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The 1970 Major League Baseball season: The Seattle Pilots relocated to Milwaukee and became the Brewers, thus returning Major League Baseball to Wisconsin for the first time since the relocation of the Milwaukee Braves to Atlanta following the 1965 season. Major League Baseball returned to Seattle in 1977, when the Mariners began play.
Still, 'Game', half of the postseason – we got lots left." By 1980, income from television broadcasts accounted for a record 30% of the game's $500 million in revenues. In 1976, ABC picked up the television rights [11] for Monday Night Baseball [12] games from NBC. For most of its time on ABC, the Monday night games were held on "dead travel ...
The 1970 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1970 season. The 67th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League champion Baltimore Orioles (108–54 in the regular season) and the National League champion Cincinnati Reds (102–60). The Orioles won, four games to one.
Richard Nixon throwing out the first ball of the game. Nixon throwing a ball to the fans. The 1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 41st midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball.
Nevertheless, 1970 is a strong season for Yastrzemski, who leads the AL in runs scored, slugs 40 homers, collects 102 RBI, and is the MVP of the 1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Vic Davalillo of the St. Louis Cardinals breaks the National League single-season pinch hitting record and ties the Major League record with his 24th pinch hit ...
The 1970 National League Championship Series was a semifinal matchup of the 1970 MLB Postseason between the East Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates and the West Division champion Cincinnati Reds. The Reds swept the Pirates three games to none and went on to lose the World Series to the Baltimore Orioles. The series was the second NLCS.
The 1970 Cincinnati Reds season was the 101st season for the franchise in Major League Baseball.The Reds won the National League West title with a record of 102 wins and 60 losses, 14 + 1 ⁄ 2 games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The 1970 American League Championship Series was a semifinal matchup of the 1970 MLB Postseason between the East Division champion Baltimore Orioles and the West Division champion Minnesota Twins. Like the year before , the Orioles swept the Twins three games to none, though unlike the year before, the Orioles went on to win the World Series ...