Articles related to "First Baseman"

The First Base position is the strongest and deepest in the fantasy baseball world. Here are the top 20 at the best position.

Choosing the right first baseman can make or break your fantasy baseball team.

The first baseman is often the best player on a MLB Fantasy Team. This article will help you choose the best player for your squad.

Baseball old timers long debated which of their idols was the all time best at first base. It looks as if today's fans will have a strong candidate of their own.

One of baseball's finest players, Gil Hodges was an eight time All Star first baseman who played the game with grace and finesse.

Mickey Vernon died on September 24,2008, at the age of ninety after suffering a stroke. He was a star for the Washington Senators from 1939 to 1960.

Sisler is one of many outstanding players whose career is slowly but surely fading away as the years pass. It is a shame.

This slick-fielding first baseman was also, unfortunately, an inveterate gambler and a well-known cheat.

On Halloween night October 31, 2001, the New York Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks played Game 4 of the World Series in New York.

With Spring Training just around the corner, the Giants will have to make some big personnel decisions at every position on the diamond.

Here are the baseball's best defensive players by position over the the past 50 years, at least as far as the Rawlings Corporation is concerned.

Arizona won the National League Western Division in 2007 and is viewed as a team with great potential for 2008, but like most teams, the Diamondbacks have some problems.

The Cardinals sent Ray Washburn to the mound against the Detroit bats. The Tigers stroked three home runs. But McCarver and Cepada countered. Brock stole three bases.

Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, and Johann Santana top their respective positions in this look at the Top 10 Fantasy Baseball Players at Each Position.

Here are the Top 10 Fantasy Baseball Players at Third Base.

The outstanding season of Adrian Gonzalez is being overlooked as the dismal Padres continue to plummet in the standings.

Was there more team loyalty before free agency? Not according to former Yankees' first base star Bill "Moose" Skowron, who played in the 1950s and 1960s.

Earl Weaver was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1996. His teams have been excellent during the season but have won the World Series only once.

Before a rain drenched crowd of 42,000 fans at the Polo Grounds, the New York Giants, behind the screwball of lefty ace Carl Hubbell, defeated the Yankees, 6-1.

Atlanta Braves star prospects Jason Heyward and Freddie Freeman top the Peoria Saguaros roster for the Arizona Fall League along with Yonder Alonso and Mike Leake.

Players traded in mid-season star in playoffs as ex-Red Sox Manny and Los Angeles try to beat Chicago rotation of Dempster, Zambrano, and former Oakland A's Rich Harden.

Giants catcher Buster Posey, Arizona first baseman Brandon Allen, Phillies outfielder Domonic Brown and three Japanese pitchers top the Scottsdale Scorpions roster.

A rookie, two aging veterans, and a shortstop coming off an ankle injury don't compare favorably to the Mets' stars.

General Mills' Wheaties retains its reputation as perhaps sports' most respected endorsement.despite the loss of Olympic Swim Champ Michael Phelps to rival Kellogg,

There are a lot of genuine MVP candidates in the National League, including old names like Pujols and Howard, and new ones like Ryan Braun and Ryan Ludwick.

Manager Ernie Whitt is back at the helm of Canada hoping to use the home field advantage - as well as some top talent - to beat the U.S. again and reach second round.

Fantasy baseball projections for hitters in 2009 confirm that home runs will be very valuable in AL-only leagues.

Major League Execs gather in Las Vegas and are prepared to roll the dice

The Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs cannot recover from a 3-24 start and ends up in last place.

Chipper Jones and Lance Berkman are both putting up amazing offensive numbers so far this season. Here's how they stack up against each other.

Lou Gehrig hit .361, slugged .731, and hit 10 home runs in 35 World Series games. The Yankees won 6 of those 7 World Series.

This baseball season will see at least one marquee name dealt away before the July 31st trade deadline, and he is likely to have a fair amount of company.

Before Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron played for professional Major League Baseball (MLB) teams, they honed their skills by competing in the Negro Baseball Leagues.

The ten best players for your fantasy baseball team.

A baseball perfect game is so hard to accomplish that golf's hole in one's are easier and occur more frequently.

The history of the Chicago Cubs is the history of professional baseball. It's that simple, and it's that important.

These players will fly under the radar in most leagues. Picking one of them up could help push your team over the top.

For decades, Pride of the Yankees was the template for sports movie biographies - a perfect blend of casting, story, script and performance.

Howard has hit 109 home runs in just over two full seasons of play. His team should pay him now, and not subject Philly's best slugger to the nasty arbitration process.

Albert Pujols joined an elite club by winning his third MVP award in 2009. Only eight other players have done it; the first was Jimmie Foxx.

Joe Torre will most likely remembered for his successful years as the skipper of a New York Yankees, but he may actually have been better as a player than as a manager.

Pujols is still the favorite, but Fielder and Ramirez have legitimate chances to win the National League Most Valuable Player Award.

First baseman Sean Casey has retired from the field and is beginning a new phase in his baseball life.

Phillies Ryan Howard, and Jason Werth had an outstanding NLCS, so did A-Rod and Mark Teixeira in the ALCS, but their bats don't seem to be working in the World Series.

Here are the five best candidates for the National League MVP award.

They had power, speed, pitching, and a lot of veteran savvy. But the Pittsburgh Pirates still weren't the most likely of championship contenders.

Reeling from the previous year's strike that cancelled the World Series, baseball bounced back with a new round of playoffs that gave the game a classic series.

The Yankees have hit a million home runs. Here are the five best.

Once thought to be limited to just a handful of Major League players, baseball's steroid scandal has proven to be a big, widespread problem that just won't go away.

Here is a breakdown of transactions made by MLB clubs between October 10-24.