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Willie Wells is One of the Greatest Shortstops You’ve Never Heard Of
Hall of Fame shortstop Willie Wells was probably every bit as great at hitting a baseball as Rogers...
The Best Baseball Player Born Each Year Since the U.S. Civil War
We pick the best baseball player born every year since 1861.
Pujols, Yadi & Waino Reunite as Cardinals Legends
Albert Pujols, Adam Wainwright, and Yadier Molina are all-time Cardinals greats.
5 Players On the 2022 Hall of Fame Ballot Who Will Eventually Be Elected
These five players who failed to get into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022, will be elected...
A Discussion about Bobby Grich and the Hall of Fame
Bobby Doerr wasn't elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame until he was an old man. Joe Gordon...
Removal of Spink’s name from writing award is appropriate
The Baseball Writers Association of America has removed J.G. Taylor Spink's name from their award. Was it cancel...
Little Joe Morgan was the heartbeat of The Big Red Machine
Hall of Famer Joe Morgan, a two-time Most Valuable Player and the greatest second baseman in history, has...
Whose Hall of Fame chances will be hurt most by shortened 2020 season?
In less than two weeks the 2020 baseball season will (finally) begin. But it will be unlike any...
Babe Ruth’s failed stolen base attempt ended the 1926 World Series, or did it?
What are the odds that George Springer will get thrown out trying to steal second base in the...
Who was better: Ryne Sandberg or Lou Whitaker?
When his name first appeared on a Hall of Fame ballot in 2003, Ryne Sandberg received 244 votes,...
The 20 Greatest Dodgers of All-Time
This is the third installment of my "Top 20" series, looking at the top players for a specific...
A Complete History of Batting Stances
If there's a baseball bat around it's hard to resist picking it up and taking a stance. We've...
Did labor strife cost Harold Baines the Hall of Fame?
Harold Baines was on the Hall of Fame ballot for five years, never receiving as many as 50...
VIDEO: One of Babe Ruth’s last games, in 1935 with the Braves
At spring training in Bradenton in 1935, Babe Ruth didn't see any point in going north with the...
When judging candidates, does it matter who’s already in the Hall of Fame?
Baseball fans love to argue about the Hall of Fame. No one really cares (nor knows much) about...
The Hall of Fame case for Sam Breadon
This is the fifth in a ten-part series looking at the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Pre-Integration Era Ballot....
Most underrated players of the 1930s
Many consider the 1950s to be the Golden Era of baseball, but the 1930s shouldn't be overlooked. The...
Chick Hafey’s batting rampage of 1931
When Charles “Chick” Hafey first caught Branch Rickey’s eye in the spring of 1923, it was a case...
Pitchers who won 100 games with two teams
Eight pitchers have managed to win 100 games for TWO teams. All but two of them are in...