A career that started with so much promise became filled with twists and turns, and ultimately, tragedy.

This week Richard opens up a bag of potpourri: all those stories not quite big enough for their own column.

An attempt at a retro uniform has revived interest in the origins of the Houston franchise.

Improving “plus stats” with standard deviations.

It’s Richard’s birthday, and he presents the team to go along with it!

A look at the inability of the 1980s Tigers to get into Cooperstown

An analytic look at Jackie Robinson’s signature play

Let’s pay tribute to an old-fashioned platoon player.

Fielding a team of long-good, but never really great players

Here comes “The Judge,” the latest centerpiece to our tribute to 1972 Topps.