Koufax or Ryan? Tough choice for Torborg

July 18, 2011 by Dan Schlossberg · Leave a Comment

Don’t ask Jeff Torborg to choose between Sandy Koufax and Nolan Ryan. The only man to catch no-hitters thrown by both can’t make up his mind. A former back-up catcher for the Dodgers and Angels, Torborg caught a perfect game thrown by Koufax in 1965 and no-hitters thrown by Bill Singer in 1970 and Ryan […]

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Lyman Bostock: What Might Have Been

March 18, 2010 by Bob Lazzari · Leave a Comment

What coulda been–a man taken from us WAY too soon…. It’s been 35 years since the very memorable 1975 baseball season–one that saw future Hall of Famers Jim Palmer and Tom Seaver win Cy Young Awards, Frank Robinson become MLB’s first black manager, and another “no-no” thrown by Nolan Ryan. It also featured the Tigers […]

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300-Win Club is Closed for Good

March 9, 2010 by Dan Schlossberg · 1 Comment

Put it in ink: the 300-game winner has gone the way of the buffalo nickel and Sunday doubleheader. The late-winter retirements of Randy Johnson and Tom Glavine mean that none of the 300-win pitchers are still active, although 10 are still alive: Steve Carlton, Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux,Â Phil Niekro, Gaylord Perry, Nolan Ryan, Tom […]

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