The offense is strong as usual, but who will take the bump behind Sabathia?

On September 17, 1941, Stan Musial made his debut for the St. Louis Cardinals, the only franchise for which he would ever play.

On Sept. 10, 1999, Pedro Martinez pitched the greatest game Richard has ever seen.

In honor of the blackouts caused through the East Coast by Hurricane Irene, Richard looks at some hitters who were lacking power themselves.

On Aug. 25, 1970, Doug Glanville—perhaps the most prominent of recent Ivy League ballplayers—was born. In his honor, the All-Ivy team.

August 17 is the traditional Roman celebration of Janus, the god with two faces. In honor of this, Richard looks at the best of switch-hitters.

This week Richard’s column goes to the birds as he looks back on some of the notable aviary events in baseball history that centered on this week.

On July 30, 2011 Richard will be running a half-marathon. In honor of his run, he looks at the distance travelled by some notable players.

On July 20, 1901 Heinie Manush was born. Richard looks back at his Hall of Fame career.

On July 4, 1859, Mickey Welch was born. He became one of just five pitchers to win 300 games before the 20th century.