A game-by-game history of the heated and often dramatic rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
Once, when Max Scherzer was pitching in college for the University of Missouri, a teammate asked him during a game why he threw a fastball to a
The most no-hitters in a career is seven by Nolan Ryan, who is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Nolan Ryan’s No-Hit Games May 15,
Steve Carlton was shuffling along with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1970, with a dismal 6-18 record, when he received a letter from a stranger. A fan
There’s a famous line from one of the Peanuts cartoons where Linus is walking with Charlie Brown discussing the holiday season. Charlie is explaining how sad he
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.
Curt Schilling fell 16 votes shy of election in his 9th year on the ballot. Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are still well below where they need to be to get elected to Cooperstown. See the complete results here first.
We pick an all-time team comprised of players who had the joy of playing for baseball’s eternal optimist and foulmouth, Tommy Lasorda.
We honor the most accomplished man to ever throw a knuckleball.
Whitey Ford, legendary big game pitcher for the Yankees in the 1950s and 1960s, and best friend to Mickey Mantle, has died.
The New York spotlight was perfect for the kid from California: the team was woeful, expectations were low, every fourth day all eyes were on him. He was “Tom Terrific.”
If Sandy Koufax is in the Hall of Fame, why isn’t Johan Santana? The answer lies with the two p’s: perception and postseason. Koufax set strikeout records,
When he was pitching in the minor leagues in 1999, Roy Oswalt hurt his shoulder, and might have torn something. A few days later he was checking
In less than two weeks the 2020 baseball season will (finally) begin. But it will be unlike any season we’ve ever seen in professional baseball. The league
You can watch a lot of baseball games and try to find a pitcher who was in the zone. You won’t find many who were more locked in than Doc Halladay was on October 6, 2010.
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
Dave Roberts may have thought he was doing Clayton Kershaw’s legacy a favor when he kept the pitcher in Game Five of the 2019 NLDS to start
What is the greatest catcher/pitcher combination in baseball history? The best duo to ever form a battery? How do we answer that question? Where do we start?
In this, the latest installment of my series on franchise leaders, I focus on the greatest Twins of all-time. At least according to Wins Above Replacement, otherwise
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 article has been updated. Now that Jack Morris and Alan Trammell have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the 1984 Tigers have two members
The greatest big-game pitcher of his era, Bob Gibson may have been the best big-game pitcher of all-time. His teammates, who benefited by winning two World Series
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
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
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
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
Craig Biggio, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, and John Smoltz have been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and will join baseball’s legends when they are
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
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