Ebbets Field

October 30, 2015 0

One of the greatest stadiums in the history of American sports stood on what was once a garbage dump. Brooklyn Dodgers owner, Charlie Ebbets, needed…

Dave DeBusschere

October 16, 2015 0

David Albert DeBusschere is a member of the NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Team and is the only one who also pitched in the Major Leagues.…

Lloyd McClendon

October 15, 2015 0

Lloyd Glenn McClendon played eight seasons in the Major Leagues and has managed two big league clubs, but his greatest success came in the Little…

Jim Brown

October 12, 2015 0

It is rare to be considered the greatest of all time in any one activity. To be the best-ever at two different sports is unfathomable.…

Curse of the Billy Goat

October 6, 2015 0

The Chicago Cubs have not played in a World Series since 1945, have lost the last seven that they have participated in and have not…

Ichiro Suzuki

October 1, 2015 0

In Major League Baseball, the benchmark for hitting excellence is collecting 200 hits in a season. Two players accomplished that in 2014 and none did…

Babe Ruth

September 24, 2015 0

George Herman Ruth, Jr., is the greatest baseball player of all time and America’s first sports superstar. Born on February 6, 1895 in Pigtown, a…

Roger Maris

September 10, 2015 0

Roger Eugene Maris may be the most underappreciated player in baseball history. Born in Hibbing, Minnesota on this date in 1934, his family moved to…

Frank Robinson

August 31, 2015 0

Major League Baseball has been around since 1869 and in its 146 years of existence only one player been named Most Valuable Player in both…

Jim Thome

August 27, 2015 0

Only eight players in major league baseball history have hit over 600 career home runs and James Howard Thome [TOE-may] may be the nicest person…