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Baseball Remembers: Dave Parker
Today’s edition is a bit late, because the news broke over the weekend that Dave Parker passed away from the effects of Parkinson’s disease and I made a…
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Friday Stuff
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Late Bloomers: Hank Bauer
If you’ve been following past editions of the Late Bloomers series, you’ve probably noticed a trend regarding the reasons why players didn’t get a…
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Forgotten Treasures: Vlad Guerrero's Defense
He was a cartoon, really, in the best ways possible.
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Hall of Fame Hitters Who Pitched
Shohei Ohtani is now pitching again, a minor bit of news that might have escaped your attention since ESPN only put it one their main baseball page…
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Roberto Clemente, “Punch and Judy Hitter”
Yeah, he really did say that.
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Friday Stuff
You’ll forgive me for deviating from the normal format this week, but in honor of both Father’s Day and my dad, I’m going to use this week’s Friday…
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Montreal's 1979 Duel With Pittsburgh
When the 1979 season began, the Montreal Expos had played 10 seasons of major league baseball without ever having a winning record.
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Baseball Remembers: Oscar Gamble
The 1970s were a time of great platoon players.
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From the Archives: Let's Remember Nomar
It’s been over two years since I wrote an edition about Nomar Garciaparra. It started as a discussion of his odd habits in the batters box, as his name…
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With My Dad at Fenway
I attended exactly one baseball game with my father at Fenway Park.
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Friday Stuff
Monday This was the date in 1914 when Honus Wagner was initially believed to have collected his 3,000th career hit, a ninth inning double against…
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