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From the Outhouse to the Penthouse: How the Trade of Red Ruffing Changed his Baseball Career

May 4, 2016

Going from the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees and having a Hall of Fame career only seems to apply to Babe Ruth. Of course, the sale of Ruth from the Red Sox to the Yankees for $125,000 seems to go down...

Tying Two Major Baseball Events Together Through a Player Who Played in Just One Game

John Pielli

Apr 17, 2016

Baseball History

So much has been written about players who have made an impact on the history of Major League Baseball. Sometimes there is a player who may not have accomplished very much that can bring light to things that di...

The Hidden Importance of the Yankees 1958 World Series Title

John Pielli

Feb 24, 2016

Atlanta Braves, Baseball History, New York Yankees

When the Yankees won the World Series Championship in 1958, it capped the most dominant decade of baseball excellence in the history of the sport. It represented the team's seventh World Series victory of the d...

A baseball player by the name of Sanders, who was once a Colonel

John Pielli

Feb 16, 2016

Baseball History

The game of baseball in the year 2016 is a far, distant cry from baseball in its infancy. Of course, much about the game of baseball has changed, but my concern is how quickly 19th century baseball seems to hav...

The Day Chico Ruiz Stole Home

John Pielli

Feb 9, 2016

Baseball History, Cincinnati Reds

On February 9, 1972, Kansas City Royals infielder Chico Ruiz died in a car accident in San Diego, California. Ruiz was just 33 years old and presumably still had many years left playing baseball in the major le...

Analytical Take on Didi Gregorius

Jesse Foster

Dec 29, 2015

American League, American League East, Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Didi Gregorius has been handed the daunting task of replacing Derek Jeter as the New York Yankees' shortstop. There was no clear cut answer to the question of who would fill that position heading into the 2014 ...

Tagged Baseball Reference

From the Outhouse to the Penthouse: How the Trade of Red Ruffing Changed his Baseball Career

Tying Two Major Baseball Events Together Through a Player Who Played in Just One Game

The Hidden Importance of the Yankees 1958 World Series Title

A baseball player by the name of Sanders, who was once a Colonel

The Day Chico Ruiz Stole Home

Analytical Take on Didi Gregorius