Ted Williams liked to select the lumber for his bats, which is why he’s shown here in Kentucky at the Louisville Slugger factory in the prime of his career.
We pick the best baseball player born every year since 1861.
For the first decade of his career, Bobby Bonds seemed destined for Cooperstown. But then it fell apart.
Usually when teams form a talented outfield they patch it together with young players. But the St. Louis Browns built their famous outfield in the 1920s from
If there’s a baseball bat around it’s hard to resist picking it up and taking a stance. We’ve all done it. Some of us who played baseball
In which year were the greatest “baseball babies” produced?
Remembering Frank Howard, the feared power hitter of the 1960s with the Senators and Dodgers.
A look at the myths, legends, and origin stories of baseball.
The game of baseball has produced a wide array of legendary players. If you love baseball, you should get acquainted with the best baseball players of all time.
Here’s the incredible lineup for the San Francisco Giants all-time team.
From Willie Mays to Barry Bonds, the Giants have had some of the game’s greatest players wear their uniform and, for that reason, are loved by many.
The Greatest Players in Baseball History: Some of the Most Iconic Figures
Todd Helton’s batting accomplishments, in Denver AND away from Colorado, are more than enough to make him a Hall of Famer
Did David Ortiz stop using performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 after he failed a test? Or did he use them throughout his Hall of Fame career?
Lou Boudreau may have had the greatest season a shortstop ever had. He’s the man who perfected the defensive shift, and was the player-manager of the last Cleveland team to win the World Series.
We select an all-time team from those who played under famed baseball manager Dusty Baker.
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.
What’s the best baseball book written by a baseball player? We pick and rank 12 of them.
Of the ten names on the Early Days Era ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame, Lefty O’Doul accomplished the most in the game. Whether or not
A game-by-game history of the heated and often dramatic rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
What became known as the “Black Sox Scandal” rocked professional baseball. But it wasn’t an aberration in a sport that was otherwise clean. Baseball became America’s national pastime because of – and not in spite of – gambling.
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.
A list of the living members (elected as players) of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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
In this, the latest installment of my series on franchise leaders, I focus on the greatest Twins of all-time. At least according to Wins Above Replacement, otherwise
In 1930 the new York Yankees signed Babe Ruth to a contract that paid him the princely sum of $80,000. Ruth was overjoyed. A reporter pointed out
The career of Derek Jeter is a perfect illustration of the multitude of factors that go into a Hall of Fame discussion. And rightly so. The contemporary
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
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