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On Saturday, Tigers legend Miguel Cabrera recorded career hit number 3,000 during Detroit’s 13-0 rout of the Colorado Rockies in the first half of a double-header, the finishing touch on … Continue Reading Which MLB Player Will Be Next to 3,000 Hits?
Major League Baseball has a rich history of competition by siblings and relatives. Elite talent often runs in the family, as was the case for Joe DiMaggio and his All-Star … Continue Reading Sibling Rivalry: Which MLB Brothers Have Earned Family Bragging Rights?
258 Canadian-born players have appeared in Major League Baseball. Which players have made the biggest mark in The Show? For purposes of simplicity, I have ranked Canadian-born players by their … Continue Reading Who Are the Top 5 Canadian MLB Players?
Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer leads active MLB pitchers with 3,020 career strikeouts over 14 seasons. The future Hall of Famer secured his legacy by winning the 2019 … Continue Reading Which MLB Players Have Had Multi-Homer Games Against Max Scherzer?
This is a continuation from last week’s post discussing the voting results of the 1993 American League MVP Award. This week, I will be reviewing the National League results. While … Continue Reading Revisiting the 1993 NL MVP Voting
The Toronto Blue Jays’ 2021 campaign made franchise history after the recent announcement that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Marcus Semien are finalists in the year’s American League MVP voting. This … Continue Reading Revisiting the 1993 AL MVP Voting
The Houston Astros met the Boston Red Sox for Game 3 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night. With the series tied at one game apiece, who would … Continue Reading LCS Round Day 4: Slammin’ Sox
Weekend League Championship series action continued on Saturday with Game 2 of the American League Championship Series, followed by Game 1 of the National League Championship Series. Kiké Hernández continued … Continue Reading LCS Round Day 2: Record Day for Red Sox, Atlanta Walkoff Victory
In his eighth start as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Max Scherzer, one of MLB’s greatest active pitchers, achieved a significant milestone: 3,000 strikeouts. This came in a … Continue Reading Scherzer Pummels Pads, Passes 3,000 Ks
Victor Caratini was not fortunate enough to be part of the Chicago Cubs’ 2016 championship run, making his MLB debut for the Cubs against the Washington Nationals on June 28 of … Continue Reading Victor Caratini’s Memorable MLB Moments
Detroit Tigers great and future Hall of Famer Miguel Cabrera hit MLB career home run number 499 against the Baltimore Orioles on August 11. It would be eleven days until … Continue Reading Miguel Cabrera Hits Career HR #500, Tigers Beat Jays 5-3
This past weekend saw the continuation of the season series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, which has been widely considered to be a potential National League … Continue Reading Tatis Jr.’s Record Weekend
Author Jim Passon fired up the Wayback Machine with a tidbit posted on Saturday about how MLB insider Bob Nightengale shared his updates in the days before Twitter. In 1995, … Continue Reading Who Remembers MLB’s 900 Numbers?
On Friday, the Atlanta baseball franchise released word that Henry “Hank” Aaron, the legendary outfielder who broke Babe Ruth‘s MLB career home run record in 1974, passed away at the … Continue Reading The GOAT Has Passed
Voting is underway for the 2021 Baseball Hall of Fame (BBHoF) ballot. Results will be announced on January 26, with the 2021 class induction to take place on July 25, … Continue Reading Baseball Hall Needs to Revamp Voting Process
Unusual circumstances led future Hall of Fame pitcher Zack Greinke to start three games in a single season for the first time since 1917 on July 13, 2012. This occurred … Continue Reading On This Day in 2012: Zack Greinke Starts Third Consecutive Game