Mike Trout headlines Los Angeles Angels all-time roster by Wins Above Replacement
When it’s all said and done, Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout could very well be ranked among the top two or three baseball […]
Short-handed sports: Playing basketball, baseball, soccer and hockey minus a few players
Almost everyone is familiar with the maximum number of players that a team can have playing in each of the major sports: in basketball […]
Robin Yount headlines Milwaukee Brewers all-time roster by Wins Above Replacement
As the Brewers are one of MLB’s younger franchises, their all-time roster by wins above replacement lacks some of the marquee names associated with […]
Lessons in sport: Remember when Muhammad Ali and George Foreman duked it out in Zaire?
How good are you at deciphering visual sports puzzles? Instagram user @lessonsinsport has rendered another batch of stark graphics that hint at legendary sports […]
Ty Cobb headlines Detroit Tigers all-time roster by Wins Above Replacement
Ty Cobb, along with Babe Ruth and Willie Mays, is universally regarded as one of the best baseball players to ever take the field. […]
“Bigfoot Bottle Blaster” headlines Dude Perfect’s Blitzball trick shot sequel
Few have ever caught glimpse of the shaggy-haired biped known as Bigfoot. Fewer still are those that have broken a bottle balanced atop the […]
What’s My Line? Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Willie Mays and Yogi Berra as game show guests
What’s My Line? was an Emmy-winning game show which originally ran in the United States on the CBS television network from 1950 to 1967. […]
Lessons in sport: Did you recognize Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Muggsy Bogues?
How good are you at deciphering visual sports puzzles? Instagram user @lessonsinsport renders stark graphics that hint at legendary sports figures (like the image […]
Carlos Zambrano and Alec Mills: An improbable tale of one city, two no-hitters and three teams
Miller Park first hosted an MLB game on April 5, 2001, replacing the erstwhile Milwaukee County Stadium as the home field of the Milwaukee […]
Why it’s almost impossible for baseball pitchers to throw 110-mph fastballs
More and more pitchers are throwing triple-digit fastballs, with the fastest of them topping out at 105 miles per hour, but is possible to […]
MLB’s 4-HR Club: Celebrating baseball’s nearly perfect games at the plate
For pitchers, the ultimate standard of excellence is the perfect game — only 21 have been recorded over the course of the more than […]
Pete Rose headlines Cincinnati Reds all-time roster by Wins Above Replacement
As an integral part of the fearsome Big Red Machine, Pete Rose helped lead the Cincinnati Reds to back-to-back World Series in the mid […]