1970 Major League Baseball Season - 1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, 1970 Cincinnati Reds Season, 1970 World Series (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 170. Not illustrated. Chapters: 1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, 1970 Cincinnati Reds Season, 1970 World Series, 1970 Baltimore Orioles Season, 1970 Milwaukee Brewers Season, 1970 St. Louis Cardinals Season, 1970 Minnesota Twins Season, 1970 Oakland Athletics Season, 1970 New York Yankees Season, 1970 Washington Senators Season, 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates Season, 1970 California Angels Season, 1970 Cleveland Indians Season, 1970 Chicago White Sox Season, 1970 Boston Red Sox Season, 1970 Los Angeles Dodgers Season, 1970 Kansas City Royals Season, 1970 Houston Astros Season, 1970 Detroit Tigers Season, 1970 New York Mets Season, 1970 American League Championship Series, 1970 National League Championship Series, 1970 Major League Baseball Draft, 1970 Topps All-Star Rookie Roster. Excerpt: 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. The game was played on July 14, 1970 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, home of the Cincinnati Reds of the National League. The game resulted in a 5-4 victory for the NL. Riverfront Stadium had barely been open two weeks when it hosted its first All-Star Game. The game had been hosted by the Cincinnati Reds twice before (1938 and 1953) when their home park had been Crosley Field. The Reds would host one more All-Star Game at Riverfront Stadium in 1988. So close was the opening of the stadium and the scheduled exhibition game, that Major League Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn did not confirm that the game would "definitely" be played in Cincinnati until June 1. Atlanta had been the alternative site. Undeniably, the most remembered moment of the game was the final run, scored in the bottom of the twelfth by Pete Rose. The ball had...