Bucky Harris was the Yankees’ manager in 1947 and ‘48, serving as the bridge between McCarthy and Stengel, who took over in 1949. From there, Stengel’s Yankees embarked on the most successful decade-long run for any franchise in MLB history. The Bronx Bombers won it all in each of ...
The CWS Most Outstanding Player Award: History of winners Texas first baseman Tom Hamilton was the first college baseball player to earn the honors at the College World Series in 1949. Hamilton was a first baseman, the first of seven to win the award over the years. Kumar Rocker of V...
The Yankees hold the record for most consecutive World Series titles, coming out on top five straight times from 1949 to 1953. Only 14 teams in MLB history have won multiple World Series in a row. Once again, it was the Yankees that did it most recently, earning three straight titles fro...
Can you put the MLB teams in order from the most recent World Series champion to the franchise* with the longest active drought?
The Golden Bears were the winners of the first Men's College World Series in college baseball history, as Clint Evans' squad defeated Yale 8-7. It was one of three MCWS finals not played in Omaha, Nebraska, but instead, was the first of two played in Kalamazoo, Michigan. California ...
Where does Bill Russell rank among the best winners in team sports history? Here are the players with the most NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB championships.
MLB ESPN predicts Braves top prospect will have big impact in Atlanta this… 20 songs that Stevie Wonder wrote for other musicians NHL Predators place veteran center on waivers MLB Former Astros coach dies years after emergency brain surgery ...
Soccer #1 in the world. Here in US, It goes like NFL, NBA, MLB. Then NHL, Tennis &Golf and then MLS. Others few cared - Zero commercial value; national champion got paid a couple of thousand tops. These days soccer and lacrosse doing well while football shrinking. (from Zeeman, Aug...
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(Check out our full series of posts on thehistory of Donruss baseball cards.) 1988 Donruss Roberto Alomar(#34) Folks were only sort of excited about Roberto Alomar in the early stages of his career. Sure, he was the son of a former Major Leaguer, butSandy Alomar, Sr., was never asup...