Forensic Career Bypassed as Indy Grad Jason Cooper Takes on New Opportunity With Pirates
December 2, 2011 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
Stanford University professors may not want to hear it, but one of their anthropological science graduates has given up an admitted “passion” for forensics to start on Phase 2 of a professional baseball career, this time as a front office rookie with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jason Cooper could see the handwriting on the wall within […]
Independents May Have Most Major Leaguers Ever in ’11
Well-Traveled Hurler DeLaRosa Helps Independents Edge Closer to All-Time High for Most Major Leaguers The door has swung completely open for Independent Baseball to claim perhaps its most important achievement before the season ends. This could go down as the summer when the greatest number of players made it to the major leagues. After all, […]
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, Phil Niekro, Gaylord Perry, Nolan Ryan, Tom […]
