou Brock explains himself. (Not really)

TWIB '77 speeds into episode 12 as the A's get a eulogy, Herman Franks loses it, and proto-Jeffrey Maiers emerge.

TWIB '77 reaches episode 11! With cameos from Danny Kaye, Ron Luciano, and the most obtuse crowd sign ever.

The life of a day in New York Mets history.

9/23/1908 - Merkle commits bonehead error The first famous gaffe in MLB history occurs as Giants first baseman Fred Merkle fails to tag all the bases in a critical game with the Chicago Cubs....

(Steve Carlton in his 19-strikeout game. Photo courtesy of Bruce Bennett Studios) 9/15/1969 - Carlton K's 19Steve Carlton of the St. Louis Cardinals strikes out 19 New York Mets batter, breaking...

Going nostalgic, for me.  J.R. Richard, Steve Carlton and Dwight Gooden were three of the most dominant pitchers I remember from my youth.  Richard was the pitcher at my first ever ballgame...