Eddie Collins was the greatest second baseman of the Deadball Era 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 September 18, 2017
The Pittsburgh “Lumber Company” of the 1970s The Pirates never got the publicity the Big Red Machine did for their 1970s success. But they had an equally intimidating nickname. September 4, 2012