Archive for the 'History' Category

They weren’t stars, but their successes in the clutch made them heroes.

This year’s champions had a troubled ancestor.

Halloween and baseball don’t often join forces, but when they do, the results can be … curious?

Who’d have thought? 95 years ago, Washington’s only World Series champagne was opened with… bullpenning. 

Are the talents of pre-integration players being overstated because of the conditions they played in?

By the numbers, this season’s World Series starters are the best in history.

Filling in some postseason blanks history has too long ignored.

Investigating an unsolved baseball mystery.

Imagining a game played by Venezuela’s greatest shortstops.

Across history, hundreds of players have hit homers that history says they haven’t.