Joe Nuxhall was too young to appreciate it. Satchel Paige wasn’t. Nor were the sixty of us gathered last weekend in Pittsburgh. The first time Nuxhall stepped into a major...
The conventional six degrees of separation would take a multiple of perhaps five or ten to find some commonality between me and a guy called Mudcat. Consider: Mudcat was 15...
Major League Baseball, specifically Commissioner Rob Manfred, you are confusing me. First you pretend to be the conscience of the sport. You decide you don’t like the new voter-reform legislation...
In the 1970s, when Bucky Dent played professional baseball, the world was different. There was no MLB Network, ESPN, Fox Sports or even a Peacock. Umpires’ decisions, right or wrong,...
If Hank Aaron would have broken Babe Ruth’s career home run record at any time other than a Monday night or a Saturday afternoon most of the country would have...
This is a story about how the saver got saved. About the baseball relief pitcher who had to go to the bullpen for help. The right-hander who made a career...
Michael Blazek loves flying first class. We all do. For Blazek, a seat in the front of the airplane means career success. Now, barring something totally unexpected, it won’t happen...
Pittsburgh Pirates fans always believed when Steve Blass left the game of baseball there would never be another one played. So far, they’re right. “I’m guessing the powers above said...
Sports, the toy department of life, has a way of keeping things real. For me, coronavirus wasn’t real until this week. Oh sure, my portfolio was taking a pounding but...
We have very little in common. Come to think of it, we actually have a lot in common. Vernon Law will celebrate his 90th birthday next month. I’ll be 68...
Move over Rickey Henderson, Lou Brock and Vince Coleman. You too Tim Raines, Maury Wills and Ty Cobb. Open the door for Tony Thomas. You remember Thomas, don’t you? Drafted...
Thurman Munson died thirty-nine years ago Thurday. It was August 2, 1979. Some from the younger set will ask ‘who was Thurman Munson?’ Others might recall the name. But if...
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