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Here’s a quick little something a just bit different. In this post, there’s no historical records to examine, no mention of no-hitters or perfect games, no spotlight on a great player...
With February being Black History Month, I think this is a good time to shine our baseball spotlight on one of the recent inductees to the Hall of Fame, Orestes "Minnie" Minoso...
“The pitcher has got only a ball. I’ve got a bat. So, the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.” -Hank Aaron
This week will mark the seven-year anniversary of the death of the great Hall-of-Famer, Ernie Banks. Since he was my favorite player as a kid growing up in Chicago, I thought this would be a good time to re-post my tribute to Ernie which I wrote at the time of his death...
You're probably wondering why I chose for the featured photo a pic of the Tigers' great Hall-of-Famer Hank Greenberg in a Pirates' uniform. Read on to find out why!...
(Entry No. 11) He was a third baseman, manager, coach, and front-office executive in major league baseball who spent his entire playing career with the Washington Senators..
(Entry No. 10): This week's Mystery Player is not exactly a former player, but he's close enough! It’s sort of a trick question…so put your thinking caps on!
"If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me...A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived' " –Ted Williams...
(Entry No. 9): I found this neat photo on the home page of one of my Facebook friends, Chris Baker. It's a group of Yankee players from the 1920s for you to test your knowledge...
With the recent actions of the Golden Days Era Committee, Buck O’Neil, Minnie Minoso, Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva, and Bud Fowler are all now to be inducted into Cooperstown...
Today we welcome a guest post from Kevin Barwin, sharing with us some interesting information about the origin of something we take for granted but is a pivotal element of the game: the backstop...
As I continue my series on lopsided trades, today I'll be featuring one that was consummated near the end of the Dead Ball Era (1918) and had ramifications well into the 1920s...
Today in my ongoing series on lopsided trades, I’d like to highlight the December 9, 1965 trade of the great slugger, Frank Robinson, from the Reds to the Orioles for Milt Pappas...
{Entry No. 6} [He] played for the Cleveland Indians from 1921 to 1925 and the rest of his career from 1926 to 1934 with the Chicago Cubs. Who is he?...
Today we welcome a guest post from Steve Falco with an outstanding essay celebrating Tony Oliva's long overdue and well-deserved election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame...