My Top Five Most Underrated Hall of Famers in Baseball History

September 11, 2013 by Matt Nadel · 2 Comments

Hey baseball fans! With 205 baseball players in the Hall of Fame, not all of them are recognizable to baseball fans. Whether it’s because of the team they played for, the era in which they competed or another reason, some of the best baseball players of all time are not very prominent. With that being […]

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Jim Robertson: 140th Former Pro Killed in WWII

March 20, 2011 by Gary Bedingfield · 3 Comments

Jim Robertson was an outstanding college athlete who had just begun his professional career in baseball when military service called during the summer of 1942. He is the 140th former pro ballplayer to have been killed during the war.

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