NOW IT’S A MAGIC DOZEN WITH GROVE LATEST AND MAYBE LAST 300 GAME WINNER Front-page banner headline on The Sporting News, July 31, 1941. That’s what The Sporting News said after Grove made history with his 300th win, on July 25, 1941. In reality, a young Early Wynn was just getting started with the Senators. […]

The most exciting games of the last seven days, according to the methodology outlined in this article, are listed below. date game stars 07-20 White Sox @ Royals *** box score 07-19 Mariners @ Blue Jays ** box score 07-17 Giants @ Padres ** box score 07-20 Cardinals @ Mets ** box score 07-19 Indians […]

Who says Cooperstown is a 19th century village that is out of touch with modern day trends? Well, no more. The village experienced its first “flash mob” on Saturday, one of the surprising highlights of the third day of Hall of Fame Weekend. At noon, about 40 local residents, all dressed in red, took part […]

As the 90-degree heat and humidity let up ever so slightly, the crowds began to build on Friday, as we moved one day closer to Sunday’s induction ceremony. Main Street was filled with large blocks of crowds, many of whom tried to position themselves to buy autographs and various pieces of memorabilia. In additions to […]

All right, in the interest of full disclosure: yours truly is the furthest thing from an objective source regarding this book. The author, Bill Gould, befriended me and I read his manuscript and offered him my editing advice. And more than that, I noticed a couple of questionable baseball facts in the manuscript, so Bill […]

Padres 5, Marlins 3: Cameron Maybin sweeps the Marlins. Really, he did it all in this series, battering his old team to the tune of 9-for-14 with three RBI, five runs and five stolen bases, including a 4 for 5 day in this one. Angels 1, Rangers 0: A tough luck loss for C.J. Wilson, who […]

A quarter century ago, Mets manager Davey Johnson got stuck in an unenviable position: He ran out of position players before he ran out of game. Ejections and pinch hits forced him to get creative, as the Mets somehow managed to prevail over the Reds in 14 innings. It began normally when Johnson trotted out […]

It was a relatively quiet first day of Hall of Fame Weekend, as the first large wave of Hall of Famers and baseball celebrities made its way into Cooperstown on Thursday. With mid-90s heat in full throttle, a few afternoon signings took place, featuring Yogi Berra, Rich Gossage, Fergie Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Pete Rose and […]

I don’t think I’ll ever outgrow Hall of Fame weekend. Whether or not a given year’s inductees are particularly interesting—and I happen to like this year’s group of Roberto Alomar, Bert Blyleven and GM Pat Gillick—the weekend provides a showcase for our great game by bringing together many of the living greats, some of the […]

Dodgers 1, Giants 0: In 1968, a gallon of gas cost 34 cents, the average cost of a car was $2,282 and the federal minimum wage was $1.60.  In other news, Clayton Kershaw (8 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 12K)  beat Tim Lincecum (7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 7K). Mets 6, Cardinals 5:  The […]