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Bringing 62 back

January 29, 2013 Mark McGwire Sammy Sosa Ken Griffey Jr. Roger Maris 61 home runs unbreakable record 1998 Home Run chase 62 home runs in a season is baseball's real record Leave a Comment

Baseball’s first professional player

December 17, 2011 2011 World Series Albert Belle amateur baseball players baseball hall of Fame Baseball: Past and present Best World Series in history Candy Cummings Cooperstown Curt Flood Don mattingly fantasy baseball Hall of Fame balloting Honus Wagner Joe DiMaggio Kirby Puckett Lipman Pike Mark McGwire Piladelphia Athletic baseball club professional baseball reserve clause Ron santo Sammy Sosa Wrigley Field 4 Comments

Jeff Bagwell for the Hall of Fame

December 14, 2011 Barry Bonds baseball hall of Fame BBA Cooperstown Frank Thomas Hall of Fame Hall of fame ballot hall of fame voting Jeff Bagwell Jim Thome Ken Griffey Jr. Mark McGwire Rafael Palmiero Roger Clemens Ryan Braun Sammy Sosa steroid era steroid suspicion Steroids Leave a Comment

Say it ain’t so

December 11, 2011 Alex Rodriguez Barry Bonds Black Sox Brady Anderson Hank Aaron Jason Giambi Joe Jackson Jose Canseco Ken Caminiti Mark McGwire Milwaukee Brewers MLB MVP award PED use Ryan Braun steroid era synthetic testoterone 2 Comments

The unique nature of Game 163

October 15, 2011 1998 wild card Atlanta Braves Bill Murray Chicago Cubs Eddie Vedder Game 163 Gary Gaetti Mark McGwire New York Yankees Ricketts Rod Beck Sammy Sosa San Francisco Giants Scottie Pippen Someday we'll go all the way Tribune Yankee Stadium Leave a Comment

An innocuous ending

October 11, 2011 Brook Jacoby card errors Chicago Cubs Derek Jeter Harold Baines Keith Comstock Mark McGwire Michael Jackson Mike Gallego Seatle Mariners Topps Leave a Comment

My blue hat’s off to Jim Thome

August 19, 2011 2003 Cubs 600 homers Alex Rodriguez Barry Bonds Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians Hee Seop Choi Jacobs Field Jim Thome Manny Ramirez Mark McGwire Rafael Palmiero Sammy Sosa Steve Bartman Leave a Comment

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