MLB History

MILWAUKEE - 1961. Warren Spahn with the Milwaukee Braves appears on this collectors phonograph record in 1961. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images)

MLB History: The all-time workhorses for each team

Pittsburgh Pirates ace Bob Friend: What might have been

Opening the Floodgates: From Curt Flood to Enes Kanter

MLB Deaths: remembering all around the game that we lost in 2018

BOSTON, MA - JUNE 27: Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim reacts before a game against the Boston Red Sox on June 27, 2018 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)

Los Angeles Angels: Where Mike Trout Ranks Among the All Time Greats

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 25: Three Cincinnati Reds hats are seen in the dugout during the game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, July, 25, 2017 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos)

Cincinnati Reds forgotten stars: Remembering Hugh Nicol

American baseball player George Herman Ruth (1895 - 1948) known as 'Babe' Ruth. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

New York Yankees purchased Babe Ruth 99 years ago today

BOSTON - JUNE 25: Pedro Martinez and Manny Ramirez point to each other after Manny's catch to end the seventh inning. (Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

MLB: The Best of Baseball Player Spoofs and Sketches

(Original Caption) Los Angeles Dodgers' catcher John Roseboro suffered a cut on top of his head in 3rd inning during a bat swinging fight with San Francisco Giant pitcher Juan Marichal. It was believed that Marichal got angry when Roseboro fired the ball to close to his head while returning it to pitcher Sandy Koufax. On deck batter Giant Tito Fuentes (partially out of picture- right) pulls Roseboro away while Marichal wields bat at Koufax while umpire Shag Crawford and Giant coach Charlie Fox try to break it up.

MLB: The Definitive List of Big League Brawls

Group shot of the 1919 White Sox. They would after this year be known as the "Black Sox Scandal" team, due to the allegation that eight members of the team accepted bribes to lose the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. These eight players, pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude "Lefty" Williams, first baseman Charles "Chick" Gandil, shortstop Charles "Swede"Risberg, third baseman George "Buck" Weaver, outfielders Joe "Shoeless Joe" Jackson and Oscar "Happy" Felsch, and pinch hitter Fred McMullin, were banned from the game of baseball for life.

In 2019 the League Will Once Again Come Face to Face with the Black Sox Scandal

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 9: Aaron Judge #99 and Gleyber Torres #25 of the New York Yankees are seen in the dugout prior to the start of Game 4 of the ALDS against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

MLB: Most Disappointing 100-Win Teams of All Time

A statue of baseball star 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson (1887-1951) situated outside the grounds of the Fluor stadium Greenville, South Carolina. Jackson began his baseball career with the Greenville Spinners. (Photo by Epics/Getty Images)

MLB Narrative History: The Cleanest Black Sox

ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 28: David Ortiz #34 of the Boston Red Sox hits an RBI double scoring Dustin Pedroia #15 in the first inning against the St. Louis Cardinals during Game Five of the 2013 World Series at Busch Stadium on October 28, 2013 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

MLB all-time: Top 10 Greatest DH Seasons of All Time, Part 2

BOSTON - SEPTEMBER 9: Boston Red Sox player J.D. Martinez reacts after lining out against the Astros during the seventh inning. The Boston Red Sox host the Houston Astros in a regular season MLB baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston on Sep. 9, 2018. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

MLB all-time: Top 10 Greatest DH Seasons of All Time, Part 1

PHOENIX, AZ - AUGUST 05: A detail view of a bat with pine tar on the handle laying in the grass prior to a game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Milwaukee Brewers at Chase Field on August 5, 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)

Chicago White Sox: Bud Stewart and his curious 1940 campaign

Baseball field, engraving, United States of America, 19th century. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

MLB All-Time Names: The All-Horrid Name Team

NEW YORK - CIRCA 1969: Coco Laboy #39 of the Montreal Expos dives but is unable to make the catch of the ball against the New York Mets during a Major League Baseball game circa 1969 at Shea Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City. Laboy played for the Expos from 1969-73. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

MLB history: 50 years ago, two new teams were formed

BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 08: Charlie Morton #50 of the Houston Astros pitches during the game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Saturday September 8, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Rob Tringali/SportsChrome/Getty Images)

Houston Astros Charlie Morton: MLB’s leading headhunter

BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 24: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox returns to the dugout after hitting a two-run home run in the second inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park on September 24, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

Boston Red Sox: Are the 2018 Red Sox the best team in franchise history?

There were smiles as Mets owner Mrs. Joan Payson and Mets manager Casey Stengel met before the season opener at Shea Stadium. April 12, 1965. (Photo by William N. Jacobellis/New York Post Archives /(c) NYP Holdings, Inc. via Getty Images)

The Beauty of Losing, The Browns, and the Original New York Mets

OAKLAND, CA - AUGUST 11: Fans hold up signs in protest of the baseball strike prior to the game between the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland Athletics at the Oakland Coliseum on August 11, 1994 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Brad Mangin/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

MLB All-Decade Team 1990s: Who Should Really Make The List?

(Original Caption) The Dodgers at Yankee Stadium are shown with left to right Gil Hodges, Gene Hermanski, Branch Rickey, and Jackie Robinson, during the World Series.

Best all-time general managers: No. 2, Branch Rickey

NEW YORK - CIRCA 1926: New York Yankees General Manager Ed Barrow circa 1926.. (Photo by WM. C. Greene/Sporting News via Getty Images)

Best all-time general managers: No. 3, Ed Barrow

ST. PETERSBURG, FL - MARCH, 1956: General manager George Weiss and part owner Dan Topping of the New York Yankees watch an MLB Spring Training game circa March, 1956 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Hy Peskin/Getty Images) (Set Number: X3601)

Best all-time general managers: No. 4, George Weiss

John McGraw, second from right, front row, led the Giants to 10 National League pennants (Credit, Getty Images)

Best all-time general managers: No. 5, John J. McGraw

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 15: General Manager and Senior Vice President of the Yankees Brian Cashman of the New York Yankees looks on during batting practice of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on May 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

Best all-time general managers: No. 6, Brian Cashman

UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1905: Three-quarter length portrait of Ned Hanlon, baseball manager for the National League Brooklyn Superbas, holding a newspaper and standing on the field at West Side Grounds, Chicago, 1905. From the Chicago Daily News collection. (Photo by Chicago History Museum/Getty Images)

Best all-time general managers: No. 7, Ned Hanlon

COOPERSTOWN, NY - JULY 24: Pat Gillick gives his speech at Clark Sports Center during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on July 24, 2011 in Cooperstown, New York.Gillick spent 27 years as the general manger with four major league clubs (Toronto 1978-94, Baltimore 1996-98, Seattle 2000-03 and Philadelphia 2006-08). His teams advanced to the postseason 11 times and won the World Series in 1992, 1993 and 2008. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Best all-time general managers: No. 8, Pat Gillick