Joe DiMaggio), a future first-ballot Hall of Famer (Albert Pujols) and three other terrific 21st-century sluggers (Ryan Braun, Dan Uggla, Mark Teixeira). Only Pujols reached the 30-HR threshold in ...
There are 14 new players up for election to the Hall of Fame this year, and while they won't all end up in Cooperstown, each had at least one Hall of Fame-quality season.
The designated hitter has long been considered a position meant traditionally for immobile power bats. It functioned as an ...
When the New York Mets open their season in Houston against the Astros on March 27th, everyone expects that Pete Alonso will be in the starting lineup, where he would serve as the protection for ...
Stats: 916 G, 3927 PA, 3424 AB, 571 R, 994 H, 245 2B, 15 3B, 136 HR, 546 RBI ... or are sure bets to be elected soon (Albert Pujols). Zimmerman won’t join them in Cooperstown, and that ...
Last year around this time, I wrote a column about former Cardinals general manager Walt Jocketty, making the case for why he obviously belongs in the team’s esteemed Hall of Fame. Jocketty’s ...
Albert Pujols entered 2022 with 679 career home runs ... trailing only George Springer in 2019 and Soriano in 2006 (39 each). Schwarber's seven multi-HR games from the top of the batting order set a ...
It’s not just that Mike Lowell turned out to be an excellent ballplayer, logging 13 seasons in the bigs and being a key part ...
All-time great slugger Albert Pujols, of St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Angels fame, offered some comments that were shared by the Seattle Mariners via "X" (formerly known as Twitter ...
With the Baseball Hall of Fame's class of 2024 announcement approaching, it's time to review this year's ballot. Today, we highlight the returnees poised to make serious gains in voting and perhaps ...