Archive for the 'History' Category

The hitting coach for the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Blue Jays), talks to THT’s Chris Neault about his teaching philosophy and the prospects he’s seen.

This year’s trading season was high on blockbusters but abnormally low on boring, seemingly pointless trades. That’s new, actually.

Finishing up the investigation on how good a job the BBWAA has done picking Hall of Famers over the years.

The Rays have a chance to become the second American League team to go from last place to the top spot in a single season. And the first was….

On July 21, 1958 Dave Henderson was born. “Hendu” would have a 14-year All-Star career, but his chance at true historic notoriety slipped away through no fault of his own. But was it for the best?

Ten years of alchemy from the Baseball Reliquary.

Let’s look at the facts.

TUCK! toons goodness every Wednesday and Saturday!

So … how good a job has the BBWAA really done selecting Hall of Famers?

On July 17, 1961 Ed Reulbach died. “Big Ed” pitched 13 years in the big leagues and won 182 games and two World Series titles. He is notable both for his own accomplishments and for what he can show us about one of today’s best young pitchers.