In the annals of sports poetry, few verses have resonated as deeply or endured as long as Franklin Pierce Adams’ “Baseball’s Sad Lexicon.” Penned in a moment
Why the Hall of Fame shouldn’t change Andre Dawson’s plaque.
When he was finally expelled from Major League Baseball, Kingman had hit more home runs than all but 18 players in the history of the game. But his legacy was less about the swings that sent a baseball over fences, and more about his swings that whiffed.
Former slugger Fred McGriff, who hit 493 home runs and drove in 1,550 runs in a 19-year career, has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by a special committee.
The last time Jack Taylor had his name in the headlines for his pitching it came in 1903 for the wrong reasons. That year, he was summoned
This list ranks the 20 greatest players based on their years with the Chicago Cubs, according to Wins Above Replacement (from Baseball-Reference.com. This list is not meant
We select an all-time team from those who played under famed baseball manager Dusty Baker.
Now that pitcher Jon Lester has announced his retirement from baseball, what are his chances of being elected to the Hall of Fame?
Roy Smalley was such an erratic infielder that Cubs fans used to say their double play combo was “[Eddie] Miksis to Smalley to Addison Street.” In six
In the 1880s,when the the team was known as the Chicago White Stockings and their roster was peppered with young players, observers called them “Anson’s Colts”, after
Jon Lester is beloved by two passionate armies of baseball fans due to his credentials as a big game pitcher. Once he retires, what are his Hall of Fame chances?
Chicago Cubs All-Time Team We select a 28-player roster of the greatest Chicago Cubs. STARTING LINEUP Gabby HARTNETT 1922-1940 Catcher Mark GRACE 1988-2000 first base Ryne SANDBERG
There are now seven relief pitchers in the Baseball Hall of Fame, with the addition of Lee Smith via a special veterans committee election earlier this month.
When his name first appeared on a Hall of Fame ballot in 2003, Ryne Sandberg received 244 votes, or just below 50%. In 2004, the former Cubs’
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 1918 baseball season was unusual in many ways because it was an unusual period in American history. For the first time, the nation was in a
In one of the the worst cases of Hall of Fame voting in the history of that wonderful organization, Ron Santo failed to earn induction despite his obvious qualifications. It was puzzling to many who saw him in his prime. His detractors, whom apparently numbered enough to keep the Baseball Writers and Hall of Fame Veterans Committee from electing him, claimed his career was too short to have reached major statistical milestones, he never played on a winner, or that his career batting average was too unimpressive.
