Chicago Cubs need a dozen more wins to avoid the double-triple
Losing 100 games means the Chicago Cubs would achieve the first double-triple in sports history. September is usually the last month of the regular season, and a time when Cubs fans can look forward to closing the book on another lost year. Believe me, any seasoned Cubs fan looks forward to the time when da Bears start to play. That might be one reason More...
50th Anniversary: Jack Kralick tosses first no-hitter in Twins history
“Jittery” Jack Kralick pitched the Twins first no-hitter in 1962. This season has featured no less than six no-hitters, three of them perfect games. Seattle has twirled two of them, a Felix Hernandez More...
Let’s play two! 30th anniversary of the Joel Youngblood trade
Joel Youngblood is the only player in major league history to get a hit for two different teams in two different cities on the same day. Thirty years ago, one of the more unusual events in major league history took More...
1973: The last time Kansas City hosted the All-Star Game
It was the year of a major oil crisis, as the Yom Kippur War engulfed the Middle East. Televised hearings began regarding the Watergate break-in, just as the Nixon administration announced troop withdrawal from More...
With Interleague play upon us, this Cubs fan looks to the past
Ah, the good ol' days when the Cubs played the Tigers in the 1907 World Series. With interleague play back on the radar, for the final time this season, there are a couple of interesting matchups for the Chicago More...
Remembering closer Pedro Borbon: The “Dominican Dracula”
Pedro Borbon was a dominate closer for the Big Red Machine back in the 1970s. (John Iacono/Sports Illustrated) On Monday, June 4, baseball lost one of the most durable arms (not to mention, colorful characters) More...
Weirdest game in big-league history was played a century ago
Ty Cobb's altercation with a taunting fan played a big role in baseball's first player strike in 1912 -- which forced the Tigers to field a team of amateurs for one game. One hundred years ago this week, More...
Weaver’s no-hitter brings to mind Angels no-hit pitcher Bo Belinsky
Bo Belinsky was better known for his off-field headlines than the no-hitter he threw with the Los Angels Angels in 1962. On the heels of Jered Weaver’s May 2 no-hitter, one can’t help but look back at what transpired More...
Strange but true: No African American players on Cubs roster
The circle of old baseball cards above represents a prevoiusly unbroken strand of African Americans on the Cubs’ roster, dating all the way back to 1953, when Ernie Banks was their first African American player. More...
Rick Monday’s flag-save still worth saluting 32 years later
Today is the 32nd anniversary of Rick Monday's flag-saving grab. (Jim Roark/Los Angeles Herald Examiner via AP) Baseball was a game in transition in 1976. It was the first year of the modern era, where players More...
