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Bless That Boy: Sparky’s Career Takes Him from Anonymity to the Hall of Fame; Almost Became Yankees Skipper in 1980

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Nostalgia, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged , , , on November 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Just days after the news that Sparky Anderson had entered a hospice, the legendary manager passed away at the age of 76. George Lee “Sparky” Anderson was a career minor leaguer who played in only one major league season with the Phillies in 1959. At his best considered a poor man’s Eddie Stanky, Anderson never lived […]

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Yankee Lifer King Passes Away; Tenure as GM Often Overlooked

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged on November 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »

The Yankee family lost another member when Clyde King passed away on  November 3 at the age of 86. King, a baseball lifer who spent six decades in the game, was the quintessential Yankees employee during the tumultuous first half of George Steinbrenner’s reign. After joining the organization in 1975, King performed just about every […]

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Giants Are Kings of the Hill in 2010, but 1996 Braves Remain Best Postseason Pitching Staff in the Division Era

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Red Sox, Statistical Analysis, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged , , , on November 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »

If 2010 was the new “Year of the Pitcher”, than the outcome of the World Series was a fitting tribute. With a 3.36 ERA (121 ERA+), the Giants owned baseball’s best pitching staff in the regular season, yet still managed to shave off almost an entire run during October. If good pitching beats good hitting, […]

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The Curious Case of Curly Ogden, or How Bucky Harris Tricked John McGraw in the 1924 World Series

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, tagged on October 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »

As mentioned in the previous post about Matt Cain’s somewhat historic World Series performance, the Giants’ right hander became only the fourth starter to have a scoreless World Series debut, but fail to throw a complete game. Two of the other pitchers, Juan Marichal and Orel Hildebrand, were forced to depart early because of injury, […]

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Aces Low: A Look at Postseason Stoppers Gone Bad

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged , on October 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Cliff Lee is human after all. Heading into yesterday’s World Series opener, Lee had compiled a 7-0 record with a 1.26 ERA, the third lowest postseason rate among starters with at least 50 innings (Sandy Koufax: 0.95 and Christie Mathewson: 0.97). Lee’s performance over the last two Octobers was so dominant that he even started to […]

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Girardi Steps Out of Torre’s Shadow with New Deal; Chance to Build Legacy Could Hinge on How He Handles Aging Stars

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged , , , on October 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »

According to numerous published reports, Joe Girardi and the Yankees are in the process of finalizing a three-year contract extension worth around $9.5 million. The wisdom behind retaining Girardi is certainly debatable, especially after a postseason that featured so many questionable decisions, but what is clear is the Yankees have adopted a philosophy of managerial […]

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Ahead of the Pack: Baseball’s Relationship with Cigarettes

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Culture, MLB, Nostalgia, tagged on October 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Honus Wagner has been dead for nearly 55 years, but a group of Baltimore-based nuns is hoping that the Hall of Fame shortstop can come up big one more time…on the auction block that is. The School Sisters of Notre Dame are the latest in a long line of lucky owners who have found themselves […]

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