RetroSeasons recaps past sports seasons through stories, photos, videos, and stats from every team, league, and stadium in history. Coverage includes the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL, as well as vintage media from defunct teams and leagues.
The 1996 Major League Baseball season was the final season of league-only play before the beginning of interleague play the following season. The season ended with the New York Yankees defeating the defending champion Atlanta Braves in six games for the World Series title, the Yankees' first championship since 1978. The record for most home runs hit in an MLB regular season, set at 4,458 in 1987, was broken, as the AL and NL combined to hit 4,962 home runs. Only 196 shutouts were recorded in the 2,266 MLB regular-season games. This was the first season in the Divisional Series era to be played to the full 162 games, as the 1994–95 player's strike caused the first two seasons of the era to be abbreviated.
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Nolan Ryan, California Angels interviewed by Leo Cloutier 1973
This Classic Radio Broadcast from July 6,1973 has Leo Cloutier speaking with Nolan Ryan who was then a pitcher for the California Angels and already very accomplished as a player.
A portion of this interview can be heard on the new Netflix Documentary FACING NOLAN, at about 31 minutes into the show.
MLB Network documentary from 2017 on the powerhouse Cleveland Indians teams from 1995-2001: winners of...
MLB The Dynasty That Almost Was (1990's Indians) / MLB Network documentary from 2017 on the powerhouse Cleveland Indians teams from 1995-2001: winners of 6 AL Central titles, 2 AL Pennants, but no World Series titles.
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I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.