Mar 31, 2023
One of the best pitchers of the 1990s, David Cone barely gets mentioned today unless he's in a broadcast booth. But for a while, he looked to be on a Hall of Fame track. On the 36th anniversary of his trade to the Mets, Mike and Bill look back at what happened and try to figure out why a his career has been essentially...
Mar 24, 2023
It's one of the most famous pitches ever, even though it officially never happened, and didn't even appear in a game that would have counted. A Randy Johnson fastball that, at just the wrong time and just the wrong place, collided with a mourning dove in Tuscon, Arizona, that exploded in a puff of feathers 22 years ago...
Mar 16, 2023
Perhaps the greatest father/son pitching duo in baseball history, Luis E. and Luis C. Tiant pitched at least a total of 29 years at the big league level, and an unknown number of other seasons in the Caribbean and for high quality barnstormers. While they could not be more different on the mound, they were...
Mar 10, 2023
Few, if any, non-players have had a bigger impact on the game of baseball than Marvin Miller, the legendary head of the MLB Players Association, who was elected to his position at the head of the union 57 years ago this week. With the help of Fangraphs senior writer Jay Jaffe (@Jay_Jaffe), Mike and Bill look back at his...
Mar 2, 2023
Pie Traynor was widely regarded in his time, and for long after it, as the best third baseman in baseball history and earned the honor, 75 years ago this week, of being the first third baseman elected to Cooperstown by the BBWAA. Yet, today he is largely forgotten and mocked as one of the least deserving members of...