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Players from the Past: Willie Mays Aikens
2008-06-06 22:32:00 Willie Mays AikensBorn: October 14, 1954 in Seneca, South Carolina Height: 6'3" Weight: 220 Bats: Left Throws: Right First Game: May 17, 1977 Final Game: April 27, 1985 Career: California Angels (1977, 1979), Kansas City Royals (1980-1983), Toronto Blue Jays (1984-85) Willie Mays Aikens
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Separated at birth: Willie Mays the Met and Indiana Jones ?08? (Yahoo! Spor
2008-05-27 16:07:00 The great thing about Willie Mays’ time as a Met is that it’s always going to serve as the one-size-fits-all… Read the full story.
By: MLB News Blog
Separated at birth: Willie Mays ?73 and Indiana Jones ?08? (Yahoo! Sports)
2008-05-27 16:07:00 The great thing about Willie Mays’ time as a Met is that it’s always going to serve as the one-size-fits-all… Read the full story.
By: MLB News Blog
Barry Bonds Breaks the All Time Home Run Record [J. Mark English]
2007-08-08 07:08:00 Call him a villain, call him a cheater, call him a product of his time...or some may even call him a hero. Whatever you call him, now you must recognize Barry Bonds as the all time home run king. Bonds went yard, causing delirium in San Francisco.You can watch the video here.Otherwise here is a write up from the AP... I'd write my thoughts now but I'm too tired from coming home from the Mets loss against the Braves to write anything profound....This is from Janie McCauley of the San Francisco Chronicle:Barry Bonds hit No. 756 to the deepest part of the ballpark Tuesday night, and hammered home the point: Like him or not, legitimate or not, he is baseball's new home run king. Bonds broke Hank Aaron's storied record in the fifth inning, connecting on a 3-2 pitch from Washington's Mike Bacsik. Three days earlier, Bonds tied the Hammer with a shot to left-center in San Diego. "Thank you very much. I got to thank all of you, all the fans here in San Francisco. It's been fantasti...
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755: Playing the Game of What If [J. Mark English]
2007-08-03 02:52:00 WHAT IF Babe Ruth had not pitched in his first six seasons of his career. Between 1914 and 1919, Ruth averaged 185 at bats per season. In those seasons he averaged just over 8 home runs a season. Then from 1920 (the year after being traded to the Yankees) through 1934, he averaged well over 400 at bats per season. He didn't get that high a number of at bats in the first six season since he was busy being a dominant left handed pitcher. But suppose he had played the outfield instead of pitching, and had hit for his average home run total between 1920-1934. What might his grand total of HR's at the end of his career looked like instead of the famed 714 number? He averaged about 44 home runs a season between 1920 and 1934. Take that number and multiply it by six, and you get 264 home runs (six coming from his seasons as a pitcher). Then take his career total of 714 HR's and subtract his original 49 HR's from his career in Boston and you get 665. Now add 665 to the assumed...
By: American Legends
The Heroic Anti-Hero?
2007-07-20 18:05:00 Bad sportswriters habitually concoct shocking, counterintuitive topics for their columns, hoping that the very idiocy of their ideas will attract readers who want to verify for themselves whether or not said authors could really be that stupid--a reaction somewhat akin to rubber-necking a gruesome car crash. The fact that these guys keep their jobs year after year leads me to believe that the tactic does attract readers; I, for one, am drawn inexorably to these columns, though that could just be because I write for a blog devoted to them. On second thought, it's far more likely that I write for this blog because I'm so drawn to them. But although these columns may increase the audience and fame of their authors, the inescapable fact remains that they're still utterly ludicrous. To illustrate this phenomenon, I present you withe the latest from Philadelphia Daily News' Sam Donnellon. Here's the headline:Thanks, Barry, for Being Baseball's SaviorSam Donnellon said what? Oh, I ha...
Photos: Stars Twinkle in Mid Summer Classic [J. Mark English]
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By: American Legends
WILLIE MAYS TO APPEAR IN LAST AUTOGRAPH SHOW UNTIL BARRY BONDS HITS 660 HOM
2006-12-03 22:58:00 Willie Mays To Appear in Last Autograph Show Until Barry Bonds Hits 660 Home Runs! ... ... CORONA, CA – They called him the “Say Hey Kid ” when he was in his prime, but now ... |
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