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Baseball Players Famous for Their Faith

May 3, 2021

Baseball players aren’t just guided by discipline and athleticism — many have relied on their faith to get by. Learn about these players ahead. The Los Angeles Dodgers, from their roots in Brooklyn to the pres...

No One Has Been a Hall of Famer Longer Than Sandy Koufax

Jeff J. Snider

Jan 19, 2021

Baseball History, Features, Hall of Fame

On January 19, 1972, former Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Just three weeks past his 36th birthday, "The Left Arm of God" became the you...

Remembering San Diego Hall of Fame Writer Phil Collier

James E. Clark

Feb 29, 2016

Baseball History, Hall of Fame, Major League Baseball, National League, San Diego Padres

On February 24th, 2001 the San Diego sports community lost a legend. Phil Collier was gone at the age of 75 after a long battle with cancer. He will always hold a special place in the hearts of San Diegans as h...

Sandy Koufax and the Yom Kippur Game

Josh Eastern

Sep 22, 2015

Baseball History, Headlines

October 6, 1965. Yom Kippur night. It just so happened that Game 1 of the 1965 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Minnesota Twins fell on this night at Metropolitan Stadium in Minnesota...

Revisiting Pedro Martinez and Randy Johnson’s Best Strikeout Seasons

Joshua Sadlock

Aug 5, 2015

Arizona Diamondbacks, Baseball History, Boston Red Sox, Features, Major League Baseball

If Clayton Kershaw continues his torrid strikeout pace for the final two months of the season, he has an outside shot at becoming baseball's first 300-strikeout pitcher since Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling bo...

What to Expect from Yasiel Puig in 2015

Jeff J. Snider

Mar 2, 2015

Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

There may not be a more polarizing player in Major League Baseball than Yasiel Puig. People love him. People hate him. People think he is amazing. People think he is a train wreck. And sometimes, all of those o...

Matt Nadel’s Five Favorite World Series MVP Performances

Matt Nadel

Nov 29, 2014

Baseball History

Hey baseball fans! Madison Bumgarner had an amazing World Series for the San Francisco Giants in 2014 and he just so happens to come in at number five on my list of my top five favorite World Series MVP perf...

Predicting which Active Players will Make the Hall of Fame

Baseball Essential

Jul 29, 2014

Hall of Fame, Milestone, Opinions & Predictions

No, I promise I won't use this as a forum to talk about Barry Bonds and why the SECOND BEST PLAYER EVER SHOULD BE IN THE HALL OF FAME (!!!), but rather to focus on the past weekend that was, and use it to stir ...

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