The Pitchers: The 4 Levels of Greatness – Part 2

October 1, 2011 by Michael Hoban · 6 Comments

The CAWS Career Gauge has identified only fifty-one (51) 20th century major league pitchers who have obvious Hall of Fame numbers. In Part 1, I introduced the thirty-nine (39) 20th century pitchers in Levels 1 and 2. These were the pitchers identified by the CAWS Gauge as having posted HOF numbers during their playing careers […]

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Is Andy Pettitte a Hall of Famer?

January 19, 2011 by Aaron Somers · 5 Comments

As things currently stand, the New York Yankees will go into the 2011 season without Andy Pettitte as part of their starting rotation. Weâ€™ve known for some time now that this could be a real possibility as he had stated at the end of the 2010 season the same sentiment heâ€™s made at the end […]

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