I love baseball; every aspect of it! I love all of the intricacies, all of the dynamics, the many correlations that can be drawn between baseball & life ...
It is snowing again here in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. It is cold and it is beautiful. Even as winter remains here in the mountains, spring training is right around the corner. Spring...
For various reasons Carlton Fisk and Josh Gibson and Mike Piazza could so easily have found themselves in my top 3 backstops of all time. They are all truly all time greats. Having said that, I...
I wish that I had seen Ted Williams swing the bat; that I had seen Shoeless Joe Jackson play the game. I wish that I had seen Babe Ruth or Josh Gibson hit one of their monstrous home runs; that I...
Yesterday I went through my Honorable Mention and the 9th & 8th best catchers of all time. Today it gets even tougher trying to place the seven greatest catchers of all time. It gets especially...
Coming up with the all time top 9 catchers in order was much tougher than I thought it would be. It is extremely hard to compare the greatest catchers from the different era's, let alone not...
Did You Know ... Did you know that in 2006 only 2 starting pitchers in Major League Baseball had an ERA under 3.00? In 2007 only 1 starting pitcher in MLB had an ERA under 3.00 ... 2009: 11...
# 2 Tulo ... For years now we have known & appreciated the great competitor & future HOF'er : # 2 ... Derek Jeter ... # 2. It is w/no disrespect that I introduce you to another great...
Jim Thome stands tall both on the field, as well as off it. Many of us have been blessed to watch his career unfold, hitting 604 home runs along the way; many of them prodigious w/home runs #'s...
Josh Hamilton, the Ballplayer is Roy Hobbs-esque. As a ballplayer, he truly is ''The Natural.'' Josh Hamilton, the Man is a wonderful human being who is doing his very best to live out his life in...