
Gene Autry
Gene Autry was the kind of man who paid the bills for old friends…

Bo Belinsky
“My only regret is that I can’t sit in the stands and watch…

Johnny Berardino
“Berardino is one of those intense fellows who believe the…

Bobby Bonilla
“He’s a quality player who’s getting better all the time.…

Chuck Connors
Chuck Connors was a career minor-league ballplayer who played…

Ron Darling
If you were lucky enough to bring Ron Darling to a party, how…

Joe DiMaggio
“Baseball isn’t statistics; it’s Joe DiMaggio rounding…

Mike Donlin
A flamboyant playboy and partygoer who dressed impeccably and…

Don Drysdale
“Hitters would dig a hole and really get anchored with their…

Mark Fidrych
Although he pitched in only 58 major-league games in his tragically…

Pat Flaherty
His name was Edmund Joseph Flaherty. People called him Ed, Eddie,…

Lew Fonseca
Lew Fonseca was a batting champion, a versatile fielder who played…

Steve Garvey
Steve Garvey was the epitome of the Southern California cultural…

Al Gettel
Al “Two Gun” Gettel pitched in 184 major-league games over…

Greg Goossen
Across the decades, various New York Yankee, New York Giant,…

Wally Hebert
Baseball has always loved an underdog. Rugged southpaw Wally…

Wally Hood
Fred C. Newmeyer had “won another” game for his Bay City,…

Byron Houck
Rare is the player in major-league history who, after being part…

Reggie Jackson
Reginald Martinez Jackson was born on May 18, 1946, in Wyncote,…

Derek Jeter
Seems to Move in Perpetual Sunshine.1“Baseball is a lot about…

Wally Joyner
The 1983 film National Lampoon’s Vacation introduced moviegoers…

Frankie Kelleher
Though a renowned power hitter in 12 seasons in the Pacific Coast…

John Kruk
A quick, short tale of a man named KrukWho ran the bases for…

Lee Lacy
“I can play this game,” said Lee Lacy confidently. “For…