Why did the Blue Jays try to mess with John Olerud? Robb Scott of the Blue Jays Baseball Podcast tells us how Totonto got it wrong.
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
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
Since the middle of the 19th century, when owners realized they could make a profit from games, gambling has played a major role in baseball.
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?
The MLB season is when baseball fans can come together and support their team. It’s a time of excitement and anticipation, and the fans are always ready to cheer their team on to victory.
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
Allen was a tremendous baseball player who had the misfortune of coming up through an organization that was indelicate about the issue of race.
Danny Murtaugh was a humble Irishman with a bad ticker who led the Pirates to two World Series titles.
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.
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.
In this cartoon, The Sporting News is celebrating Forbes Field, which debuted on June 30, 1909, and was marking its 50th anniversary in 1959.
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.
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
Earlier this month, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced the ten names on the Today’s Game Ballot. A group of 16 will vote on the ballot and
Cecil Travis spent nearly four years serving in World War II and came back with injured feet after they had froze in the Battle of the Bulge.
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
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
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
This is the fifth in a ten-part series looking at the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Pre-Integration Era Ballot. Some people see trends long before others even know
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
Veterans Day is a day to remember and thank those who have sacrificed so much for our country. Some gave their lives. Even those who came back from war have given up much for our country. In the history of baseball, one ballplayer gave up perhaps more than any other with his service to the country. Though he came back alive from World War II, he almost certainly was deprived of baseball immortality.
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.