Two wars blasted a six-season hole in the career of Ted Williams. What happens to comparisons against the game’s greatest hitters the same amount of time was erased from their stat lines?
Bill Kennedy gets overlooked when baseball fans discuss the greatest strikeout pitchers.
“The Major” didn’t earn the MVP, an All-Star nod, or even a regular spot in the lineup. He was, however, decorated with a Silver Star and Purple Heart.
The winning pitcher of Nolan Ryan’s final game now teaches elementary school. He also appears on an alarmingly green refractor card.
Phil Masi appears in the 1952 Topps set in his final card as a player. His stats show a solidly average major-leaguer and he carried a reputation as an excellent catcher and battery mate. Unusually fast for a catcher, he was used on occasion as a pinch runner. I imagine young Indians fans cursing under their breath as they pulled a Masi card from a pack while Braves fans smirked under similar circumstances. Why would the card of the White Sox backstop engender such a reaction?
There was a brief period in baseball history where Bryan Harvey ruled the bullpen.
Merl Combs made his first (and final) baseball card appearance as a player in the 1952 Topps set.
What happened when an independent minor league team showed up to grab players at the MLB Amateur Draft?
The Braves’ Big-4 were almost the Big-5. Then came the expansion draft.
