FILE - St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Lou Brock is surrounded by teammates as he holds second base after breaking Ty Cobb's all-time record of 892 stolen bases during a game against the San Diego Padres in San Diego, Calif., in this Monday night, Aug. 29, 1977, file photo. At left is team manager Vern Rapp. The list is disquieting in its length - those from the ranks of 1970s baseball rosters who have died in the past year alone. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose, right, who will attempt a hit in his 44th straight game, is interviewed by Atlanta Braves pitcher Phil Niekro for a television sportscast prior to a game in Atlanta, in this July 31, 1978, file photo. Pete Rose says “You wanna know the truth? I faced 19 Hall of Fame pitchers in the 1970s and 1980s. I don’t know if guys today are facing 19 Hall of Fame pitchers.” (AP Photo/Charles Kelly, File)

FILE - Five retired Major League baseball players appear in Chicago, in this Tuesday, March 10, 1976, file photo, with Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck as they showed new uniforms that the White Sox will be wearing. Three home game uniforms at left are worn by, from left, Bill "Moose" Skowron, Mo Drabowski and Jim K. Rivera, wearing a home hot weather uniforms At right are the road uniforms worn by Dave Nicholson and Dan Osinski. (AP Photo/Lo, File)

FILE - Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers, left, shows his teammate Aurelio Rodriguez the bat and ball he used to hit his 3,000 hit in major league baseball in Baltimore, in this Sept. 24, 1974, file photo. The past year has not been good for 1970s baseball, with the deaths of a multitude of the decade's mainstays and heroes. Kaline died April 6, 2020. (AP Photo/William A. Smith, File)

FILE - Atlanta Braves' Hank Aaron eyes the flight of the ball after hitting his 715th career homer in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Atlanta, Ga., in this Monday night, April 8, 1974, file photo. Aaron broke Babe Ruth's record of 714 career home runs. Dodgers southpaw pitcher Al Downing, catcher Joe Ferguson and umpire David Davidson look on. (AP Photo/Harry Harrris)

FILE - This April 6, 1977, file photo shows a collection of baseball cards. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - In this July 12, 1979, file photo, fans storm the field at Chicago's White Sox Park on Disco Demolition night after the first game of a doubleheader between the White Sox and Detroit Tigers. The promotion by a local radio station turned into a melee after hundreds of disco records were blown up on the field. The second game of the doubleheader was called by umpires who declared the field unfit for play. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 1975, file photo, three of the tops in baseball, from left, Hank Aaron, Lou Brock and Bob Gibson talk at an event where they were honored by St. Louis baseball writers in St. Louis. Aaron was honoroed for his 733 home runs and breaking Babe Ruth's record; Brock for his 118 stolen bases in one season and Bob Gibson for passing the National League strikeout record. In the 1970s, players of color finally stepped into an unfettered spotlight, the reserve clause ended, free agency began and the players’ union found its voice. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle sits in the dugout before a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Pittsburgh, in this Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, file photo. The affection drenches Clint Hurdle’s voice when he talks of them, when he appraises the list of those recently gone — childhood idols who became teammates and opponents, teammates and opponents who became acquaintances, acquaintances who became friends. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

FILE - This Aug. 4, 1981, file photo shows former Athletics baseball team owner Charles O. Finley showing off orange baseballs on "Good Morning America." The Athletics were given permission by then-baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn to use the baseballs in a couple of spring training games. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff, File)

FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda answers reporters questions during a Dodgers workouts at New York's Yankee Stadium, in this Oct. 13, 1978, file photo. The past year has not been good for 1970s baseball, with the deaths of a multitude of the decade's mainstays and heroes. Lasorda died Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Kennedy, File)

FILE - American League pitcher Don Sutton of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches in the 48th All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium in New York, in this Tuesday night, July 20, 1977, file photo. A unique era of baseball is fading. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Former Olympic great Jesse Owens gestures while talking to San Francisco Giants baseball players, from left, Garry Maddox, Gary Matthews and Horace Speed during spring training drills in Casa Grande, Ariz., in this March 8, 1975, file photo. Pete Rose talks about facing Hall of Fame pitchers in the 1970s and 1980s. Gary Matthews, another big name from the 1970s said "A good day against those guys was two strikeouts and two walks.” (AP Photo/Robert H. Houston, File)

FILE - New York Mets' pitcher Tom Seaver straightens out his equipment at New York's Shea Stadium, in this Jan. 22, 1975, file photo. The past year has not been good for 1970s baseball, with the deaths of a multitude of the decade's mainstays and heroes. From Tom Seaver and Bob Gibson to Joe Morgan, Lou Brock and longtime home-run king Hank Aaron, some of the most familiar names on the field during that era are now gone.(AP Photo/Harry Harris, File)

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 16, 1976, file photo, Cincinnati second baseman Joe Morgan tips his helmet to the fans as he rounds the bases after a homer in the first inning against the New York Yankees at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. The affection drenches Clint Hurdle’s voice when he talks of them, when he appraises the list of those recently gone — childhood idols who became teammates and opponents, teammates and opponents who became acquaintances, acquaintances who became friends.(AP Photo/File)

FILE - This is a 1970 file photo showing Atlanta Braves pitcher Phil Niekro. Niekro, a five-time All-Star, five-time Gold Glove award winner, two-time National League wins leader, National League strikeout leader in 1977, and pitched a no-hitter on Aug. 5, 1973, died on Dec. 26, 2020 at age 81. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Atlanta Braves' right-handed slugger Hank Aaron (44) kneels in the batting circle as he waits for his turn at bat in a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, in this April 4, 1974, file photo. During the game Aaron tied the all-time home run record at 714. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - This March 1970 file photo shows St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson posed during spring training at St. Petersburg, Fla. Names etched on the most coveted cards. Names that crackled from transistor radios. The names that shouted from the pages of hometown newspapers and Baseball Digest issues at a moment in the game’s history that seems for some like just yesterday but, propelled by the losses of the past year, is starting its inexorable fade. Gibson died Oct. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Atlanta Braves' Hank Aaron waves to the crowd as baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn presents him with a trophy in Cincinnati after Aaron tied Babe Ruth's all-time home run mark, in this April 4, 1974, file photo. Aaron died Jan. 22, 2021. Kuhn was commissioner from Feb. 4, 1969 to Sept. 30, 1984. (AP Photo/Bob Johnson, File)

FILE - New York Mets Tom Seaver throws against the Pittsburgh Pirates, enroute to setting a Major League record of eight consecutive seasons of 200 or more strikeouts, at New York's Shea Stadium, in this Sept. 1, 1975, file photo. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, File)

FILE - In this Saturday, March 13, 1976, file photo, Marvin Miller, executive director of the baseball players association, holds a news conference in St. Petersburg, Fla., as New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver, rear left, and St. Louis Cardinals' Reggie Smith look on. The 1970s. Players of color finally stepping into an unfettered spotlight, the reserve clause ending, free agency beginning and the players’ union finding its voice. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - New York Yankees slugger Reggie Jackson, wearing a ring commemorating the Yankees' 1977 World Series victory, samples a new Reggie! candy bar in New York, in this Feb. 22, 1978, file photo. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff, File)