After notching his 20th win of the season, many are pegging the Cubs’ Jake Arrieta as the favorite for the National League Cy Young award. We think he’ll win, but we also think he shouldn’t. Clayton Kershaw has been the best pitcher in the National League, in some ways even better than he’s ever been. Read more
On Wednesday, we lost one of Baseball’s great personalities when Yogi Berra passed away at the age of 90. Berra was a truly unique individual, but he was also one of baseball’s truly unique players as well. Read more
Hall of Fame Week concluded with a look at John Smoltz, who enters the Hall of Fame with one of the most impressive postseason resumes in history. He is second all time in wins, fourth among starters in winning percentage, third all time in innings pitched, and first in strikeouts. Is Smoltz the greatest postseason pitcher of all time? Read more
Hall of Fame Week continues with part two of our look at the careers of six Hall of Famers who lost playing time to service in WWII. Read more
Hall of Fame Week continues with the one kvetching post we’ll make for quite a while: It’s insane that Randy Johnson didn’t get 100% of the vote. Read more
Hall of Fame Week continues with a look at one of the three pitchers being inducted in 2015: Pedro Martinez.
From 1997 to 2003, Pedro Martinez dominated the major leagues, putting up stats nearly unmatched by any other pitcher in history. At his peak in 1999 & 2000, the only other pitcher to even hold a candle to him was fellow 2015 inductee Randy Johnson. Was Pedro’s peak the most dominant performance in MLB history? Does any one else measure up? We’ll look and see. Read more
Hall of Fame Week continues. Today we look at 2015 inductee Craig Biggio and one of my favorite records of all-time: Most Career Hit-by-Pitches. Read more