Ozzie Virgil Sr.

Ozzie Virgil was the first Dominican to play in the major leagues,…

Dwight Smith

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Dick Wakefield

Failed phenoms are commonplace in baseball, since it is the game…

Charles A. Stoneham

In the early 1920s, the New York Yankees began the assembly of…

Luis E. Tiant

Luis Eleuterio Tiant (1906-1976) was one of the finest pitchers…

Al Unser

Ask American sports fans about Al Unser, and they’ll probably…

Del Unser

“Dad always told me: ‘When you put on a uniform, you hustle.’”…

Horace Stoneham

When Charles A. Stoneham came home one night in October 1918…

Bill Veeck Sr.

It would not be inaccurate to call the 1929 Cubs team president…

Billy Sullivan Jr.

Billy Sullivan played first base in high school and college.…

Bill Veeck

Bill Veeck’s one-man carnival came blaring into Chicago on…

Ed Walsh

He was referred to as Ed Walsh Jr., the son of Hall of Fame pitcher…

Haywood Sullivan

Haywood Cooper Sullivan was many things during his life: passing…

Billy Sullivan Sr.

Though "never very strong in stick work," his Deadball Era contemporaries…

Marc Sullivan

Marc Sullivan started 35 games in 1986 as backup to All-Star…

Fernando Tatís

Fernando Tatis’s journey began with a childhood bedtime story.…
Will Venable (COURTESY OF THE SAN DIEGO PADRES)

Will Venable

On August 29, 2008, 25-year-old Will Venable, made his major-league…

Todd Stottlemyre

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Danny Tartabull

For several years baseball was very, very good to Danny Tartabull.…

Big Ed Walsh

From 1907 to 1912, "Big Ed” Walsh tested the limits of a pitcher's…

Ed Sprague

There have been two Ed Spragues in major-league baseball, father…

Luis Tiant

Luis Clemente Tiant y Vega, a charismatic right-handed pitcher…

Dick Sisler

Dick Sisler, who hit the most famous home run in Phillies history,…