Kansas City Royals
These World Series champions may never have a Hall of Fame player
Now that Jack Morris and Alan Trammell have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the 1984 Tigers have two members so enshrined. That takes care of one of the greatest single-season teams in baseball history, giving them representation ... Read More »
Video of Bo Jackson’s monster home run in 1989 All-Star Game
Rick Reuschel was an underrated pitcher. He had a career that stacks up well against some lower-level Hall of Famers and several borderline Hall of Famers. But he’s largely forgotten for several reasons. People also don’t remember him as being ... Read More »
Kansas City Royals All-Time Team
Led by George Brett, the Royals ATT is dominated by players from the glory days of 1976-1985, when KC went to the playoffs seven times in ten years, capped by a World Championship Read More »
VIDEO: Chambliss’s homer ends Yankees 12-year pennant drought in ’76
It only took one pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game Five of the 1978 ALCS for Chris Chambliss to end the suspense. On the first offering he saw from Kansas City reliever Mark Littell, the Yankee ... Read More »
VIDEO: Johnny Bench and The Baseball Bunch recreate The Pine Tar Incident
From 1980 to 1985, The Baseball Bunch was a television show airing on Saturdays during the baseball season. It starred Johnny Bench as the host teaching a group of kids about baseball fundamentals and history, with special appearances from The Famous ... Read More »
Temper, temper: The troubled baseball career of José Offerman
There’s no place for violence in baseball, right? If your name is José Offerman you’d probably disagree. In a 15-year career in the major leagues, Offerman was a two-time All-Star, but most troubling, he was a multiple offender when it came ... Read More »
Little Freddie Patek made immediate impact on Royals
You have to wonder if Freddie Patek would even get drafted by a major league team today. Even back in the mid-1960s when baseball was much different than it is now, Patek wasn’t selected until the 22nd round of the ... Read More »
George Brett recalls the Pine Tar Game
In the midst of the 1983 season, future Hall of Famer George Brett was involved in one of the stickiest incidents in baseball history. It involved a home run, some pine tar, and the rule book Read More »
