The oldest Hall of Famer passed away today, leaving behind a legion of fans despite having played his last baseball game more than six decades ago. Bobby
The greatest players in the history of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Be ready for lumber and old-time pitchers.
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. Quibble if
We pick the best baseball player born every year since 1861.
The Cleveland Indians changed their team name – what’s holding back the Atlanta Braves?
Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds have both been swept off the Hall of Fame ballot after failing to earn election in ten tries due to PED allegations.
Danny Murtaugh was a humble Irishman with a bad ticker who led the Pirates to two World Series titles.
Here we are back with the second installment in a series called “Greatness Score,” a system I devised to help rate the candidacy of players for the
The 20 greatest players in the history of the Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Braves, and Boston Braves.
Curt Schilling fell 16 votes shy of election in his 9th year on the ballot. Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are still well below where they need to be to get elected to Cooperstown. See the complete results here first.
We pick an all-time team comprised of players who had the joy of playing for baseball’s eternal optimist and foulmouth, Tommy Lasorda.
We honor the most accomplished man to ever throw a knuckleball.
Whitey Ford, legendary big game pitcher for the Yankees in the 1950s and 1960s, and best friend to Mickey Mantle, has died.
You can watch a lot of baseball games and try to find a pitcher who was in the zone. You won’t find many who were more locked in than Doc Halladay was on October 6, 2010.
The sixth installment in a series that looks at the greatest players in franchise histories, based on Wins Above Replacement. 20. Jim Maloney Maybe only three or
What are the odds that George Springer will get thrown out trying to steal second base in the ninth inning with two outs tonight in Game Seven
Once upon a time, the Baltimore Orioles were baseball’s model franchise. From the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, the Orioles were the most successful team in the
The dynamic between a manager and a pitcher is pivotal for team success. The manager needs a strong pitcher, the pitcher needs a manager who trusts him.
Eddie Collins buried his bats during the off-season in shallow holes in his backyard that he called “graves” in order to keep them “lively.” That’s odd, for
If you ask me, there’s no better place to watch a baseball game than Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs played their first game at Wrigley Field in
I don’t know nearly enough about the “guts” of WAR to know whether it’s great, good, bad, pitiful, or somewhere in between. This IS NOT an article
Lost among the superstars on the Big Red Machine was a quiet, unusual slugger named George Foster.
In the “Peach State” on May 8, one of the most popular beverages in history was first concocted, and on December 18, a legendary ballplayer was born. As a result, Coca-Cola became a household name and one of the most profitable companies in the world, and Tyrus Raymond Cobb became a batting champion and eventually one of the first members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Here’s our list of the greatest Cinderella teams in baseball history, from the 1914 Miracle Boston Braves to the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays, these teams wore the glass slipper for one magical season.
I don’t have to tell the people of Michigan how wonderful Ernie Harwell was, or how important he was to this state. It seems there isn’t a man, woman, or child over the age of 10 in Michigan who doesn’t have some memory of the Voice of the Tigers. The Voice of Baseball in Michigan, the Voice of Spring.
Under a warm summer sun, fans strained to catch a glimpse of two of baseball’s greatest stars battling each other. Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, once tough competitors on the baseball field, were at it again. But this competition did not take place on a diamond – the battle occured instead on the rolling hills of a golf course.