My Top Five Hall of Fame Hitters without a Ring
August 19, 2013 by Matt Nadel · Leave a Comment
Hey baseball fans! It’s always a player’s dream to win a World Series. However, a lot of ballplayers never get a ring. Even some Hall of Famers have never won a World Series. With that, I give you my top five Hall of Fame hitters who never won a World Series ring and deserved one. Number Five: Carlton Fisk […]
My First Trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame
March 30, 2013 by Matt Nadel · 2 Comments
Hey baseball fans! I am off this week because of spring break, so naturally I took a baseball-related vacation… to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York! If you can believe this, it was actually my first time there and it was AWESOME!!!!!! I had a lot of fun and […]
Robin White Sox Redux
October 7, 2011 by Terry Keshner · Leave a Comment
On Thursday afternoon I received a text message from my cousin and fellow die-hard White Sox fan, Owen, and it contained just one word: Robin? Naturally, I replied with the first word that came to my mind: Batman? Just kidding. The word I actually replied with was Ventura? As I honestly wondered whether Owen’s single-word […]
The Bud Selig Statue
August 10, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · 3 Comments
The Milwaukee Brewers were brought back to life by Bud Selig and no one has done more for baseball in the second half of the 20th century–in Milwaukee that is–than Selig. Â So having a statue to Selig outside Miller Park in Milwaukee–alongside Robin Yount and Hank Aaron??–what the heck, why not. Â He tried to contract […]
Just How Good is Derek Jeter?
April 21, 2010 by Michael Hoban · 3 Comments
Here is the short answer. At the end of the 2009 season, Derek Jeter moved into 6th place among the best shortstops of the modern era (since 1920). For more details, keep reading. Bill James’ Win Shares system is the most comprehensive tool available to understand how good a season a player had. It includes […]
