One of the Major League Baseball records that no current player will ever even remotely approach belongs to the immortal Cy Young, for who the award given to the best pitcher in each league every year is named. The mark in question is Young’s complete game total of 749, however, even if Young had thrown ...
In his 14th year on the ballot, Jack Morris secured 67.7% of the vote. It was the most votes he’s gotten since first appearing on the ballot in 2000 and getting 22.2% of the vote. He’s steadily increased his vote percentage over the years, finally getting past 30% in 2005, 40% in 2007, 50% in ...
Now this generation of Red Sox fans have their very own version of the Boston Massacre, compliments of the New York Yankees stunning five game sweep over the Red Sox that took place during the span of August 18th through the 21st. Twenty eight years ago, in what was dubbed the Boston Massacre by the ...
10. Catfish – Bob Dylan Bob Dylan wrote this song about James “Catfish” Hunter. This song pays tribute to Catfish for his skill and success as a major league pitcher for the Kansas City Athletics and the New York Yankees. When he signed with the Yankees in 1975, he became the highest paid pitcher in ...
The eccentric Kansas City A’s owner, Charlie Finley, decided Jim Hunter needed a nickname, so he concocted a fabrication about how “Catfish” Hunter used to fish for catfish as a boy growing up in North Carolina. The media swallowed the lie hook, line, and sinker, and Jim became Catfish Hunter forevermore, although back home he ...
Although he never won a home run or runs batted in title, there is little else that George Brett did not accomplish for the Kansas City Royals on his way to the Hall of Fame. George Brett won three batting titles, becoming the only man to ever win one in three different decades. George Brett ...
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