The what-might-have-beens of some swingmen, some southpaws, Bobo and Lefty.

There are fastballs. There are great fastballs. Then there are the fastest fastballs any human has yet thrown. And there is success, a distinctly elusive thing altogether.

We complete the 1980s. More than a decade into the free agency era, was farm system production still a key to sustained success?

Steve examines another dozen careers that had unusual valleys amid the peaks.

Into the 1980s, will the National League be able to sustain its long-held advantage in Win Share Production?

Steve asks the THT family to raise a tankard (of your finest dark beer, if at all possible) in honor of one of the greatest contributors to baseball scholarship, even if you’ve never heard of him.

Just how special was the 1960s Giants’ pat hand?

They do have 24 other players on the roster in addition to you-know-who … but do they add up to a competitive team?

What if the Giants of that era hadn’t been quite so efficient at frittering away their talent?

Some nice-looking kids, and how they grew