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It's tough to win a batting title, a home run crown, or an RBI championship, but it's much harder to win all three in one season. Here are the 12 players who've done it.

Hornsby was so superior to Evers that one must question how both can be in the Hall of Fame.

From Frankie Frisch to Rogers Hornsby to Bob Gibson to Albert Pujols, the St. Louis Cardinals have given baseball some of its greatest players. Here's their record book.

Here are the best hitters to play for that team which currently spends it's summers in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.

Big Ed Delahanty was baseball's best hitter from 1893 to 1902. He also lived a wild life on and off the field. Eventually, it caught up with him, one way or another.

Hitting .400 is indeed a rarity. Only eight players have done so since the dawn of baseball's modern era, which began in 1901 with the birth of the American League.

Baseball is often regarded as America's favorite pastime. So it's no surprise that it is the most popular and common subject on U.S. postage stamps.

Baseball has always tinkered with the mound's distance and height, the types of pitches thrown and what constitutes a strikeout. Each change affected the game greatly

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 the help of future Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander, St. Louis won its first World Series title against one of the deadliest offenses in baseball.

From the Fordham Flash to Stan the Man, the Cardinals have had many great players. Here are the nine best who comprise the unofficial St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame.

With so many great seasons by so many great MLB players to choose from, it's hard to narrow the best seasons ever down to just ten. Here's a shot, though.

The 1920s were all about Babe Ruth. Although there were many great Hall of Fame hitters who played during the decade, none could hold a candle to the Big Bambino.

Second base has been covered by some of baseball's outstanding hitters, fielders, and baserunners. Amazingly, most of them played more than a half-century ago.

This list contains a lot of veterans who have underperformed for large chunks of the 2007 MLB season. But, each of these guys seems poised for a brilliant second half.

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

Looking for some great spring quotations? These spring sayings and quotes are great for a greeting card, an email signature, a scrapbook, craft project or spring poem.

If Ted had one more hit or one less at bat, he would have become the first player to win the Triple Crown three times. Since 1901, only he and Hornsby have won it twice.

The mid-year awards in the National League for Most Valuable Player, Cy Young, Rookie of the Half Year, Comeback Player and Free Agent Bust.

Recent years have seen the shattering of some of baseball's most admired records. Can any truly stand the test of time?

We are starting a Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame team. The only rule that is that any player selected to the team must be a member of the Hall of Fame.

Gaylord Perry admitted that he cheated. He is in the Hall of Fame, but the Hall of Fame does not acknowledge that he broke any rules.

The 1940s were a tumultuous decade for Major League Baseball. World War II took away the best years of many players' careers, including some of these legendary hitters.

The MVP award has been around, in one form or another, for almost a century. Here's a brief history of its origins and many incarnations.

Beginning in the 1890s, the skill level of women baseball players greatly improved, even to the point that some were able to hold their own against men.

Yankee Stadium Will Close at the end of the 2008 baseball season. Here are just a few of the memories that it leaves behind.

Last year, they were one bad series from the world championship. With their potent offense back and perhaps gettign better, can the Rockies go all the way?

When the American League was founded in 1901 to challenge the National League's monopoly on professional baseball, a fierce rivalry was born that continues to this day.

The 1948 Indians, with Ken Keltner, Lou Boudreau, and Joe Gordon, had an all-100 RBIs infield.