He was out of consideration after just one year by the baseball writers but a new committee formed by the Baseball Hall of Fame has said Ted Simmons should have gotten a closer look more than a quarter century ago.
Steve Garvey is still the man in Los Angeles long after the Dodgers made a huge error by not re-signing him in 1982.
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Every baseball fan knew who Lou Whitaker was and during his prime, he was as good as it gets at second base. Maybe he deserves a second look for the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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He led the league in hits, doubles and average during a torrid stretch in the mid 1980’s and still was the best first baseman in the game and still hit even after a balky bat robbed him of his power.
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Game 7 of the 2019 World Series had something for everyone, and a bunch of things you didn’t, dare I say couldn’t expect, like: Yuli Gurriel striking first. Wasn’t it supposed to be Bregman, Altuve, or Springer? But no. On a low slider he must have been looking for, he put it in the cheap seats in left. This is
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So, even though, we picked the Washington Nationals to beat the Houston Astros, we never said we wanted the season to end before the weekend was over. So let’s see if we can’t help Astros manager AJ Hinch with a couple of things as he’s applying ice bags to the back of his team’s ego.
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Success and failure are just inches apart…ask Aaron Boone.
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Lots and lots of home runs this year, but pitching always wins in the postseason. Here are our LDS projections.
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The two longest-suffering franchises in Major League Baseball both allowed the manager who was at the helm when the team won the World Series to walk out the door less than four years later.
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A nine-game losing streak wiped out Chicago’s hopes for the postseason. It wasn’t the worst run by a formerly-contending team, but it comes close.
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