On Feb. 24, 1926, Eddie Plank died in Gettysburg, Pa. Gettysburg Eddie, nicknamed for the town where he was born, educated and died, won 326 games and two World Series during his 17-year career. Richard looks back at the A’s lefty.

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Andrew Lambo, Chris Withrow, and Ethan Martin lead the Los Angeles Dodgers against Madison Bumgarner, Buster Posey, Zack Wheeler, and the San Francisco Giants for prospect supremacy.

How one Hall of Famer filled in for another and launched a third one’s career.

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On Dec. 14, 1963, the final game at the Polo Grounds—a 19-10 defeat of the New York Titans by the Buffalo Bills—took place. Richard looks back at the park, and visits the location where it once stood.

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THT’s final excerpt from Chris Jaffe’s new book focuses on the current Cincy skipper.

I’m sure you’ve all seen this by now: An officer approached Lincecum’s 2006 Mercedes and smelled marijuana as the pitcher rolled down his window. Schatzel said Lincecum immediately complied with a request to hand over the drug and a marijuana pipe from the car’s center console. Lincecum pitched a two-hit shutout last June 29th, but […]

The Chronicle’s Henry Schulman was in the press box before Game 3. As with all good accounts of such things, Schulman captures the tragic, the comic and the simply insane: Like the fans, many of us assumed power would be restored and the game would be played. Then came word from transistor radios (remember those?) […]