I can think of only one good thing about Ken Griffey Jr.’s injury: it’s a legend in the making, right up there with the Curse of the Bambino, and it reinforces why baseball is the greatest game on earth.
I can think of only one good thing about Ken Griffey Jr.‘s injury: it’s a legend in the making, right up there with the Curse of the Bambino, and it reinforces why baseball is the greatest game on earth. Before we proceed further, know that I take no joy in watching an All-Century Team player’s…
It was an innocent enough question. When I did my column comparing Ozzie Smith and Omar Vizquel as regards their Hall of Fame resumes (or lack thereof), out of the blue the query came: is Larry Walker a Hall of Famer?
It was an innocent enough question. When I did my column comparing Ozzie Smith and Omar Vizquel as regards their Hall of Fame resumes (or lack thereof), out of the blue the query came: is Larry Walker a Hall of Famer? My first instinct is "no." Not because of Coors Field, but because of his…
Sunday, February 25, 2001. That was the day the Toronto Blue Jays were eliminated from the 2001 American League race. In my mind, anyway. That day I was online reading the Toronto Sun and came across this tidbit courtesy of new Blue Jays’ skipper Buck Martinez: "We don’t give a damn, we’re a team of…
Jack Morris isn’t the only player seeing his career burnished by friendly sportswriters trying to make a Hall of Fame case. The Cleveland Morning Journal‘s Jim Ingraham is using the election of Ozzie Smith to beat the drums for Omar Vizquel. With all due respect to Ingraham, you cannot compare the achievements of the two…
Sunday, February 25, 2001. That was the day the Toronto Blue Jays were eliminated from the 2001 American League race. In my mind, anyway. That day I was online reading the Toronto Sun and came across this tidbit courtesy of new Blue Jays’ skipper Buck Martinez: "We don’t give a damn, we’re a team of…
Sunday, February 25, 2001. That was the day the Toronto Blue Jays were eliminated from the 2001 American League race. In my mind, anyway. That day I was online reading the Toronto Sun and came across this tidbit courtesy of new Blue Jays’ skipper Buck Martinez: "We don’t give a damn, we’re a team of…