Thoughts about the Hit King, greatness, and why the Hall has obsessed me for 40 years
A story about Bobby Bragan and Jackie Robinson
From the classroom to Cooperstown, The School Teacher built two championship teams and one unshakable belief: Clarity wins.
Lots of people think the Hall of Fame is too big ... and that Willie Mays should be the standard. Well, how many people get in if he is the standard?
From Hooks Wiltse to Max Scherzer, the heartbreak — and greatness — of baseball’s almost-perfect games.
Stabbed by a pen. Drank through his nose. Opened beer bottles with his eyelid. In Cleveland, that was enough.
For five brilliant years, he was as good as any third baseman in baseball history. But the war, the world, and the weight of expectation conspired to cut his greatness short.
