Archive for the 'History' Category
Randy Newman’s song would have been better if he’d finished the line, “…to be discriminated against as baseball players.” Eh, maybe not.
The rise of the doubleheader.
What do you say we banish the Birds’ Bing-and-Busch boo-boos?
It’s time to move from the infield to the outer pasture on our tour of baseball’s historical nicknames.
Let’s reminisce about those great Yankees teams of McGee and McGriff, and Drabek and Deshaies.
He’s part standup comic, part circus attraction and part retired player.
What is the probability of a given player hitting for the cycle?
On June 28, 1962, Mickey Cochrane died. In honor of his passing, Richard looks back on the man known as “Black Mike.”
Let’s see what might have happened if someone had managed to slip George Almighty some chill pills.
It’s now been two years since the Hall of Fame Game dissolved into oblivion. Its replacement is doing just fine, according to Bruce Markusen.