A Look Back at When Babe Ruth Nearly Became the Detroit Tigers’ Player-Manager
By the end of the 1933 season, it was obvious that Babe Ruth didn’t have much left in the tank. He was coming off a campaign in which he had hit only 34 home runs, with 103 RBIs and a .301 batting...
View ArticleThoughts on the Hall of Fame Career of Ichiro
Now 40 years old, the New York Yankees’ Ichiro Suzuki is nearing the end of an extraordinary career. One of the finest-conditioned athletes in the game, he certainly has the body to play for another...
View ArticleTommy Holmes’s Sensational Summer of 1945
During World War 2, baseball’s talent level was at an all-time low. Rosters were depleted as players headed off to do their duty for Uncle Sam. Hall of Famers had large chunks of their prime years...
View ArticleThe Ox That Ate The Georgia Peach
It’s on the short list of baseball’s records least likely to be broken: Ty Cobb’s lifetime major league batting average of .367. Another Detroit Tiger, Miguel Cabrera, holds the highest active lifetime...
View ArticleThe Incomparable Tony Suck
Shakespeare once wrote: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” Conversely, a stinker by any other name would be just as foul. One of the worst baseball...
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