“To Johnny Bench-A Hall of Famer for sure”! Ted Williams wrote that on a baseball for Johnny Bench during spring training in 1968, and the prediction came to fruition a little over two decades later. Johnny Bench is considered by many to be the greatest catcher of all time. Johnny Bench played his whole seventeen ...
Jim Palmer is recognized as the greatest pitcher in the history of the Baltimore Orioles organization. Jim Palmer was a multi-sport phenom in high school who chose a baseball career over basketball and translated it into a ticket to the Hall of Fame. When his playing days were done, Jim Palmer stayed in the public ...
As any hobbyist knows, there often comes a time, regardless of what item they collect, where they hit the proverbial wall. Either they run out of items to collect, the hobby becomes too expensive, or they tire of using the same methods of building their collection. This is the point where many put their ...
Forty years ago one of the most overlooked teams in baseball annals, the 1966 Baltimore Orioles, had a remarkable season, then followed it up with perhaps the greatest and most dominant World Series victory ever. The 1966 Baltimore Orioles had a Triple Crown winning superstar, three men with 100 or more RBI, four guys with ...
