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Today in Sports History: May 8th
(Willis Reed after his heroic Game 7. Photo courtesy of Focus on Sport/Getty Images) 5/08/1970 - Willis Reed limps onto the court There are only a few moments in sports that can accurately be described as legendary. The Willis Reed game is one of them. The New York Knicks were heavy underdogs...
Today in Sports History: January 10th
(The Chargers and Bengals line up in the game known as the "Freezer Bowl") 1/10/1982 - The Freezer Bowl In one of the finest moments in the history of the Cincinnati Bengals, the Ohio football team beats the San Diego Chargers, 27-7, in the AFC Championship Game -- handing them a ticket to Super...
Today in Sports History: June 4th
(The Rangers try to leave the field. Photo by Paul Tepley, Cleveland Press) 6/04/1974 - Ten Cent Beer Night What if a team gave the rowdiest fans at the ballpark the opportunity to purchase ten beers for just a buck -- sounds like a bad idea right? For the Cleveland Indians it was a way to attract...
5/06/1998 - Kerry Wood K's 20 Astros
(Wood celebrates. Photo courtesy of Associated Press) No pitcher had ever made a quicker, more incredible first impression than Kerry Wood did in 1998. The Cubs' 20-year old phenom was lifted from the minor leagues carrying enormous expectations. And in just his fifth career start, Wood took on an...
Randy Johnson's Gopherball Struggles
If any of you are familiar with Baseball Mogul, you might know that some of the best values in the game are with Hall-of-Fame pitchers at the end of their careers. They don’t require huge contracts, and they’re easier to predict than the young pitchers. There were always a couple...
Early Worries
Almost three years ago to the day, I wrote up early season Worry Power Rankings. It's kind of funny to revisit them now -- half of the players on there had already passed "worry" on their way to "decay", and it's funny to think that there was a point when some of us were wondering if Barry Bonds...
Community Projection: Randy Johnson
There are, like, two of you sitting in an office, wondering why you’re sitting in an office today. I feel your pain. I’m the third. If I had the day off today, do you know what I would do? I would sit in an easy chair, listen to the rain, and continue reading Team of Rivals. That is, I...
And the final spot on the roster goes to...
If I told you two months ago that the A's were going to sign a certain 6-foot-10, left-handed free agent pitcher this offseason to bolster the young staff, you would've been ecstatic, right? Well they still can! It turns out there are actually two men in the world who fit this description, and...
Who Wants To Play For The Washington Nationals? PLUS: Winter League Updates...and This Day In DC Baseball History.
More On Dunn.... The baseball world's gone silent, at least when it comes to Washington Nationals' news...The San Francisco Giants just agreed to a deal with Randy Johnson, (and the best title and story on the signing has to be from McCovey Chronicles, where "Grant" writes, "Randy Johnson is a...
Randy Johnson Is a Giant. Also, a Giant.
The Good: For starters, Randy Johnson. The guy is 45, but he can still pitch. After missing most of 2007 with back surgery, Johnson came back to pitch 184 strong innings. He still has one of the highest strikeout rates among starting pitchers, and his control is still good. The Giants have four of...
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