Archive for February 2010

Jim Bibby, Slick Surratt and a minor league team are gone.

A favorite old set, an old pitcher, and a young first baseman all come together in this week’s Card Corner.

Baseball nicknames come in all shapes and sizes. Some are rather insulting, as we see in this week’s Cooperstown Confidential.

Baseball lost one of its legends last week, a one-of-a-kind personality and character.

Let’s have some fun with names in this week’s Cooperstown Confidential.

A blast from the past made some news, showing us that some things—and some people—don’t really change.

It’s only natural that the latest Hall of Fame election brings a reaction from Cooperstown in this week’s Confidential.

Dick Allen is in the news this week, making it perfect timing for Bruce Markusen to write about one of his favorite ballplayers.

Will it be a swanswong for Sweet Lou in Chicago? Bruce Markusen looks at the highlights of a playing and managing career in this week’s “Card Corner.”

Will any new managers make the Hall of Fame in the December election? Bruce Markusen argues for one man to be considered by the Veterans Committee.