Remembering Harmon Killebrew
Harmon Killebrew, the Hall of Famer who was a feared slugger on the field and a gracious, kind-hearted gentleman off it, died this year on May 17th. He was 74 years old. A Personal Favorite. I was always a Harmon Killebrew fan. He was one of my heroes. My family members
Remembering Duke Snider
Duke Snider, the Hall of Famer, powerful slugger and smooth center fielder for the great Brooklyn Dodger teams of the 1950’s, died this year on February 27th. He was 84 years old. Outstanding From The Start. Snider was signed to a baseball contact in 1944, shortly after graduating from Compton
Remembering Paul Splittorff
Paul Splittorff, the tall, durable and crafty left hander who was a pitching mainstay for several Kansas City Royals championship teams from the mid 1970’s to the early 1980’s, died this year on May 25th. He was 64 years old. A Royal All The Way. Splittorff joined the team’s starting
Remembering Jim Northrup
Jim Northrup, one of the heroes of the 1968 World Series Champion Detroit Tigers and a versatile team mainstay for eleven seasons, died this year on June 8th. He was 71 years old. On The Way Up. A Michigan native, Jim Northrup was proficient in several sports. In addition to
Remembering Bob Forsch
Bob Forsch, a tall right-handed pitcher who spent sixteen years in the major leagues, mostly with the St. Louis Cardinals, died suddenly this year on November 3rd at the age of 61. St. Louis Cardinals Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. summed up the feelings for the entire Cardinals community at the time when
Top Players Of The Year
The Baseball Bloggers Alliance give its Stan Musial Award to the top player in each league. This is the last of the five post-season awards that I will be voting on. As was the case with the other awards, for a variety of reasons I like to discuss the career
2011 Top Pitchers Of The Year
The Baseball Bloggers Alliance gives the season’s top pitchers its Walter Johnson Award. Johnson was a tall right hander who threw with a side-arm motion and was equipped with blazing speed. He toiled for decades for the Washington Senators, a team that would often put the “L” into losing. What
2011 Top Relievers Of The Year
The Baseball Bloggers Alliance gives its Goose Gossage Award to the top relief pitcher of the year. From time to time relievers reach a level of success that borders on the other worldly. A recent example is Brian Wilson of last year’s World Series Champion San Francisco Giants. Looking back,
Goose Gossage
SMOKE Smoke. One word. That’s what I used to say whenever Rich “Goose” Gossage entered a Yankees game. Smoke. Blazing speed. Over powering speed. Lightning speed. I was happy to see it too, because his tenure with the Bronx Bombers coincided with my six-year stint as a died in the
2011 Top Rookies of the Year
The Baseball Bloggers Alliance gives its Willie Mays Award to the top rookie of the season. Mays was a dazzling baseball presence whose skills had to be seen to be believed. He stole bases, was a superb center fielder, had a rocket arm, hit for a high average and possessed breathtaking
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