The shocking story of one player’s tragic loss
I hadn’t heard the sad story of Greg Norton’s mother’s murder before, but it is told very well by MLB.com’s Braves beat reporter, Mark Bowman.
ALCSTwins vs. YankeesWhether or not the Twins need Johan Santana to close out the ALDS against the A’s will have a lot of bearing on this series. If Santana can go in Game 1 — and potentially give the Twins…
Mark McGwire at Wrigley Field, May 1, 1998 I graduated from college in 1998, so that was a special summer for me, too. I set up my spring semester schedule to only have classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. My friends…
Cobb Field (top) by trimworksconst; Dehler Park via Baseballparks.com I put the Golden Globes on the backburner last night to watch Cobb Field: A Day at the Ball Park on MLB Network. Part of the Reel Hardball series (“Movies Out…
At Notre Dame, there’s a women’s dorm called Lyons Hall which chose as its sports mascot the mighty lion. The Lyons Lions. A high school in Los Gatos, California, calls its sports teams the Wildcats. Translating the town’s name into…
In researching another post, I came across this article in the June 3, 1959, edition of the Daily Capital News out of Jefferson City, Mo. If only Joba Chamberlain could have remained as composed.
First Chase Utley and now Brett Myers. The Phillies are tying up their young stars with multi-year contracts and buying them out of their arbitration years. It’s definitely a good move (when not applied to Pat Burrell, at least not…