After four brief cups of coffee with the team, the Houston Astros discarded John Mayberry at the 1971 Winter Meetings, trading him to Kansas City. The beefy
On the 17th anniversary of Jackie Robinson Day, the dearth of black players in baseball is a concern for some observers of the sport. In a program
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.
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
You have to wonder if Freddie Patek would even get drafted by a major league team today.
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
Two pitching families ended up with eerily similar output for all their years in the majors. Gaylord Perry was at the head of the best of them.
We pick the best baseball player born every year since 1861.
Where Miguel Cabrera fits in the group of 3,000-hit members.
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.
Yesterday we got the news that six former players had been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The new members of the Hall were approved
In his 1990 autobiography, “Behind the Mask: My Double Life in Baseball,” Dave Pallone, a gay major league umpire who was quietly fired in 1988 after rumors
The 2021 season will be the last of Buster Posey‘s career. The Giants’ catcher, after a resurgent year, is hanging up his chest protector after 12 years,
“I don’t see how [Rickey] Henderson could do anything more for a team than Tim does.” — teammate Tim Wallach What are the chances that the two
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 Baseball Writers Association of America has removed J.G. Taylor Spink’s name from their award. Was it cancel culture or was it the right thing to do?
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.
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
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
A few years ago I penned a list article about the New York Yankees top players ranked according to WAR (Wins Above Replacement). I stated at the
Want a reason that Marvin Miller should immediately be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame? It’s the best rule change in the history of baseball. It’s
If you ask me, there’s no better place to watch a baseball game than Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs played their first game at Wrigley Field in
The wild card format was introduced in Major League Baseball in 1994 when the league also split into three divisions. Each league had four playoff teams (the
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
Most teams that are good for three or four years or more eventually get to a World Series and usually win one. It’s harder now — with the
If a pitcher wins 20 games today they’re automatically a favorite to win the Cy Young Award. They’re the ace of their staff, too. But what if
The voters have spoken. In one of the most anticipated elections in the history of the Baseball Hall of Fame, no one was elected. This is only
Very few men have felt the joy of hitting a home run to give their team the pennant.
Why are Boston’s Sox red and Chicago’s white? Who is it that the Dodgers dodge and why do we care now? Why is the team in St.
