African Americans played baseball – and played the game at a very high level – since the game spread across American territories during the Civil War. But many of those talented players would likely ...

Despite losing four prime seasons to World War II and another to a fractured wrist, Hank Greenberg still walloped 331 home runs. Despite losing four prime seasons to World War II and another to a ...

Willie Stargell was a feared power hitter and a leader on the field and in the clubhouse during his 21 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Willie Stargell was a feared power hitter and a leader on ...

Now that America has steamrolled into the digital age and a new millennium, it could be argued that we have lost as much as we have gained since the last "turn of the century." For all our new-found ...

Many baseball fans are familiar with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “Green Light” letter, in which he encouraged baseball owners and executives to “keep baseball going” to boost Americans’ ...

“We would rather play ball than eat,” insisted catcher Lavonne “Pepper” Paire. “We put our hearts and souls into the league. We thought it was our job to do our best, because we were the All-American ...

Known as “The Wizard of Oz,” Ozzie Smith combined athletic ability with acrobatic skill to become one of the greatest defensive shortstops of all time. Known as “The Wizard of Oz,” Ozzie Smith ...

In the wake of the Black Sox scandal, in which players of the Chicago White Sox were accused of fixing the 1919 World Series, baseball was in need of a leader who could regain the public’s faith in ...

Mike Piazza went from 62nd round draft pick to becoming one of the greatest hitting catchers in the game's history. Mike Piazza went from 62nd round draft pick to becoming one of the greatest hitting ...

Jim Rice spent his entire career in Boston, where he established himself as one of the most dangerous power hitters of his generation. Jim Rice spent his entire career in Boston, where he established ...

Playing most of his career in the pre-Negro leagues era, Pete Hill emerged from the backwoods of Culpeper County, Va., to become one of the most feared line-drive hitters in the game. Playing most of ...

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