Player Spotlights

Vern Stephens: The Most Ignored Great Shortstop

Vern Stephens: The Most Ignored Great Shortstop

When my son Gordon and I began our Almost Cooperstown podcast nearly four years ago, we set out to put nine players in the Hall of Fame who had not been elected. This was in our very first episode, and Gordon put out Vern Stephens, a player with whom I was completely unfamiliar...
Joe McCarthy’s Boston Years, 1948-1950

Joe McCarthy’s Boston Years, 1948-1950

Forty-six years ago today, January 13, 1978, Hall of Fame manager Joe McCarthy passed away in a Buffalo hospital at age 90. We’re all familiar with Joe McCarthy’s success as the winningest manager in Yankee history from 1931-1946...
Rogers Hornsby Traded Again!

Rogers Hornsby Traded Again!

"Nobody liked our manager Rogers Hornsby. There was a real pr**k. Except for his racing forms, there was no newspapers, no movies, no beer, nothing. Women and horses, that was his downfall." - St. Louis Browns pitcher Les Tietje...
Michael Keedy’s Mystery Player Number Six: Back Into the Dead Ball Era We Go!

Michael Keedy’s Mystery Player Number Six: Back Into the Dead Ball Era We Go!

Today Michael Keedy takes us back into my favorite era, the Dead Ball Era, with his excellent essay featuring Mystery Player Number Six. As usual, the "Mystery" won't be too hard to solve for all our many astute baseball history aficionados...but I think you'll have some fun with it anyway...and you'll learn a lot about this often-overlooked, outstanding player to boot!...
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