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Blue Jays By The Numbers
As a kid, one of my things I paid close attention to in watching baseball were players' jersey numbers. Whether it was a new player joining the Blue Jays or an old player switching around his number, it was always fun to find out what everyone was wearing in Spring Training. Back then (before we...
Active Players Who Have Worn At Least 8 Different Uniform Numbers
Some players wear a single number for so long that it becomes irrevocably associated with them. Mickey Mantle is 7, Cal Ripken is 8, Chipper Jones is 10, and so on. Other players, though, aren't so lucky. Here are the active players who have worn at least 8 different uniform numbers. Some of these...
Book Preview: "Cubs By The Numbers"
Many of you are familiar with Kasey Ignarski's comprehensive webpage that has a list of every Cub to wear a uniform number and what number they wore, since the Cubs first put numbers on their backs in 1932. (It wasn't until that year that all teams finally numbered their players.) Kasey often posts...
Tuesday Rockpile: The Closer Battle, D-Day for Jeff Francis?, Uniform Numbers
Renck's Rapid Pen In one of his many posts yesterday, Renck reports most notably that Manny Corpas was the most impressive pitcher over the weekend. The re-emergence of a dominating Corpas would greatly soften the blow from losing Brian Fuentes, not to mention setting up an exciting closer battle....
Rolling Along: Cubs 7, Astros 2
That's how this feels, doesn't it? The wins are starting to get routine... I know, I know, we shouldn't take anything for granted. But this team is winning games in a fashion we haven't seen since 1984, or maybe 1969, or maybe even in a lifetime that few of us have seen, the pre-1945 era when the...
ANGELS ALL TIME JERSEY ROSTER - #7
Angels Uniform #7 ... held hostage by Mickey Hatcher this century 1961 - 69: Buck Rodgers 1970, 71: Ken McMullen 1972: Manager Del Rice 1973: Billy Grabarkewitz and Dave Chalk 1974 - 78: Dave Chalk 1979: Brian Harper 1980: Gil Kubski and Merv Rettenmund 1981 - 84, 86: Rick Burleson 1987: Mark Ryal...
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