Before a game during the 1983 season, Dale Murphy visited with a six-year old girl who had lost her hands and a leg when she stepped on
Henry Aaron gave most of the memorabilia from his playing career to the Baseball Hall of Fame, but he held on to a few items. The things he saved are telling.
These players deserve to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
After an 88-year journey, the Braves finally made it to the .500 mark again in 2011 after 88 years.
In this cartoon, The Sporting News is celebrating Forbes Field, which debuted on June 30, 1909, and was marking its 50th anniversary in 1959.
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.
Former slugger Fred McGriff, who hit 493 home runs and drove in 1,550 runs in a 19-year career, has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by a special committee.
In Game 2 of the World Series, home plate umpire Pat Hoberg was perfect.
We pick the best baseball player born every year since 1861.
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.
The 20 greatest players in the history of the Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Braves, and Boston Braves.
We discuss how Whitey Herzog nearly nabbed Don Sutton for the A’s, and how Sutton doctored the baseball.
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
In many ways, professional baseball mirrors America, for the good and the bad. Just like the history of the United States, baseball history has been scarred by
The Baseball Hall of Fame has changed their veterans committee election rules like the political parties draw up congressional districts. The folks in Cooperstown have redrawn 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.
Did the baseball writers think they were getting another chance to vote for RAINES? The election of Harold Baines has, in my opinion, lowered the bar of
The most important player on the field is the pitcher. The baseball is literally in his hand to start every play. Starting pitchers log the most innings.
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
After pondering a strange ballot that included five players (some of them unlikely), three executives, and two managers, the Baseball Hall of Fame’s veterans committee has elected
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Early in January, the results of the 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting will be announced, in what should prove to be the most anticipated and talked-about
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
One of the most memorable moments in Milwaukee baseball history came from an unlikely player.
These players were great, but they never had a chance to shine in the Fall Classic.
Veterans Day is a day to remember and thank those who have sacrificed so much for our country. Some gave their lives. Even those who came back from war have given up much for our country. In the history of baseball, one ballplayer gave up perhaps more than any other with his service to the country. Though he came back alive from World War II, he almost certainly was deprived of baseball immortality.
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.
When Juan Marichal stepped on the mound for the first time as a big leaguer, it was the first major league game he had ever seen. Nine innings later, he had made one of the most spectacular debuts in baseball history, and launched a career that would land him in Cooperstown.