The Little Steam Engine with a Huge Legacy
September 26, 2013 by Matt Nadel · 1 Comment
Hey baseball fans! I’m sure you all know about who Cy Young is, the winningest pitcher in baseball history in a time when Major League Baseball was in its infancy. But there was a pitcher who might have been just as good and pitched even earlier than Cy did. He is in the Hall of Fame with […]
The Myth of the 300-game Winner
November 18, 2010 by Josh Robbins · 2 Comments
It has been often written that the 300-game winner will never exist again. This is a total fallacy. There have been only twenty-four such occurrences in Major League Baseball history. Did you know that there are more members in the 3000-hit club and the 500-home run club? The role of the starting pitcher has changed […]
The Day the World Met the Ryan Express
October 30, 2010 by John Cappello · 3 Comments
Nolan Ryan was far from the perfect pitcher. He walked the most batters in baseball history (2,795), 52% more than the next highest total belonging to Steve Carlton (1,833). He lost the most games of any pitcher (292) except for Cy Young (316) and Pud Galvin (310), two players who peaked in the 1800s. He […]
All in the Cards
June 23, 2010 by Sam Miller · Leave a Comment
Ozzie Smith, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson. Three names Cardinals fans and baseball enthusiasts know well. But those are just three of the Redbirds 42 Hall of Famers. What about Rabbit Maranville, Chick Hafey or Pud Galvin? Authors Greg Marecek and Myron Holtzman engage readers with story after story in “The Cardinals of Cooperstown.” Pick up […]
