The passage of time has led to the declassification of materials from an a study that took place on a college campus forty-two years ago. The materials were actually declassified two years ago, but the contents are now coming to light. The materials include a journal left behind by one of the study’s participants. The journal provides an eyewitness account of the compelling events of 1968. The interesting part is that the journal accurately records the history of that year with the exception of his detailed comments over the 1968 baseball season. The author is a self-described baseball fan, but it appears this subject deviated from the normal time-space continuum with respect to certain events in sports. In fact, this participant refers to events from the three previous baseball seasons and the previous two football seasons that simply did not occur in our recorded history. Researchers are baffled by the journal as the author appears to be addressing an audience in the future. The present whereabouts of this participant is currently unknown.
This journal is being released to the public incrementally for public review and scrutiny. The latest post can be read below. Archives of this dated journal from its origin can be accessed in the Archives. A web portal to the games, statistics, standings and news described by this subject can be accessed though this portal entitled 1968: a baseball odyssey.
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If you think about it, four new baseball teams will exist due to the decision of one man. Charlie Finley took the Athletics and left Kansas City six months ago. So now, not only does Oakland have the A’s, but the Royals will be in Kansas City, the Pilots in Seattle, and two new National League clubs will be created. The cities will be selected in a matter of weeks. I don’t know why anyone would call the American League the junior circuit any longer because it is obviously pulling the train at the moment. The National League voted to expand to 12 teams in step with the American League’s plan pushed through due to Mr. Finley’s actions last fall. The NL announced that they decided to follow the AL’s game plan, but everyone knew they had to go along. Was the NL champion just going to wait for the AL champion to be decided by the new playoff round? And more importantly, the NL was not going to let the AL have all the money created by television and tickets for this new playoff round. Hey, I may be a freshman but I’m starting to see out how the world really works. The Twins and Braves lead their leagues after a week. Harmon Killebrew is off to another fast start. He leads the big leagues with five home runs, and teammate Dean Chance already has three wins in a week and two days. The Angels won on their final at-bat. It was the second time in three days they had done so. Some of these teams are going to make things interesting. Read along with the #1 hit from the second week of January, 1968 – Green Tambourine. Miami, Jan. 14, 1968 – Nine seasons ago, a nationally televised NFL Championship Game carried into overtime and lifted professional football into the national spotlight. The championship game between the NFL Champion Dallas Cowboys and AFL Champion Oakland Raiders has similarly lifted this “Super Bowl” into equal prominence overnight. The Cowboys defeated the Raiders, 16-10, in sudden death overtime for the World’s Championship. The clubs played like freshman at the senior prom. Each had opportunities to seize control of the game, but instead the game played out as a marathon walk on a tightrope. Oakland made the first mistake as Cowboy LB Lee Roy Jordan intercepted Daryle Lamonica’s pass intended for Fred Biletnikoff. Jordan rumbled 31 yards down the sideline to set up Don Meredith’s troops at the Oakland 41. After two ineffective gadget plays, Meredith found Lance Rentzel downfield for a completion to the Oakland 9. The Raider defense pushed the Cowboys backward from there, and forced Dallas to settle for a 23 yard field goal attempt by Danny Villanueva. The butterflies were evident as Villanueva missed the attempt. However, Mike Johnson picked off another Lamonica pass on the subsequent drive, and Villanueva converted a 27 yard attempt for the game’s initial score.  Oakland QB Daryle Lamonica peers over center Jim Otto in the Raiders' 29-14 defeat of the Houston Oilers to win the 1967 AFL Championship. Read along with the #1 song from the last week of December, 1967 – Oakland, Dec. 31 – The Oakland Raiders won the AFL Championship with five field goals from George Blanda and a pair of touchdown tosses by Daryle Lamonica. The Raiders overcame an interception return for a touchdown by Houston defensive back W.K. Hicks on the game’s first play from scrimmage. Oakland managed only a pair of Blanda field goals in the remainder of the first half, however the Raider defense was a stone wall to the meek Oiler attack. In the second half, the Oilers denied the Raiders from reaching the end zone, and Blanda was called upon again for an 18 yard chip shot. The field goal finally gave the Raiders the lead, 9-7. Oakland broke through in the final moments of the third quarter after Lamonica found Clem Daniels in the end zone for an 11 yard score. However, the Oilers responded immediately as Zeke Moore returned the ensuing kickoff 90 yards for a Houston touchdown which cut the Oakland lead back to a slim two-point margin. The Raider defense dominated the game thusfar, but Lamonica and the Oakland offense were unable to put the Oilers away. The Oiler defense and special teams were keeping Houston in the game as the game reached its final quarter.  George Andrie (#66) pressures Green Bay QB Bart Starr amid frigid conditions at Lambeau Field. Andrie registered two of the nine Cowboy sacks on the day as the Dallas Cowboys stopped the Green Bay Packers, 22-0, to advance to the World Championship Game. Green Bay, Dec. 31 – The Dallas Cowboys exacted revenge in the most unlikeliest of scenes – Lambeau Field amid the harshest playing conditions in professional sports – with a 22-0 blanking of the host Green Bay Packers to advance to the second annual NFL-AFL Championship Game. Green Bay defeated host Dallas last season, 24-13, to advance to the inaugural game en route to the World’s Championship. With the temperature at kickoff registering negative thirteen degrees and a wind chill of forty eight degrees below zero, the Cowboys stymied the Packers with a relentless defensive attack that equaled the brutal cold that swept across the playing surface. The Cowboys sacked Green Bay quarterback Bart Starr nine times, and suitably finished the game with a end zone sack of Starr which resulted in a safety. Under a heavy rush, Starr threw three interceptions which led to two first-half touchdowns by Dallas and the other ended a Packer scoring threat. On the Packers first series, Starr’s first attempt was intercepted by Mel Renfro at the Packer 34. Dallas quarterback Don Meredith connected with wideout Lance Rentzel for 24 yards, and tight end Frank Clarke reached the Packer 1 with an end-around. Don Perkins plunged ahead for the game’s first score, however kicker Danny Villanueva missed the extra point. Starr threw another interception on the opening play of the second quarter. Chuck Howley intercepted and returned the ball thirty yards to the Packer 13. For everyone who loves to listen to baseball on the radio: p.s. – not safe listening for work.
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