1987 — Houston’s Kevin Bass went 4-for-4 ... The New York Mets right-hander needed only two strikeouts to reach the mark in a 10-4 win over Cincinnati. 2008 — Baseball’s first use of instant replay ...

1987 — New York’s Don Mattingly tied Dale Long’s 31-year-old major league record when he hit a home run for the eighth consecutive game in the Yankees’ 7-2 loss to the Texas Rangers.

Back in May of 1987, the syndicated show 'This Week In Baseball' featured interviews with the soon-to-be-World Champion Minnesota Twins. Host Mel Allen narrates.

This week's card is a 1987 John Tudor card from Topps. Personally, I'm a big fan of the whole wood-grained border on the 86's; there's really nothing that screams "class" like fake wood, is there?

Major League Baseball just announced that MLB Productions Film and Production archives -- and new videos too -- are going up on iTunes. Included in the archives: the first season of “This Week in ...