Lee Mazzilli
He was a handsome, stylish Italian-American from the streets…
Rusty Staub
Daniel Staub? Who the hell is Daniel Staub?
Nobody has ever…
Bill Robinson
It was one week into the 1977 season. Jim Kaplan of Sports…
Kevin Mitchell
Game Six of the 1986 World Series between the Boston Red Sox…
Mookie Wilson
Mookie Wilson stood at the plate in the bottom of the 10th…
Randy Niemann
These were heady days for the Houston Astros. In 1979 the franchise…
Doug Sisk
“The people in New York are the most sports-oriented people…
Ralph Kiner
Ralph Kiner was baseball’s leading home-run hitter for a few…
Mel Stottlemyre
A baseball lifer, Mel Stottlemyre burst on the scene as a midseason…
Barry Lyons
A catcher who always seemed to be trying to win a starting…
Tim McCarver
For those who saw Tim McCarver break in with the St. Louis Cardinals,…
Tim Teufel
Tim Teufel, who played mostly at second base but filled in at…
Darryl Strawberry
For many African American males growing up in poverty-stricken…
Ray Knight
By the time Ray Knight leapt down the third-base line on the…
Randy Myers
Although Randy Myers had been just promoted from the minors…
Jesse Orosco
Jesse Orosco appeared in 1,252 regular-season games during…
Rafael Santana
Standing at 6-feet-1 and weighing only 165 pounds during his…
Ed Lynch
Never possessed of an overpowering fastball or a devastating…
Bob Ojeda
“We didn’t just want to win. We wanted to step on the opponent’s…
Greg Pavlick
While he may not have had major-league success as a player himself,…
Roger McDowell
Roger McDowell kept his locker stocked with comedy props, costumes,…
Terry Leach
Terry Leach had an unusual delivery, took an abnormally long…
Dave Magadan
Dave Magadan was an artist with the bat. He lacked power. He…
John Mitchell
John Kyle Mitchell’s big-league pitching debut took place…