Profile by BCB reader San Diego Smooth Jazz Man Coming to any baseball team via free agency can be a cumbersome process. Agents, lawyers, the team's General Manager ... there are usually many...

Chicago Daily News negatives collection, SDN-053535. Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society. (Check out the size of that bat!) Baseball's Sad Lexicon These are the saddest of possible words: ...

Jolly Cholly. That's likely the way you've heard of Charlie Grimm, who in one form or another (player, manager, broadcaster, banjo-strummer, all-around ambassador) was associated with the Chicago...

This oddly-colored photo is Andy Pafko's 1949 Bowman baseball card. Profile by BCB reader Jettero2112 (with additions by Al) Andrew Pafko was born in Boyceville, Wisconsin on February 25, 1921, and...

Profile by BCB reader MadHatterBlues (with additions by Al) Robert James Monday (and doesn't "Rick Monday" sound better than "Bob Monday"?) was born in Batesville, Arkansas on November 20, 1945...

Photo courtesy of BCB reader kaseyi -- taken in 1984 When I think of Rick Reuschel, the first thing that comes to my mind is "fried chicken". Now, that sounds ridiculous, but let me explain. For...

I suppose you've been wondering when you'd see biographies of perhaps the most famous double-play combination in major league history... "Tinker to Evers to Chance". Well, here's the first --...

Chicago Daily News negatives collection, DN-0057613. Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society. Profile by BCB reader Clark Addison Quick quiz: Who was the first Cub to win the National League MVP...

Chicago Daily News negatives collection, SDN-056429. Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society. Profile by BCB reader Chris (with additions by Al) Orval Overall unquestionably would deserve to...

Profile by BCB reader gauchodirk (with additions by Al) Undoubtedly, when you hear or see that name you first think of one thing, so let's just get it out of the way. On October 25, 1986, the...