Touring The Bases With…Brent Mayne
Catcher Brent Mayne was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the first round (#13 overall) of the 1989 amateur draft and made his major league debut only a year later, rapping an RBI single off Twins...
View ArticleCliff Lee Builds Drama With Every Pitch
When Cliff Lee poured three fastballs past Brett Gardner to end the eighth inning, it marked 122 of the best post-season pitches since Roy Halladay threw his no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds. Lee...
View ArticleThe All-Time Giants (a draft book chapter)
Who would be selected for a mythical All-Time Giants dream team roster? And how have others answered this fun question throughout the years?
View Article10 Reasons You Should Already Be Especially Psyched for Opening Day
The smell of freshly laid sod, ballpark hot dogs and seven-dollar beer is in the air (or on the ground). Baseball season is quickly approaching, and fans everywhere — well, perhaps except for...
View ArticleSpahn-Marichal Marathon: Best-Pitched Game?
Long before pitch counts, five-man rotations, and an array of relief pitchers became the backbone of baseball philosophy, two future Hall of Famers locked horns in a 16-inning marathon that both...
View ArticleMy Top Five Fall Classics In MLB History
Hey baseball fans! Today, I want to tell you about my favorite Fall Classics in baseball history!! My only rule is this: no World Series will be in this list that happened in the last ten years. So,...
View ArticleHitters Fail the Quiz
Hey baseball fans! Sorry I haven’t posted in about five days. Anyway, I have a one question “quiz” for you. Who has the best mustache in Royals relief history, other than Al Hrabosky? The answer is, of...
View ArticleMy Interview with Andrew Mele, Author of The Boys of Brooklyn
Hey baseball fans! I recently had the honor of interviewing Andrew Mele, the author of the book, The Boys of Brooklyn. The book is about how baseball was very important to Brooklynites back in the days...
View ArticleThe King of Baseball
Hey baseball fans! As some of you know, Masahiro Tanaka won his 25th consecutive game pitched a couple days ago for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese professional baseball league,...
View ArticleIf I Had a Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot 2014
Hey baseball fans! The 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot is now announced with a lot of stars’ names on the list for the first time. However, there are only five players on the list for the first time...
View ArticleCha-Cha Cha-Chas Into the Hall of Fame
Hey baseball fans! As some of you know, there are three Puerto Rican-born Hall of Famers in Cooperstown: Roberto Clemente, Roberto Alomar, and one other person. There are also three Hall of Fame...
View ArticleA Frigid Nickname Doesn’t Necessarily Equal “Cool” Results
Hey baseball fans! Considering I am living in the middle of a snow-covered New Jersey, and today is a snow day, I want to talk about a very famous ballplayer in baseball history who had the nickname...
View ArticleFormer Pitcher Russ Ortiz Recalls His Baseball Career
Pitching is one of the most difficult endeavors in baseball. It was particularly daunting in the early 2000s, as offenses were operating at high-octane levels. That makes the career of Russ Ortiz all...
View ArticleJalal Leach: A Giant Testament to Perseverance
When baseball players sign their first professional contract they have stars in their eyes and no doubts in their mind as they are certain they will play in the major leagues. Unfortunately, the...
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