Once, when Max Scherzer was pitching in college for the University of Missouri, a teammate asked him during a game why he threw a fastball to a
These were happier and healthier times for Steve and Cyndy Garvey. Garvey is one of the best first basemen to ever play for the Los Angeles Dodgers,
This rare film clip shows Detroit manager Ty Cobb and one of his pitchers, Earl Whitehill, on a visit to a Detroit-area jail in the early 1920s.
The last time the Cleveland Indians won the World Series was in 1948, when they defeated the Boston Braves in six games. It’s still early, but the
Hitting two home runs in a game is not easy. But imagine hitting two home runs in a single inning. A lot has to go right for
The most no-hitters in a career is seven by Nolan Ryan, who is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Nolan Ryan’s No-Hit Games May 15,
I was only a few days into my tenure working at the Baseball Hall of Fame when I found myself sitting in a meeting in which staff
Bobby Doerr wasn’t elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame until he was an old man. Joe Gordon was pushing up daisies by the time he was
The Green Monster is one of the most famous pieces of real estate in sports. It looms over the playing field at Fenway Park, a marvelous attraction,
The Detroit Tigers gave Bill Freehan a $100,000 bonus off the campus of the University of Michigan. That was probably the best money the team ever spent.