Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was one of the greatest right fielders in baseball history. Born in Carolina, a small town along the northeast coast of…
The 1976 Chicago White Sox wore major league baseball’s most infamous uniform. The White Sox have always been the Second City’s second-rate team. For over…
Pitching, defense, and the three-run homer were the Holy Trinity of Earl Weaver’s managing philosophy. Earl Sidney Weaver was born in St. Louis, Missouri, August…
As a former major league pitcher, James Phillip Rooker always did hate walks. Jim Rooker was a left-handed pitcher born in Lakeview, Oregon, in 1942. …
The Cy Young Award is a baseball pitcher’s most coveted prize. Named for Denton True Young [Daily Dose, March 15], the winningest pitcher in Major League…
Joseph Henry Nuxhall is the youngest player ever to appear in a major league baseball game. Born in Hamilton, Ohio—the “City of Sculpture”–July 30, 1928,…
June 3 is a historic date in major league baseball history. On this date in 1925, Eddie Collins, a second baseman for the Chicago White Sox, became…
James Thomas Bell may be the fastest man ever to play the game of baseball. Born in Starkville—anchor of northeast Mississippi’s Golden Triangle—on this date…