Barry Bonds
13 posts
Hall of Fame's Best Outsiders
We did this once in 2010 and again at this time last year . The point is to construct the best team of players who have been eligible for at least one Hall of Fame vote. In other words, guys who retired after 2009, like…
Walking from Philly to Oakland
Have you ever heard of a ballplayer from the 1920s and '30s named Max Bishop ? More than likely, you have heard of the '27 Yankees, with their menacing nickname: Murderers' Row . Max Bishop was not a member of…
Hall of Fame's Best Outsiders
Earlier this week, I emailed Graham Womack my submission for Baseball: Past and Present 's fourth annual " 50 Best Players Not in the Hall of Fame " project. Back in the Summer of 2010, we assembled our first occasional…
Everyone is Now Dumber for Having Listened
I don't think I've ever done this before. So, I'll get on the soapbox without apology, as I have to vent at the stubborn establishment of baseball media. Put me in the group of those fed up with these statistics that…
2013 Hall of Fame "Ballot", Part II
Most baseball fans above the age of 10 have been waiting a long time for this year's Hall of Fame ballot. Later today, the Baseball Writers Association of America will release their yearly Hall of Fame voting results.…
2013 Hall of Fame "Ballot", Part I
This year's Baseball Writers' Association of America Hall of Fame ballot is the most crowded in over 65 years, when 95 players received votes in 1945 . Before we get to this year's fun, here's a glimps at the 1945…
Prince and his Power
One of my stranger collections are the undeveloped ideas, explorations, and arguments that lay in the tenuous existence of this blog's nebulous Saved Drafts folder. Archived like time capsules, these drafts may house a…
Top 5 Hitters of the Past 30 Years
Last month, when Manny Ramirez shamefully made it back into the news, our Already Missing Manny blog post received a bunch of page views. It was mostly a quick tour of humorous photographic moments of Manny being Manny.…
Already Missing Manny
It was only three days ago. Manny Ramirez just retired this past Friday, and we already miss him. Manny, you may have been a selfish jerk, a cheater, and a first-class weirdo, but you were always interesting and one of…
Triple-Slash Triple Crown Winners
The last time someone won the Triple Crown was over forty years ago, when Carl Yastrzemski did it for the Boston Red Sox in 1967 with a .326 average, 44 Homeruns, and 121 RBI. A year earlier, Frank Robinson had just won…
'Roids, Aging, & The Pride of the Goldpanners
It has been twenty years since this photo was taken, yet I saw it for the first time yesterday. Why is this photo not more celebrated? Anybody know where I can get a fake ID? Perhaps, I'm exaggerating the comedic value…
Single Season Homerun Record
No time for Hot Stove or Sleeper analysis today, but in anticipation of Mark McGwire's impending public castigation, I would like to provide my interpretation of the actual single season home run records, without Big…
Sunday Morning Musings
Let's turn back the clock about nine days. I just got back from Chicago two Friday's ago. That evening, I was about to leave the house to pick up some take out we'd ordered. While getting my stuff together (shoes,…
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