Show your 1970 East West MLB Classic Game items
 

Hi Gang:

Anyone have anything to do with the March 28, 1970 MLB East - West Classic played in Dodger Stadium in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King? If so please post it here.

Here are a few things, ticket, pin, and program I found online. Would like to see/get these and anything else any of you have.

I have the same program you have.

Al Kaline's medal for participating in the game sold at Heritage a few weeks back. I got outbid unfortunately.

I have a group of snapshots from the game…


https://photos.imageevent.com/docpat...WCClemente.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/docpat...0EWCJRobby.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/docpat...0EWCKoufax.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/docpat...antoKoufax.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/docpat...sialKoufax.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/docpat...ysMcCarver.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/docpat...byNewcombe.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/docpat...RosePinson.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/docpat...DavisBanks.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/docpat...0EWCFRobby.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/docpat...EWCJackson.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/docpat...epedaAaron.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/docpat...neClemente.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/docpat...enchCepeda.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/docpat...averKaline.jpg

Wow

Those are absolutely incredible!

Incredible photos of some of the greats from my formative baseball fan years. Wow. You call them snapshots but these are really nice photographs. Did you have special access to the field as a photojournalist or for some other reason? I was not even aware of this game before this thread. Did Koufax participate in it that long after retiring?

Was this West AL/NL vs. East AL/NL? :confused:

Thanks for the introduction to this event. Never heard of it. And yowza, those photos. Amazing.

A helpful intro: https://baseballhall.org/discover/ea...t-classic-1970

Maybe a dumb question, who is the pitcher on the cover?

WAccording to the link I just shared, he was a coach for the West, with Campanella being the West's manager for the game.

Super cool snapshots!

Thanks all! I purchased the photos as a group a few years ago. There were a few that I didn’t post of lesser known players. My primary interest was in the Clemente photo, but once I had them in hand I was glad to have added them all to my collection.

Very cool stuff

And interesting history

I picked up the program late last year and was thrilled to add this original 8X10 via trade earlier this week.(Coretta Scott King, Clemente, and Frank Robinson)I’m still searching for the pinback and ticket.