These two fall into their own special category of humbling Ruth in that strange opening stretch of the 1935 season, when he was briefly with the Boston Braves. Babich, pitching for the Brooklyn Dodgers, tamed Ruth on April 19, in the midst of a season in which he posted an un-angelic ...
Mccutchen on Trade Block Pirates, Who Need Pitching, Are Listening to Interested Parties and Reaching out to OthersThe Pirates are actively shopping center fielder AndrewMcCutchen, according to multiple...Nesbitt, Stephen J
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” Ellis said. “I lost a day. It’s Friday and I’m thinking it’s (still) Thursday. The girl (he was with) says, ‘Dock, you’re pitching today.’ . . . I took the acid at 12 o’clock (noon). She told me at 2. I caught the plane at 3. I got to the stadium aroun...
The southpaw was especially good a year ago, going 7-3 and pitching to a stellar 2.80 ERA in 15 starts for a bad Detroit team. He finished with a phenomenal 0.89 WHIP, struck out 102 batters in 80.1 innings, and surrendered only four home runs. Had he not missed the first half o...
1 to the Pirates? The MLB draft is two weeks away, and Kiley McDaniel breaks down the players your favorite team might be targeting. 2023 MLB Mock Draft 2.0 »FOR THE STARTING PITCHERS who round out the rotation behind Verlander, Max Scherzer and Kodai Senga, a range of fixes is ...
The year he won the 2011 MVP Award was extraordinary. Both he and Los Angeles Dodger Clayton Kershaw won the Pitching Triple Crown for their respective league, meaning each led their league in wins, strikeouts and ERA. Both leagues having a Triple Crown Winner hadn't been done since 1924...
Gale S. Pollock is a retired United States Army major general who served as the Deputy Surgeon General of the United States Army from October 2006 to March 2007, and also as chief of the Army Nurse Corps. She became acting Surgeon General of the United States Army for nine months following...
Two star basketball and baseball athletes were strong contenders at the pitching position in the 1960s, and Bob Gibson continued the theme with his standout performances at both posts while at Creighton. Sadly, his college baseball stats have been lost, according to the university. But h...
Also ranks #1 onThe Greatest Hispanic MLB Players Ever Also ranks #1 onThe Best Pittsburgh Pirates of All Time Photo: Wikimedia Commons Dale Earnhardt On February 18, 2001, Dale Earnhardt died in the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. He is widely considered one of the best racers of all...