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Come Fan with UsTuesday, June 30, 2026

The 1970s: Baseball’s 1960s

Major League Baseball is usually six or eight years behind the times, which is why baseball in the 1970s was more interesting than baseball in the ‘60s.

↵This reoccurred to me when reading Uni-Watch’s take on the ‘76 Braves, many of whom sported nicknames on the backs of their jerseys.

↵(This will have to satisfy your Uni-Watch hankerings until Lukas offers his take on the Rays’ fauxback unis.)

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