Archive for the 'History' Category

With help from SG of the Replacement Level Yankee Weblog, Chris rates the worst World Series champions of all-time.

George Crowe was quiet, lived part of his life as a recluse, and didn’t enjoy being interviewed. He was also a civil rights hero.

On January 29, 1960 Steve Sax was born. Sax’s career took him from Rookie of the Year to Simpsons guest star to “Steve Sax Syndrome.” Richard looks back on these moments and more.

Could the Pirates have become the pioneers of integration and assembled one of the greatest teams in baseball history? We will never know for sure.

Inspired by a Joe Posnanski piece, this picks up where Chris left off last week and looks at worst endings to October contests.

It’s time to begin a new series on “Card Corner.” Let’s turn the clock back by a few decades.

On Jan. 21, 1916 Germany Schaefer was purchased by the New York Yankees. For a simple transaction, there are a number of good stories involved.

I’m sorry, sir, but you cannot leave the country.

Inspired by a recent Joe Posnanski piece, Chris counts down some of the worst endings in MLB history.