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Mickey would accept a salary cut of $2,000, but not more. He made $72,000, not $75,,000 in 1959. The Yankees' offer of $55,000, made Mickey livid.

The on-field exploits and special contributions of one of the all-time Yankee stars.

Yogi Berra was so great, they named a cartoon character after him.

The four consecutive losses to Boston in 2004 are the most well-known, but the Yankees lost four straight to the Browns in 1944 that finished their season.

Statistical anomalies abound. Hack Wilson, Mark McGwire, Luis Gonzalez, and Barry Bonds had great home run seasons that seem like discrepant events.

Sometimes people forget that in addition to breaking baseball's color barrier and being a great Civil Rights figure, Jackie Robinson was one great baseball player.

With so many retired numbers, the New York Yankees may someday be the first team to have a player wear number 100.

Without his Game 3 home run, the Yankees would have been down, three games to none. No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in games to win the World Series.

Almost everybody who plays in the MLB gets a nickname at some point. Here are ten of the best baseball nicknames along with the origin and meaning behind each one.

Managers of winning baseball teams are often hailed as geniuses. History suggests that ballplayer talent counts for more, but that good managers can make a difference.

Most who saw Mickey Mantle in his prime agreed he was one of the greatest talents ever on any ballfield. The disagreements were about how much he did with that talent.

Although Joe DiMaggio's excellent stats fell short of baseball's greatest, he won and retains a special hold on fans. A lot of it had to do with unmeasurables.

It took a record-breaking performance by the Cleveland Indians in 1954 to end a record-breaking run of success by the New York Yankees.

High expectations, surprising achievements, and baffling disappointments marked the return of baseball's top stars from the war.

The "Whiz Kids" were an exciting, energetic, youthful club that captured the hearts of Philadelphia baseball fans like no team before -- or perhaps since.

The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies, whose youth and enthusiasm earned them the nickname the "Whiz Kids," were the surprise team of the season.

Today's shortstops must be able to hit for average and power, play Gold Glove-level defense, run the bases well and have a rifle arm. These guys meet all five criteria.

From Dazzy Vance in the 1920s to Mike Piazza in the 1990s, the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers have had a plethora of great players. Here are the eleven best of all time.

These five championship series were the best since the dawn of baseball's television age.