Sure, everybody is a bit sick of the Derek Jeter retirement tour. We’ve criticized it in the past, but we have to admit Gatorade — one of his long time sponsor’s — ode to the Yankee great is pretty good. The minute and half long
We were among the many who argued that Derek Jeter‘s retirement tour is beginning to look like a funeral, complete with commemorative Jeter #2 patches. The tour’s most important stop was yesterday, his big official “Derek Jeter Day” send off at Yankee Stadium. Word is
Craig Biggio is an Astros legend. Is he also about to be an Astros manager? Houston fired skipper Bo Porter last week and the latest speculation is that Biggio, who compiled 3060 hits during his 20-year career playing only for the Astros, is the leading candidate
Pedro Martinez will almost certainly be elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible next year. If it was up to the three-time Cy Young award winner, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, two other giants of his era, would be joining him in
Over his 14 year career, Adam Dunn has a hit a lot of home runs (457) taken a lot of base on balls (1307) and struck out more times (2336) than anyone in Major League history besides Reggie Jackson and Jim Thome. One thing he
Today, six very worthy candidates will be inducted into Cooperstown’s hallowed halls. Tony La Russa, Joe Torre, and Bobby Cox enter as managers — and they are each among the best skippers in baseball history. But for the purposes of this article, we’re going to
On Thursday night, Clayton Kershaw had his scoreless innings streak snapped at 41 innings. It was a home run by Padres third baseman Chase Headley that broke the two-time Cy Young winners string of zeros. The sixth inning blast was one of only three hits
There been over 350 sets of brothers to play Major League baseball. Current brother combos include the Atlanta Uptons, BJ and Justin, and catchers Yadier and Jose Molina. (Third catching Molina brother Bengie retired in 2010.) The Molins and the Uptons still have a long
Derek Jeter turned 40 today. The Yankee legend and Hall of Famer has been struggling this year, suggesting his decision to retire at the season’s end was a prudent one. However, there have been a handful of big league stars who continued to produce into
There was a nice moment in Philadelphia last night when Tony Gwynn Jr. came to the plate for the first time since his father‘s death last week. The fans at Citizen’s Bank Park gave Gwynn, who had been on bereavement leave, a standing ovation which brought