Throughout baseball history players looking for an edge of have turned to steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. In fact the first player to be associated with PED was Century Hall of Fame hurler Jim “Pud” Galvin who played way back in the 19th
Being a great baseball player and being a famous baseball player are two different things. Fame depends on factors beyond a player’s on-field contributions, such as a player’s personality, his activities outside of baseball and where and when the player played. However to be
When Ted Williams played baseball he said his goal was to have people point at him and say “There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.” By the time Williams retired in 1960 the man they called “The Splendid Splinter” had made
Bo Jackson played Major League Baseball between 1986 and 1994, although the latter half of his career was severely limited by injuries. For his career he hit .250 in 2393 at-bats with 141 home runs and 82 stolen bases in 114 attempts. He had
Babe Ruth is the likely the best — and certainly the most famous — baseball player there ever was. So it should come as no surprise that his baseball cards are among the valuable ever printed. Babe Ruth baseball cards aren’t just rare because everybody’s
Baseball has been around a long time, and many interesting things have happened during its history. Here are 23 cool facts about America’s pastime. Prior to 1931, any fly ball that bounced over the outfield fence was a home run. Amazingly, Babe Ruth was