The Best Baseball Player Born Each Year Since the U.S. Civil War
We pick the best baseball player born every year since 1861.
August 3, 2022
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We pick the best baseball player born every year since 1861.
The Detroit Tigers gave Bill Freehan a $100,000 bonus off the campus of the University of Michigan. That was probably the best money the team ever spent.
No one ever feared Harold Baines the way they feared Jim Rice with a bat in their hands. Not even close. I’m fine with a Hall of
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