Any baseball fan really needs to read this long appreciation of the great Peter Gammons, one of the few people in the world about whom no one ever has anything bad to say. Politically, he's great. He's a musician of his age and time but...
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This is the grave of Willie McCovey. Born in 1938 in Mobile, Alabama, McCovey grew up as part of the Black working class trying to survive in the era of.
This is the grave of Jim Bunning. Born in 1931 in Southgate, Kentucky, Bunning grew up Catholic and went to Xavier University in Cincinnati. He was also a star pitcher.
This is the grave of Joe DiMaggio. Born in 1914 in Martinez, California, DiMaggio grew up in the Italian working class of the Bay Area, one of the largest migrations from eastern or southern Europe to the West Coast. This was a family of fishermen...
Back when Ichiro was rising rapidly up the all time hit ladder, I started to pay attention to the career hit list. It's just a fun diversion during the season..
With Max Scherzer being ejected a few days ago for the use of sticky stuff, I was reminded of the beauty of Phil Niekro being ejected in 1987 after he.
This is the grave of Pinky Whitney. Born in 1905 in San Antonio, Whitney grew up to be a third basemen. His father was a railroad conductor. Interestingly, while his grave says his nickname was "Pinkey," that is evidently misspelled, as every baseball site as...
We need a thread on the new baseball rules. To me, they are all objectively good. See, baseball's endless focus on "tradition" is just terrible. The game is ENTERTAINMENT. When.
Reds at Orioles June 25, 2011 I was fascinated by the discourse around the election of Scott Rolen to the Hall of Fame, including the comments to Paul's post shortly.
This is the grave of Mickey Mantle. What is there really to say about Mantle? This is legend beyond legend. It's not that he's the greatest player in history per se, though he's obviously in the conversation for the second tier of great players and...
This is the grave of Pinky Higgins. Born in Red Oak, Texas in 1909, Michael Higgins, better known as Pinky although he evidently hated the nickname, was a very good.
This is the grave of Ed McKeever. Born in 1859 in Brooklyn, McKeever became a construction contractor. He did well and started really building his business in 1886. By 1899,.