Archive for the 'Players' Category

The most exclusive club we’ve yet visited features tales of strikeouts, caught stealings, lawsuits and frostbite. It also includes some of the most underappreciated talent of all time.

He’s a former first-round pick who’s 26 and has hit more than 20 home runs in a season. Why is no one drafting this guy?

On Jan. 31, 1891, Goat Cochran was born. Cochran was just one of the players born on this date who would go on to earn a memorable moniker. Richard looks at some of the more distinctively dubbed players.

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That a population comprising, at most, about one second baseman in five should include both of the very best at the position is quite strange. But there it is.

Let’s see how much this Cubs second baseman outfielder has left in the tank.

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The left turns at the hot corner include quite a few of the position’s very best, and one in particular who’s never been recognized as such.

Yet another Hall of Fame post mortem

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