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I didn’t make this point explicitly when I compared the careers of Harold Baines and Dwight Evans, but the Hall of Fame creates a real problem for…
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What Happens When a Famous Person May Have Copied Your Work?
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The 20-odd years between 1900 and the emergence of Babe Ruth as a slugger are commonly referred to as the dead-ball era of major league baseball. Partly…
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There was a time, about 20 or 25 years ago, when Troy Percival was one of the top-5 relief pitchers in baseball. And that was the case from his very…
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When Tim McCarver passed away recently, most of the articles recapping his career focused primarily on his lengthy broadcasting career. A few mentioned…
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Let’s stop for a minute just to recall the career of a player who isn’t talked about very often anymore. I don’t mean someone who is mentioned as a Hall…
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Did His Service Hurt or Help His Career?
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As the discussion of baseball’s new pitch clock continues during Spring Training, it was probably inevitable that Nomar Garciaparra’s ritual before…
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A few months ago, when the Astros won their second World Series in six seasons, it was the first championship of the long managerial career of Dusty…
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As I’ve been following Joe Posnanski’s latest fun baseball event - which in this case is literally fun, as he’s trying to identify the most fun players…
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As Spring Training games started up a couple of weeks ago, a lot of focus was given to the new rule changes that will go into affect this season. Of…
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