Have there ever been too more physical opposites than Freddie Patek and John Mayberry? “Lil’ Freddie’ was barely over 5-feet tall, and “Big John” was
Morganna Roberts was only 15 years old when she kissed her first baseball player, Pete Rose in Cincinnati in 1969. But over the next twenty-plus
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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