Who knew. Willie Mays started out his career in a 1-26 funk. Even the greats can start their careers with a rough ride. But obviously that didn’t last long, as Mays became perhaps the most complete player that baseball has ever seen. In Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend, James S. Hirsch gives readers a [...]
Mark McGwire continues to say strange things and his mere presence is already serving as a detriment to Albert Pujols and his reputation. In this interview with an overly giddy Tim Kurkjian, Pujols seems to say things about McGwire that he likely doesn’t believe. Here is the interview:
McGwire saying that he “truly believe this game [...]
Remember how in “The Princess Bride” Vezzini keeps saying “Inconceivable!”? Inigo Montoya says, “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
The same can be said of the word “mistake” and its usage by Albert Pujols, Mark McGwire and Tony LaRussa. Over and over we keep hearing them [...]
Back in June I whimsically amended the all-time home run leader list by scratching out the names of PED/Roid users. It created quite a stir and some good discussion, so it’s time to update it with some new additions. Zoner Sports presents:
The Real All-Time Home Run List
Ken Williams can’t get mo money from Mr. Jerry Reinsdorf, so he’s partying like it’s 1999. How so? By signing 2 players that were in their prime back then: Omar Vizquel and Andruw Jones. Those 2 also both played in the infamous “tie game” in 2002 All-Star Game. Is Kenny getting all nostalgic? Here are [...]
It comes as no surprise that the Yankees got smoked in game 1 of the World Series. Why? The day before the Series began, Jeter appeared on a show titled…wait for it…
