On Dec. 11, 1959 the Yankees dealt Don Larsen, Hank Bauer and others to the Kansas City Athletics for three players, most notably Roger Maris. This was just one of the many trades between the two franchises during the period, which helped the Yankees dynasty continue and doomed the A’s to a series of second division finishes.

On Dec. 1, 1954, the Yankees and Orioles completed a trade that had begun on Nov. 14. Don Larsen, Bob Turley and Gene Woodling were just a sixth of the players involved in this 18-player deal, still the largest in major league history.

On October 26, 2008 Joe Blanton hit his first career home run. He did it in the World Series no less, becoming just the 13th pitcher to hit a World Series home run. Richard looks back at other postseason homers struck by the men who spend their time on the mound.

On Nov. 4, Richard will depart for Australia. In honor of his visit “Down Under,” he looks at the Australians who have reached the major leagues.

On Oct. 22, 1910, Jimmy Sheckard had the first walk-off hit in postseason history. Since then there have been 104 more by 97 more men.

Oct. 15 is the birthday of both Mule Haas (1903) and Mule Watson (1896). While there hasn’t been a “Mule” in the majors in some time, the nickname has an admirable history.

On Oct. 4, 1944, Tony LaRussa was born. Like many great skippers, if LaRussa the manager had been stuck with lots of LaRussa players, many wins likely would not have come.

On Sept. 22, 1946 Larry Dierker was born. He would go on to be the Houston franchise leader in innings pitched, starts and complete games. After his playing career, he became the Astros leader in managerial winning percentage.

On Sept. 9, 1850, the state of California was born. To celebrate the birthday of a state that has produced more major leaguers than any other state, and more players than all foreign countries put together, Richard creates an all-California team.

On Sept. 5, 1903 Joe Tinker hit home run No. 10,000 in major league baseball history. As another landmark homer approaches. Richard looks back on some of the numerically notable round-trippers of all time.