Which late-season trade deadline acquisition had the biggest impact on a pennant race? The answer is most likely a starting pitcher, but if we look only at
Willie McCovey is best remembered for the hit he did NOT get. But even that was a screaming line drive, and had it fallen in, baseball history would have changed.
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
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.
Remembering Frank Howard, the feared power hitter of the 1960s with the Senators and Dodgers.
Here are the 10 best pitchers of the 19th century
Here’s the incredible lineup for the San Francisco Giants all-time team.
Is there anything we can do to restore the dignity that Native Americans and African American players lost when they were stuck with racially insensitive nicknames years ago?
Allen was a tremendous baseball player who had the misfortune of coming up through an organization that was indelicate about the issue of race.
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 greatest players in the history of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Be ready for lumber and old-time pitchers.
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.
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
Every year when a team wins the first few games of the baseball season there’s a tendency for fans to get excited. How many games can my
Anyone who saw Rod Carew swing the bat will never forget it. He was a magician with a Louisville Slugger in his hands. The multiple batting titles
Next Tuesday afternoon we’ll learn who will be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the baseball writers. For the third consecutive year I will try
Sadly, we lost Hall of Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn this week to cancer. Gwynn was without question the best pure hitter in the game of baseball in
If nickname quality was the most important criteria for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Tony Mullane would have been inducted decades ago. He was tabbed
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
Few Hall of Famers forged as diverse a career in baseball as Ford Christopher Frick, who was instrumental in the establishment of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown.