Everything Lakers, in all their glory

For 25 years, David Kohler has been compiling an extraordinary collection of Los Angeles (and Minneapolis) Lakers memorabilia and artifacts.

So, who gets left out next year?

Filtering in NASCAR's Hall of Fame electees to five per year means 2010 is likely to be as controversial as the inaugural class. Who's next? Let's say Pearson, Allison and Yarborough are locks, but that hardly scratches the surface of who's deserving.

Dog House: Mariners Make Residence

...RBI in 17 games. The Tigers lost all three times and Cobb was famously outplayed by Honus Wagner in 1909 in a matchup of baseball's two best players. Cobb won eight more batting...

And the inaugural HOF class is ...

...National Baseball Hall of Fame's first class, in 1936: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner and Walter Johnson. When Cy Young doesn't make the cut, you know it's a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009

Cy Young and Honus Wagner

Tigers, Twins and my award picks

Carl Pavano seemed almost out of breath Sunday night, naturally, at the end of a day in which he and the Twins had won a game they had to win, after t...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 2009

A "Major League" move by the Padres

If you're looking for a CliffsNotes version of what has happened in San Diego, just flip on the movie "Major League." To review the events of the pas...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 03, 2009

Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Oakland Athletics

Insider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the Oakland Athletics. On the plus side, Aaron Sorkin is rewriting the script for a "Moneyball" movie, which might star Brad Pitt as Billy Beane.

Story | Conversation | September 24, 2009

Baseball could soon lose a giant

Bobby Cox first mentioned walking away from baseball in the spring of 2008, and when word of this reached Gene Michael, a former teammate and longtime...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 23, 2009

Three Strikes: Albert's trifecta edition

...RBIs. • Rogers Hornsby (1920s, NL): .382 avg., 250 HRs, 1,153 RBIs. • Honus Wagner (1900s, NL): .351 avg., 51 HRs, 956 RBIs. Anybody out there ever heard of those guys...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2009

Cracks in the AL contenders

The count was full, the bases were loaded and Brian Fuentes fired a fastball at the lowest part of the strike zone Wednesday night, and when home plat...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2009

Playing the Jeter game

OK. I'll play this game: No doubt that Jeter has been one of the greatest Yankees of all-time. His first handful of years in the league, he playe...

Lost Pirates recharting their course

Guaranteed a losing season for the 17th straight year, the Pittsburgh Pirates are asking a perennially weather-beaten fan base to believe in the future.

Blogging The Nation

...for the underdogs at White Hart Lane. WritingEdition: Going all the way back to Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and Ray Chapman, a case is made that players today shouldn't be allowed to wear...

How does Jeter compare?

...average of .316, on the other hand, does put him alongside the games true greats, from Honus Wagner (.327) to Lou Boudreau (.295) to a certain someone who plays on the same infield as...