Articles written by James Lincoln Ray
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2008 MLB Baseball's Best Hitters: Chipper Jones, Chase Utley and Josh Hamilton Having Great Seasons
Category: Major League Baseball
These five players have started off hot. Can they keep it up? more...
How to Run a Minor League Team: Continuation of My Interview With Harrisburg Senators Top Management
Category: Minor League Baseball
Part Two of an interview with the new executive management team of the AA Baseball Harrisburg Senators. more...
The Infamous Hal Chase: First in a Series of Articles on Baseball's Biggest Scandalmakers
Category: Baseball (general)
This slick-fielding first baseman was also, unfortunately, an inveterate gambler and a well-known cheat. more...
The Yankees Greatest Dynasty?: The Yankees Were Baseball's Best During the Country's Toughest Times
Category: Baseball (general)
This dynasty, which began with DiMaggio's debut and ended with Gehrig's retirement, was the best team in the world during the darkest days of the Great Depression. more...
2008 Detroit Tigers MLB Preview: Baseball Outlook for This Season's Motown Nine
Category: Baseball (general)
The 2006 American League champs dropped to second place last year. But after a boatload of winter acquisitions, they look like they can win it all in 2008. more...
2008 Arizona Diamondbacks Preview: National League West Champs Could Be Even Better This Season
Category: Baseball (general)
The young Arizona Diamondbacks surprised a lot of people by winning the National League West in 2007. Can they do it again? Can they go further? more...
The Shot Heard Round the World: Bobby Thomson's 1951 Pennant-Winning Home Run off Ralph Branca
Category: Baseball (general)
Bobby Thomson hits the most famous home run in baseball history. more...
The All-Time Yankees All-Star Team: The Best Baseball Players to Ever Play for The Bronx Bombers
Category: Baseball (general)
The greatest New York Yankees of all time, position by position. more...
Top 25 Fantasy Starting Pitchers: MLB Baseball Starters to Help Your Rotisserie Team
Category: Baseball (general)
The best starting pitchers from number 6 through 25. more...
Baseball Free Agency Rules: MLB Player Eligibility and Draft Compensation Explained
Category: Baseball (general)
Here is a quick and dirty explanation of the rules governing baseball free agency. They're good to know, especially if you want to be an MLB general manager someday. more...
2008 Best Fantasy Rookie Pitchers: Joba Chamberlain, Clay Buccholz and Ian Kennedy Are Still Rookies
Category: Baseball (general)
Here are six pitchers who are still rookies for the 2008 season. Each of them can help your fantasy team in 2008. more...
Top 100 Fantasy Baseball Players: Ranking the Best MLB Players to Draft for the 2008 Fantasy Season
Category: Fantasy Baseball
The next best 50 fantasy baseball player rankings. more...
17 Facts About Perfect Games: History and Trivia About Baseball's Top Pitching Achievement
Category: Baseball (general)
Everything you need to know about the perfect game. Well, almost. more...
2008 Philadelphia Phillies Preview: Season Outlook for Baseball in the City of Brotherly Love
Category: Baseball (general)
The Phillies come to sprng training fresh off their first division crown in almost 15 years, and they look pretty good. Like everyone else, they must stay healthy. more...
2008 Boston Red Sox Preview: David Ortiz and Josh Beckett Will Lead the Sawx to Baseball Playoffs
Category: Baseball (general)
The Boston Red Sox enter the 2008 season as the defending World Series champions. Can they repeat? more...
2008 New York Mets Preview: The New Baseball Season Looks Good for the Big Apple's Other Team
Category: Baseball (general)
The Mets added the best pitcher in the business to a team that lost the National League East by just one game in 2007. The addition should put them back over the top. more...
A-Rod's Years as a Seattle Mariner: Alex Rodriguez First Became a Superstar in the Pacific Northwest
Category: Baseball (general)
Alex Rodriguez was the most celebrated baseball prospect in history, and in his early years with the Seattle Mariners, he quickly showed why he deserved that distinction. more...
2008 New York Yankees Preview: The Bronx Bombers Will Baseball Boston In Baseball's Best Division
Category: Baseball (general)
With a new manager and three promising young pitchers, the Yankees are looking to start a new dynasty in 2008. more...
2008 Top 10 Fantasy Third Basemen: A-Rod Leads the Best MLB Baseball Men at the Hot Corner
Category: Baseball (general)
Three of the best players in the game play third base. The rest of these guys ain't no slouches, either. more...
2008 Top 10 Fantasy First Baseman: Pujols, Howard, Fielder and Hafner Lead MLB Baseball 1st Basemen
Category: Fantasy Baseball
Choosing the right first baseman can make or break your fantasy baseball team. more...
Baseball Pitching Stats Explained: From ERA to WHIP to the New Quality Starts Ratio
Category: Baseball (general)
A pitcher's win-loss record is just the beginning of the tale. These stats, once understood, can help a fan learn the whole story about a pitcher's value to his team. more...
2008 MLB Baseball Season Preview: Baseball's Best Year is Somehere Just Over the Rainbow
Category: Baseball (general)
The last year of Yankee Stadium. The year Junior hits number 600. The year Maddux will pass Clemens, and Big Unit could reach 300. '08 will be another historic season. more...
Hall of Famer Rod Carew: Career Biography and Statistics of the Seven Time Batting Champion
Category: Baseball (general)
Rod Carew was one of the greatest contact hitters in baseball history. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
The government took a day off from ignoring the problems of the real world with a full day hearing to question officials about performance-enhancing drug use. more...
Yankee Stadium's Last Season: A Retrospective of Sports History In the House that Ruth Built
Category: Baseball (general)
Yankee Stadium Will Close at the end of the 2008 baseball season. Here are just a few of the memories that it leaves behind. more...
Gossage Elected to Hall of Fame: Goose is Only Player to be Inducted at Cooperstown on July 27, 2008
Category: Baseball (general)
Jim Rice and Andre Dawson barely missed election into the Hall of Fame on Tuesday, January 8, 2008. But a hard-throwing mutton-chopped reliever finally made the cut. more...
All-Time Base Stealing Greats: Those Loveable Bag Thiefs of the National Pastime
Category: Baseball (general)
Most people know that Rickey Henderson is the top base stealer of all time. But there are many colorful, fun characters in baseball history who were master bag thieves. more...
2008 Hall of Fame Hopefuls: Gossage, Dawson and Rice May All Reach Cooperstown This Year
Category: Baseball (general)
Perhaps the time has finally come for three players who dominated at their respective positions in the 1970s and 1980s: Goose Gossage, Andre Dawson and Jim Rice. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
Here are ten great DVD baseball movies to buy for that special baseball fan this holiday season. more...
Mitchell Report is Incomplete: Conflict of Interest Renders Mitchell Steroid Report Untrustworthy
Category: Baseball (general)
The most interesting thing about Boston Red Sox director George Mitchell's report is the amount of Yankees names that appear, and the complete lack of Red Sox players. more...
Baseball's $100 Million Players: MLB's Super-Rich Include A-Rod, Derek Jeter, Manny and Barry Zito
Category: Baseball (general)
Only a handful of Major League Baseball stars have signed contracts in excess of $100 million. Some have been worth it it. Others? Not so good. more...
George Mitchell Steroid Report Due: Baseball's Performance-Enhancing Drug Report Tainted by Conflict
Category: Baseball (general)
The chief investigator in Major League Baseball's steroid investigation is an active member of the Boston Red Sox Board of Directors. Isn't that a conflict? Uh, Yeah. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
A-Rod earned his money under baseball's biggest contract. But he should still get rid of Scott Boras. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
In a year that doesn't feature any legitimate first time candidates, several veterans who just missed in the past few seasons have their best chances at Cooperstown yet. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
The New York Yankees have spent almost $400 million to secure a potent offense for 2008 and beyond, but have they paid emough attention to their pitching needs? more...
New York Yankees Sign Jorge Posada: All-Star Catcher Receives Four-Year, $52 million Contract
Category: Baseball (general)
The Yankees signed their five-time All Star catcher Jorge Posada to a deal that will pay him more than $13 million per season for the next four years. more...
Pedroia, Braun are Rookies of Year: Young Leaders Take Home Major League Baseball ROY Awards in 2007
Category: Baseball (general)
Dustin Pedroia and Ryan Braun are more than just good young players. They finished at the top of one of the best rookie classes in recent MLB history. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
Major League Baseball doesn't require the beneficiaries of revenue sharing to spend the money they receive on players. more...
How the Red Sox Passed the Yankees: Why Boston Moved Past the Yankees in Baseball's Biggest Rivalry
Category: Baseball (general)
Baseball's best rivalry keeps getting better. Here are seven reasons, to go along with their seven World Championships, why the Red Sox finally passed the Yankees. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
From Johnny Podres to Don Clendenon, here are the guys who came through at the biggest time of the baseball year. more...
A-Rod Opts Out of Yankee Contract: Baseball's Best Player, Alex Rodriguez, is Now a Free Agent
Category: Baseball (general)
Alex Rodriguez opts out of the remainder of his contract to become a free agent. It looks like his days as a Yankee are finished. more...
Game 6 of the 1975 World Series: Pudge Fisk's Homer Ends the Greatest Fall Classic Game Ever Played
Category: Baseball (general)
The Boston Red Sox knotted the 1975 World Series at three games apiece when their catcher, Pudge Fisk, hit one off the foul pole to win the game in extra innings. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
The New York Yankees are looking for a new skipper for the first time in 12 seasons. Who is going to take over for Joe Torre? more...
Manny Ramirez vs. Alex Rodriguez: Is the Red Sox Slugger Better Than the Yankees A-Rod?
Category: Baseball (general)
The two best hitters of the last decade have almost identical statistics. more...
Game 7 of the 1991 World Series: Jack Morris vs. John Smoltz Highlights Braves-Twins Fall Classic
Category: Baseball (general)
Jack Morris and John Smoltz had one of the great pitching duels in Fall Classic history in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series. more...
Game 6 of the 1986 World Series: Bill Buckner Error Highlights Tragic Red Sox Loss to the Mets
Category: Baseball (general)
With the 106th World Series set to begin on October 23, Suite 101 Baseball takes a look at the ten greatest games in Fall Classic History. more...
Joe Torre's Managing Career: From Mets, Braves and Cardinals Failure to New York Yankees Success
Category: Baseball (general)
Joe Torre had some rough years as the skipper of the New York mets, Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals before finding World series Gold with the New York Yankees. more...
Is A-Rod Worth a Billion Dollars?: Scott Boras, Who is Alex Rodriguez's Agent, Seems to Think So
Category: Baseball (general)
One day after his client helped the Yankees lose to the Cleveland Indians in the ALDS, Scott Boras says that A-Rod is worth between $500 Million and $1 Billion. more...
2007 American League Stat Leaders: A.L. Statistics and Records Set During The 2007 Baseball Season
Category: Baseball (general)
The hitting and pitching statistical leaders from the 2007 American League baseball season. more...
Josh Beckett Will Win Cy Young: Red Sox Starter Was American League's Best Pitcher Among Many Greats
Category: Baseball (general)
Beckett led the Red Sox to the 2007 A.L. East Division crown. He will win the Cy Young Award, but he wasn't the only Junior Circuit pitcher who had a great season. more...
Jimmy Rollins is the N.L. MVP: He Should Win the National League Most Valuable Player Award
Category: Baseball (general)
The diminutive slugging shortstop was the most valuable player in the Senior Circuit this year. No doubt about it. more...
AL Rookie of the Year Candidates: Dustin Pedroia Leads the Pack of Talented American League Rookies
Category: Baseball (general)
It seems like baseball players keep getting better. Last season saw Liriano, Papelbon and Verlander break into the A.L. This year, it's Pedroia, Bannister and Okajima. more...
Can the Phillies Catch the Mets?: Philadelphia Trails New York by Only 2 1/2 Games in the N.L. East
Category: Baseball (general)
With less than two weeks to go in the 2007 baseball season, the National League East division is suddenly up for grabs. more...
Can Steroids Ruin Baseball?: Jay Gibbons and Rick Ankiel Scandals Indicate HGH Use Was Widespread
Category: Baseball (general)
The recent burst of HGH and steroid links to Major League baseball suggest that the game's performance-enhancing drug problem is as bad as Jose Canseco claimed. more...
Who is the American League MVP?: Alex Rodriguez is Crushing the AL Most Valuable Player Competition
Category: Baseball (general)
After his strife-filled, disappointing season in 2006, many thought A-Rod had fallen off the perch of the best player in baseball. They were wrong. He's still the best. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
A whole host of fantasy football stars came up empty in Week One, including a few franchise players. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
Ted Williams said that his goal in life was to be the Greatest Hitter who Ever Lived. He just may have reached that goal despite missing five seasons to two major wars. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
With so many retired numbers, the New York Yankees may someday be the first team to have a player wear number 100. more...
NL Rookie of the Year Candidates: The Five Best in the National League in the 2007 Baseball Season
Category: Baseball (general)
Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers leads this crop of excellent National League rookies who have broken out during the 2007 baseball season. more...
Who is the National League MVP?: The 2007 NL Most Valuable Player Award is Up For Grabs
Category: Baseball (general)
Here are the five best candidates for the National League MVP award. more...
Category: National Football League (NFL)
Five rules to follow in Week One of the 2007 Fantasy Football Season. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
It's the hardest position on the field. Catching wears out the knees, breaks the back, and yet, everyone still expects these human backstops to hit. Tough assignment. more...
Houston Astros Fire Phil Garner: Manager Led Team to the 2005 World Series But Loses His Job Anyway
Category: Baseball (general)
The Astros and White Sox were the best teams in baseball in 2005. Now they are two of the worst. Houston responded by firing Garner. Will the Sox fire Ozzie Guillen next? more...
Five Great Baseball Pennant Races: 5 of the Very Best Chases to Divisional and League Crowns
Category: Baseball (general)
The 1951 race to the pennant between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants was as great a pennant race as there has ever been. Ever. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
The history of the Chicago Cubs is the history of professional baseball. It's that simple, and it's that important. more...
2007 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Five Players Who Won't Be 1st Round Picks, But They Can Help You Out
Category: National Football League (NFL)
Anybody can draft Peyton Manning or Steven Jackson. But if you pick Jerious Norwood, and he becomes a star, you will wow your friends and you could win your league. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
At one time, Brett Favre, Jeff Garcia and Ahman Green were early round fantasy picks. Their time has come and gone. If you have to take these guys, take 'em late. more...
National League Cy Young Hopefuls: Jake Peavy, Brad Penny, and Cole Hamels Lead NL Pitching Pack
Category: Baseball (general)
Despite stumbling in July, Jake Peavy is back on his game and is the favorite to win the National League Cy Young Award. But Brad Penny is nipping at his heels. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
Bob Feller had a Hall of Fame career that was interrupted by World War II. More than any other player, Feller's lost time adversely affected his legacy. more...
St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame: The Best Players the Gateway City Redbirds Ever Saw
Category: Baseball (general)
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. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
The Los Angeles Dodgers have one of the richest franchise histories in baseball. In their honor, please memorize their team and individual hitting and pitching records. more...
St. Louis Cardinals Complete Stats: Season and Career Numbers for the Best of the Redbirds
Category: Baseball (general)
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. more...
Fantasy Football - Best Rookies: Five Rookie Players That Could Be Fantasy Football-Ready in 2007
Category: National Football League (NFL)
Adrian Petersen, Calvin Johnson, and Greg Olsen will all be ready quite soon. For Brady Quinn and JaMarcus Russell, you may have to wait for returns on your investment. more...
First Round Fantasy Football Picks: After the Obvious Superstars Get Snatched, What to Do Next
Category: National Football League (NFL)
You will pick after all of the first round "sure things" have already be drafted. So you'll need to know which players are the best of the 'next-bests'? Here they are. more...
Top Five All Time Yankee Home Runs: The Top 5 Include Reggie Jackson, Bucky Dent, and Aaron Boone
Category: Baseball (general)
The Yankees have hit a million home runs. Here are the five best. more...
Top 10 All Time Yankee Home Runs: The Ten Biggest and Baddest Home Runs In Bronx Bomber History
Category: Baseball (general)
They have hit a lot of home runs over the years. But here, for your reading pleasure, are the ten greatest home runs ever hit by the New York Yankees. more...
Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry: How Boston Passed New York in the Best Rivalry in Sports
Category: Baseball (general)
The Yankees dominated this rivalry for almost 90 years, but recent personnel decisions by Boston management have been far superior to moves made by the Yankee brass. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
While the Braves and Red Sox loaded up for possible postseason runs, the Yankees refused to give up youth for experience at the trading deadline. more...
Lester Wins in Return From Cancer: After Beating Lymphoma, Red Sox Pitcher Picks Up a Big Victory
Category: Baseball (general)
After knocking out cancer and holding down hitters in the minor leagues for the past year, Boston lefty Jon Lester made a triumphant return to the big leagues on Monday. more...
It's Time to Pay Ryan Howard: Phillies Should Avoid Arbitration and Give Him a Multi-Year Deal Now
Category: Baseball (general)
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. more...
MLB Hot Trade Deadline Rumors: Eric Gagne, Joe Nathan, Andy Pettitte and Jermaine Dye May Be Dealt
Category: Baseball (general)
With just eleven days to go until the trading deadline, teams must decide if they are buyers or sellers. Welcome to the eBAY of Major League Baseball. more...
Fantasy Football Draft - Top 50: The Best 50 Picks For Your Upcoming 2007 NFL Fantasy Football Draft
Category: National Football League (NFL)
The Top 50 best players to draft in order to win you fantasy football league -- or at least not look like a fool. more...
Surprise Baseball Stars in 2007: Left For the Scrap Heap, These Major League Players Have Rebounded
Category: Baseball (general)
These players were all relegated to either utility roles or the minor leagues in 2006. But all have proven to be Major League baseball stars in 2007. more...
Available Fantasy Baseball Studs: The Best Major League Baseball Fantasy Players Available This Week
Category: Baseball (general)
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. more...
What the Yankees Can Do With A-Rod: The Best Move May Be to Wait out the Season and Just Say Goodbye
Category: Baseball (general)
With A-Rod making it clear that he is going to test the waters, and bid up his price to over $30 million per year, it may be time for the Yankees to say goodbye. more...
Hall of Famer Profile - Hank Aaron: The Home Run King Was More Than Just a Great Slugger
Category: Baseball (general)
Hank Aaron is known best for one thing: breaking Babe Ruth's long-standing all-time home run record and finishing his career with 755 home runs. But, he was so much more. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
Yogi Berra was so great, they named a cartoon character after him. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
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. more...
2007 AL Midseason Baseball Awards: The Top Pitchers, Hitters and Managers in the American League
Category: Baseball (general)
A piece on the best American League players at the midpoint of this 2007 MLB season. more...
Are The Chicago Cubs Cursed?: Do the Cubbies Have Their Own Version of the Curse of the Bambino?
Category: Baseball (general)
The Cubs haven't won the World Series since 1908. During the drought, their tormenters have included the Babe, a vengeful goat, a black cat, and a poor sap named Bartman. more...
2007 National League All-Star Team: Proposed Starters and Reserve Players for the NL All Star Squad
Category: Baseball (general)
Here are the top two players at each position in the National League. more...
2007 NFL Fantasy Running Backs: The Best Ball Carriers for the 2007 Fantasy Football Season
Category: National Football League (NFL)
Yes, there are still almost two months to go until most Fantasy Football Drafts. So what? Here are some picks to consider for running backs. more...
2007 American League All Star Team: Top Starters and Best Reserve Players in the Junior Circuit
Category: Baseball (general)
This is an opinion piece expressing my belief as to which players truly deserve a starting spot on the 2007 MLB American League All-Star Team. You may be surprised. more...
Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey & 600 HRs: 600 Home Runs Will Mean Very Different Things For These Players
Category: Baseball (general)
Not long after Sammy Sosa became just the fifth member of the 600 home run club, everybody turned their eyes to the next man up: Ken Griffey, who now needs just 16 more. more...
When Will Phil Hughes Return?: Just When is the Yankee Phenom Going to Pitch Again?
Category: Baseball (general)
Yankee rookie Phil Hughes pulled a hamstring in May and was supposed to miss 4-6 weeks, which should have him back by June 19th. Now, some say he won't be back until 2008 more...
Famous Baseball Superstitions: The Curse of the Babe, a Black Cat on the Field, and One Angry Goat
Category: Baseball (general)
For as long as men have played the National Pastime, there have been baseball superstitions. Here are some of the best. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
With only a month to go to the All-Star Game, it's time to study up on the best players at each position. Or, you can just do the usual and vote for your favorite guys. more...
Baseball's Over 40 All Star Team: The Best Middle Aged MLB Players
Category: Baseball (general)
Over the past twenty years, baseball has become a game that is open to the middle-aged as well as the young. Here are the best over-40 players in the Major Leagues. more...
Roger Clemens Beats the Pirates: The Rocket Picks Up Win 349 in his 2007 New York Yankees MLB Debut
Category: Baseball (general)
With the whole world wondering if future Hall of Famer Roger Clemens could reverse New York's 2007 fortunes, Clemens delivered a quality start and a Win for the Yankees. more...
Ozzie Guillen: Steroids and Racism: White Sox Manager Claims Steroid Investigation Is Racist
Category: Baseball (general)
Since the Chicago White Sox won the World Series in 2005, Manager Ozzie Guillen has been treated with kid gloves by the media. It may be time that he gets called to task. more...
Lou Piniella Suspended Four Games: Chicago Cubs Manager Kicked Out for Kicking Dirt on Ump
Category: Baseball (general)
The Commissioner suspended Cubs' skipper for his outburst during a June 2nd game. The punishment may have been enhanced because this wasn't Sweet Lou's first tirade. more...
25 Worst Things to Happen to Music: Twenty-Five People, Practices, and Events That Are Killing Music
Category: Rock Music (general)
From Puffy Combs to the Lilith Fair, these enemies of good music have somehow taken over the industry. more...
A-Rod and Yankees Beat the Red Sox: A-Rod Gossip about Toronto Blonde Woman May Have Helped Bombers
Category: Baseball (general)
Amid all of the gossip surrounding Alex Rodriguez's personal life and playing tactics, the third baseman leads the Yankees to a series victory over the Boston Red Sox. more...
Albert Pujols' Baseball Career: The Cardinals First Baseman Has Had An Historic Start to His Career
Category: Baseball (general)
Albert Pujols's first six seasons in the Major Leagues have been he best in baseball history, better than Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams and Don Mattingly. more...
MLB's Best Pitchers in 2007: Is Major League Baseball Having a Starting Pitching Rennaissance?
Category: Baseball (general)
With more than 10 pitchers on pace for 20 wins and more than 200 strikeouts, this year's starting pitchers are far outpitching their brethren from just one year ago. more...
Pro Baseball Fathers and Sons: The Best Intergenerational Tandems in Major League Baseball History.
Category: Baseball (general)
With Father's Day approaching, it's time to look at the five best father and son tandems in baseball history. The Bonds and Griffey families lead the way. more...
Can Clemens Save the Yankees?: New York Looks to 44-Year Old Rocket to Save 2007 Baseball Season
Category: Baseball (general)
With the New York Yankees almost 14 games out of first place, the Bronx Bomber are staking their season on a middle age, highly paid, seven-time Cy Young Award winner. more...
Baseball's Smallest Player Ever: Eddie Gaedel, a Three Foot-Seven Inch Man, Had One Career At Bat
Category: Baseball (general)
Bill Veeck ran many publicity stunts as owner of the Indians, Browns and the White Sox, but his best promotion involved a three-foot, seven inch dwarf named Eddie Gaedel. more...
Top Baseball Hitters of the 1960s: The Five Best Hitters of the Beatles and Free Love Decade
Category: Baseball (general)
In a decade best known for superb pitching, these five hitters were able to break through with Hall of Fame level hitting performances year in and year out. more...
Baseball's One-Armed Outfielder: Pete Gray Was Baseball's Best Physically Challenged Player
Category: Baseball (general)
When Pete Gray lost his arm in a childhood accident, he thought his dream of playing professional baseball would never come true. He was wrong. more...
MLB Career World Series Records: The Best of the Best in the History of the Fall Classic
Category: Baseball (general)
It's been said that truly great baseball players excel in the World Series. These players are the real cream of the crop among Fall Classic participants. more...
The Best Hitters of the 1940s: In a Decade Interrupted by War, These Hitters Still Became Legendary
Category: Baseball (general)
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. more...
Top Baseball Hitters of the 1950s: Mays, Mantle, and the Duke Are Among the Decade's Top Batsmen
Category: Baseball (general)
After a decade interrupted by war, baseball returned to its full glory during the 1950s. Here are the very best hitters from the Rock n' Roll decade. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
With several teams looking for a closer, Troy Percival, who has not pitched in almost two years, is being hunted by at least two National League East contenders. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
The best venue in America for watching a Major League baseball game has survived two World Wars, and 86 year World Series drought and economic pressure to make it bigge more...
Baseball's Best Gold Glove Winners: The MLB's Greatest Defensive Players of All Time
Category: Baseball (general)
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. more...
Most Recent MLB Power Rankings: Baseball's Ten BestTeams for the Week Ending May 25, 2007
Category: Baseball (general)
The Boston Red Sox continue their run as the best team of 2007, but the Mets and Braves remain hot on their trail, and the Yankees continue to disappoint. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
Babe Ruth still holds quite a few hitting records. But as the heroes of the New Dynasty get a little bit older, they are starting to amke their mark on Yankee history. more...
Curt Schilling is a Hall of Famer: Why the Red Sox Pitcher Will Have a Plaque in Cooperstown Someday
Category: Baseball (general)
While some may question his worthiness for the Hall of Fame, a close look at his career reveals that Curt Schilling is well qualified for admission to Cooperstown. more...
2007 MLB Fantasy Pitching Report: Quarterly Update of Major League Baseball Fantasy Starters
Category: Baseball (general)
It's the biggest risk in a fantasy draft: who do you draft as starters? That decision can make or break a fantasy team. Here are the best, the worst and some surprises. more...
Category: Baseball (general)
With one quarter of the season already gone, here is a baseball fantasy update on the best players, the biggest surprises and the major disappointments for 2007. more...
Major League Pitching Records: Career, Single Season and Single Game Records of MLB Moundsmen
Category: Baseball (general)
Pitching is the key to winning games and winning championships. here are some of the best (and worst) records for hurlers in Major League History. more...
Baseball Slang Dictionary from P-S: A Continuing Collection of Baseball Terms and Slang
Category: Baseball (general)
From Painting the Black to the Platinum Sombrero to Hitting a Seeing Eye Single past the Pivot Man, the lexicon of baseball terms continues. more...
Baseball Slang Dictionary From D-H: More Baseball Slang Terms From to Dinger to Horsehide
Category: Baseball (general)
More baseball slang definitions that include "Dying Quail", "Eephus Pitch", "Five O'Clock Hitter" and the "Golden Sombrero." more...
Category: Baseball (general)
In the first of the Quarterly Reports, the Red Sox are showing that 2004 may not have been a fluke, but may be the start of a trend. Has the curse been forever reversed? more...
How to Calculate Baseball Stats: What Do All of Those Baseball Statistics Mean, Anyway?
Category: Baseball (general)
In a game of inches, where immortals may only be separated from ulility players by a few percentage points, it is essential to know how to calculate these averages. more...
What is the Cy Young Award?: A History of Baseball's Award Given Annually To Its Top Pitchers
Category: Baseball (general)
Named after the pioneering pitcher from the turn of last century, the Cy Young Award is an award given each fall to the bes