Is Kershaw the “worst great pitcher” in postseason history?
Dave Roberts may have thought he was doing Clayton Kershaw’s legacy a favor when he kept the pitcher in Game Five of the NLDS to
October 12, 2019
Dave Roberts may have thought he was doing Clayton Kershaw’s legacy a favor when he kept the pitcher in Game Five of the NLDS to
This is the third installment of my “Top 20” series, looking at the top players for a specific franchise based solely on Wins Above Replacement.
According to his manager, Steve Yeager went down “like he’d been felled by a bullet.” Fans near the on-deck circle were stunned and silent. Some turned
Almost as much as any other facet of the game, the usage of starting pitchers has evolved quite a bit throughout the history of baseball.
At the start of the 1962 season, Sandy Koufax was a .500 pitcher with an ERA just below four runs per game. Far from being
There’s so much to enjoy about this video from ABC Sports’ broadcast of Game One of the 1981 World Series on October 20, 1981 from
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
Long before relief pitchers had signature songs that blared through ballpark speakers to announce their entrance into a game, long before relievers were given big
From 1903-1989, every World Series winning team except two have boasted at least one future Hall of Famer on their roster. In most of the cases, the winning team has had more than one player who have gone on to be immortalized in Cooperstown.
When Robinson took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, he blazed a trail for African American ballplayers. That legacy lives on today. In the last ten seasons, 15 of the 20 league Most Valuable Player Awards have been awarded to African American or Latino ballplayers.
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