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Gary Sheffield
Gary Sheffield was known for a swing so quick “he could turn…
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Alex Rodríguez
“He’s that baseball dude who got banned for steroids or something,…
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Mike Schmidt
By the time Mike Schmidt retired early in the 1989 season,…
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Rafael Palmeiro
When Rafael Palmeiro retired, he joined Hank Aaron, Willie Mays,…
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David Ortiz
“He’s a superhero without a cape. That’s the way we see…
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Jim Thome
All right up there, drop down the ladder from your clubhouse.…
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Manny Ramirez
"Manny being Manny" — the simple phrase seemed to instinctively…
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Barry Bonds
“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole…
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Ken Griffey Jr.
While the honor of having the sweetest swing in baseball may…
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Ernie Banks
"Jarvis fires away … That’s a fly ball, deep to left, back,…
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Willie McCovey
In Jim Bouton’s revelatory 1970 book Ball Four, he describes…
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Mickey Mantle
Even before he was born into this world, Mickey Mantle was being…
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Eddie Mathews
Eddie Mathews, the only man to play for the Braves in Boston,…
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Jimmie Foxx
As he had done many times in recent years, Jimmie Foxx chose…
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Frank Robinson
Frank Robinson would not want to be remembered as a racial…
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Babe Ruth
During his five full seasons with the Boston Red Sox, Babe Ruth…
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Sammy Sosa
Who is the real Sammy Sosa? Is he the charismatic slugger whose…
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Eddie Murray
“That night might have been the best thing anyone has done…
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Willie Mays
"If somebody came up and hit .450, stole 100 bases, and performed…
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Henry Aaron
“Henry Aaron in the second inning walked and scored. He’s…
Harmon Killebrew
It may have seemed like an eternity. As in many cases when…
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Mel Ott
Mel Ott's life is a classic rags-to-riches story of a naive,…
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Reggie Jackson
Reginald Martinez Jackson was born on May 18, 1946, in Wyncote,…
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Ted Williams
Any argument as to the greatest hitter of all time always involves…