Archive for the 'History' Category

The Yankees have a shakeup, Juan Rincon is suspended, Kerry Wood will be out at least 3 weeks and the rest of the news around the majors.

The skipper has called time, and is heading out to the mound. He’s pointing to his left arm — that’s right, it’s time for yet another LOOGY appearance. And this time, we’ll be seeing not just the Hard-Core stuff, but the Really Hard-Core version!

Looking back at the most tragic of player–the “what might have been”

So you think you know your LOOGYs, do ya? Have you explored the Primordial LOOGY Ooze? Didn’t think so. Come on, gear up. We’re goin’ in.

Okay, so they weren’t very good. But they were, almost certainly, the most peculiar team of all time.

We’re witnessing the exploits of some of history’s best pitchers. But look who is lurking in the shadows.

Steve finds that fateful fork in the road, at which Dave Kingman missed the sign to Cooperstown, and headed off for Mudville instead.

Studes uses Win Shares to rank the biggest deals in baseball history.

Had enough of musclebound, steroid-fueled behemoths this offseason? Well, here’s a story about a little man with a big bat.

Gleeman decides if Tony Oliva deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.