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Frank Robinson Still In The Game

Frank Robinson was a Hall of Fame player with the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. He was the major leagues’ first African-American manager. He has worked for the league office. But just…Read More

Hall of Famers Love Returning to Cooperstown

  COOPERSTOWN–They are different people from different backgrounds and they played in different eras, but each year the majority of living Hall of Famers return to this upstate New York community…Read More

Negro Leagues Museum A Worthy Shrine

KANSAS CITY–Bob Kendrick presided over the doings across town from the Major League Baseball activities leading up to the All-Star game. The president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was a…Read More

All-Star Game Not The Same

This is when we hear about how the rosters for the American League and National League are screwed up for the All-Star game. Happens every year and every year someone deserving is overlooked and someone…Read More

Aaron Hill’s Cycle and Recycle

Hitting for the cycle is one of those great baseball oddities that fans appreciate, that are enjoyed by players and recognized by all as an achievement. It’s just difficult to categorize how valuable…Read More

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Stardom Beckons For Andrew McCutchen

The country is just starting to clue into how special Andrew McCutchen may become for the Pittsburgh…Read More

Alex Rodriguez Ties Another Kind of Homer Mark

It’s been a while since I heard anybody discuss the idea of Alex Rodriguez catching up to Barry Bonds…Read More

Radical Baseball: Most Home Runs … Over the Fence … On a Fly.

http://blog.mlive.com/benchwarmer/2009/03/large_ty-cobb-walker.jpg This is a bit of an extension of…Read More

Derek Jeter Playing 10 Years Younger

Only a year or two ago New York was all atwitter about how iconic shortstop Derek Jeter seemed to be…Read More

Radical Baseball: The Art of WAR 2.0, 2.1, …

Wins Above Replacement (WAR) seems to have gone mainstream since the end of the 2011 season.  But what…Read More

Josh Hamilton Is A Hitting Machine

Call it Home Run Derby Part II for Josh Hamilton, but Tuesday night, the Texas Bambino blasted the ever-loving…Read More

Shindig Takes Over Fenway Park

They had quite the hoedown at Fenway Park Friday. The big bash was to celebrate the 100th anniversary…Read More

Alex Rodriguez Climbs Home Run List

The days when seers looked into the future and with breathless anticipation predicted that Alex Rodriguez…Read More

Radical Baseball: war on WAR.

Former Prime Minister (1940-1945, 1951-1955) of England Winston Churchill: Better jaw, jaw, jaw than…Read More

Picks of the Pen: Finally, an Assured Yankees Victory

Another year, another dominating Yankees performance. ESPN recently polled viewers to find out the best…Read More

George Altman Man For All Leagues

For the last few days I have been hanging out with George Altman, best remembered in American baseball…Read More

Remembering Matty Alou

There was definitely a time period when the Alous were the most famous brother act in American sport. Felipe,…Read More

Jim Thome Reaches 600 with Pair of Home Runs

Last night Jim Thome became the 8th player to reach the 600 home run plateau with his two bomb game against…Read More

Safety In Numbers: Best New Artist

Not too long ago, the internet nearly exploded from pre-teen angst over the upset victory by Esperanza…Read More

Injuries or No, Ken Griffey Jr. One of the All-Time Greats

Lost amid the controversy that took place in Detroit on Wednesday night, there was what should have been…Read More