30 years ago today, a Hall of Fame shortstop hit perhaps the most famous home run of his life. No, it wasn’t Ozzie Smith. Nor was it Cal Ripken. It wasn’t Robin Yount in the midst of his first MVP season. It wasn’t even Paul Molitor playing well out of position. It was none of […]

Angels/Giants 22, Tigers/Braves 0: So, I’m a Braves fan and my girlfriend is a Tigers fan and each of our teams got the crap beat out of them last night. So we agreed that baseball sucks and decided to watch downloaded “Parks and Recreation” episodes instead. Good call, yes? I mean, Mike Trout and Buster […]

There are plenty of moments fans of the San Diego Padres would like to have back in order to do over. But few, if any, of those moments can top the one that happened 40 years ago today, when pitcher Steve Arlin didn’t throw a no-hitter, but should have. On July 18, 1972, the Padres […]

Twins 19, Orioles 7: This was a multifaceted butt-whupping, but it got started with Chris Tillman’s butt. Which is a shame considering that five short months ago he was in the Best Shape of His Life. All of those runs for the Twins despite hitting only one homer. It was a Gashouse Gorillas-style conga line […]

50 years ago today, the last man standing from the worst team ever fielded finally passed on. It was July 17, 1962 when Sport McAllister passed away at the ripe old age of 87 in Wyandotte, Michigan. 63 years previously, he’d been a young outfielder for the Cleveland Spiders, a team famous for finishing the […]

Braves 6, Mets 1: Ben Sheets emerges from the restorative chemical waters of the Lazarus Pits to throw six shutout innings against the Mets. Too bad this series is over. I heard the Braves were going to run Rich Harden out there tonight and maybe Mark Prior on Tuesday to see if the Mets are just as prone […]

Twenty years ago today was a dark day in the history of the Chicago Cubs. And for just that reason, it also helped ensure the next 10-15 years would be very pleasant ones for Braves fans. On July 16, 1992, Chicago’s ace pitcher Greg Maddux announced he’d broken off negotiations with the team’s front office […]

Facing the Athletics on Friday night, Francisco Liriano threw what was mostly a dominating game: eight innings, four hits, four runs, one walk, and 15 strikeouts. The one mistake was a fourth-inning grand slam to Jonny Gomes, and it was a costly one, as he and the Twins wound up losing the game. Regardless, it […]

There remains speculation out of Flushing that R.A. Dickey may be converted into a permanent twice-a-week starter on the battered but competitive Mets. “After August 1st,” Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com reported yesterday, “[Terry Collins] may consider using R.A. Dickey on three days’ rest.” With Dillon Gee sidelined for what may be the rest of the […]

20,000 days ago, Lew Burdette became a legend. Others have had greater careers than this 200-game winner, but few have come up as massively as Burdette did when it mattered most. It was Oct. 10, 1957, and Burdette was the starting pitcher for the Milwaukee Braves in Game Seven of the World Series against the […]