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Let's play a little Hall of Fame game. I'm going to present two players with similar statistics. One is in the Hall of Fame and the other is on this year's ballot. Presented two lines of numbers, can you guess which player is the Hall of Famer? Check...

In my earlier post, I wrote about players since 1969 who had terrific all-around seasons but didn't win the MVP Award. As a companion to that piece, let's take a quick look at worst MVP winners. There are many ways to look at this, but the easiest is...

Baseball is quite the artist's game, inspiring novelists and poets, filmmakers and photographers and, in the case of Jay Perkins, painters. Perkins, a website designer and aspiring artist born and raised in Lexington, Ky., is the curator of and co...

WHAT IT MEANS: Chris Young had his shortest outing as a Met and Miguel Batista struggled too, which undoubtedly will intensify calls for Matt Harvey's promotion. The Mets stumbled in the second-half opener and ultimately lost in Atlanta, 7-5. The ...

Four Major League Baseball legends -- Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox, Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees, Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Larry Doby of the Cleveland Indians (and other teams) -- soon will find themselves on envelo...

ANAHEIM, Calif. - As Texas Rangers CEO Nolan Ryan prepared to throw his ceremonial first pitch prior to Friday's game with the Los Angeles Angels, he couldn't help but keep an eye on the cow milking competition on the field. As part of Dairy Night...

Let's go back in time to when Hall of Fame right-handed starting pitcher Ferguson Jenkins toed the pitching slab for the Texas Rangers as well as the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox in his 19-year career that spanned from 1965-...

Memories rush back as Dodger Stadium turns 50.

There have been 35 Game 7s played in the World Series. They provide many of the most indelible moments in the sport's long history: Bill Mazeroski's home run, Jack Morris' shutout, Luis Gonzalez's blooper, Joaquin Andujar going nuts. Now we have 3...

In reality, every game counts the same. A win in September isn't more important than a win in April. A home run in September isn't worth more than a home run in May. When it comes to the MVP voting, however, a big final month can put a player over th...

Slugger Ted Williams will win a spot on a U.S. postage stamp next year.

Chipper Jones reflects on the one time he was happy to leave Shea a loser.

Getty Images Troy Tulowitzki and Chipper Jones are among those who have caused great pain to Mets fans recently. Each Thursday, Mark Simon will commemorate the Mets 50th season with stories and notes related to the history of the team. The s...

KINGS OF QUEENS (AND QUEENSBRIDGE) Johan Santana coughed up three first-inning runs to the Braves in Atlanta. Two of them came on Rick Ankiel's first hit as a Brave. Santana has allowed 20 first-inning runs this season, and nine in his last two star...

Chipper Jones loved hitting in Shea Stadium so much that he named one of his sons Shea. Well, he's also had more than his share of his success against the Mets at Citi Field, Fulton County Stadium and - as he again proved Monday - Turner Field. Jo...

The HOF voters may be on Andre Dawson's side, but if you take one look at the numbers from his 1987 NL MVP season, you might not.

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