Hal Chase was a master instigator, bad teammate, and a criminal who nested himself among gamblers who conspired to throw the World Series. He survived in pro baseball because he was a brilliant defensive player. But, eventually his nefarious actions caused his banishment from organized baseball for betting against his own teams.
Who is the greatest catcher in Baltimore Orioles history? Is Adley Rutschman already in the conversation?
Here are the 10 best pitchers of the 19th century
Colleges have baseball teams that consistently win championships and can plummet the next big star into ultimate success with the right training and guidance.
When he was finally expelled from Major League Baseball, Kingman had hit more home runs than all but 18 players in the history of the game. But his legacy was less about the swings that sent a baseball over fences, and more about his swings that whiffed.
The Dodgers have consistently been one of the top teams in Major League Baseball (MLB) for several years now, and this season is no different. From strong
If Albert Pujols reaches 700 home runs before his career clock strikes midnight, it will be an important milestone for baseball history. Here’s why.
We pick the best baseball player born every year since 1861.
Before he was a superstar pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Koufax was a teenage “bonus baby” for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
What does the new Collective Bargaining Agreement mean for Major League Baseball?
Now that pitcher Jon Lester has announced his retirement from baseball, what are his chances of being elected to the Hall of Fame?
We pick an all-time roster made up of fictional baseball players from Hollywood movies. Roy Hobbs, Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, Crash Davis, and more.
These are the nine biggest baseball stories you’ll be fascinated by in 2022. From the labor strife to Trevor Bauer to the return of Buck Showalter.
What’s the best baseball book written by a baseball player? We pick and rank 12 of them.
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
There’s a famous line from one of the Peanuts cartoons where Linus is walking with Charlie Brown discussing the holiday season. Charlie is explaining how sad he
Eight pitchers have managed to win 100 games for TWO teams. All but two of them are in the Hall of Fame. All of them were great hurlers.
We pick an all-time team comprised of players who had the joy of playing for baseball’s eternal optimist and foulmouth, Tommy Lasorda.
In less than two weeks the 2020 baseball season will (finally) begin. But it will be unlike any season we’ve ever seen in professional baseball. The league
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.
This is part of a series on the greatest players in the history of a franchise based on the advanced statistic called WAR (Wins Above Replacement). First
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
Dave Roberts may have thought he was doing Clayton Kershaw’s legacy a favor when he kept the pitcher in Game Five of the 2019 NLDS to start
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
What is the greatest catcher/pitcher combination in baseball history? The best duo to ever form a battery? How do we answer that question? Where do we start?
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.
This article has been updated. Now that Jack Morris and Alan Trammell have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the 1984 Tigers have two members
There was always something unusual about Eddie Grant, but he was comfortable with that. He didn’t mind being different. In a brief life that stretched only 35
Cecil Travis spent nearly four years serving in World War II and came back with injured feet after they had froze in the Battle of the Bulge.
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