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Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb Compared Using Traditional and Modern Measurements
December 31, 2011
Ty Cobb won the triple crown in 1909. He batted .377, hit nine home runs and drove in 107 runs.Yes, it certainly was the dead-ball era when nine home runs ...Derek Jeter and Phil Rizzuto: One of the Two Greatest Yankees SS Was Never MVP
December 30, 2011
There is no doubt that Derek Jeter is the greatest New York Yankees shortstop ever, but the player that was the best Yankees' shortstop prior to Jeter, Phil Rizzuto, won ...When Is the MVP Winner the League’s Best Player and Not the Most Valuable?
December 29, 2011
At the completion of the 2011 regular season, there were arguments questioning whether Jose Bautista was the American League's MVP. He was clearly the best position player, but the Toronto ...A-Rod Will Have a Great 2012 with 50 Home Runs Thanks to Orthokine Treatment
December 29, 2011
Alex Rodriguez will return to form. Get ready for a 2012 season in which A-Rod hits close to 50 home runs and excels defensively at third base. If Curtis Granderson ...Bill “Moose” Skowron: The Yankees’ Mark Teixeira of the 1950s
December 29, 2011
During the 1950s, Bill "Moose" Skowron was the New York Yankees’ first baseman. The “Moose” joined the Yankees in 1954 and remained an integral part of four world championship Yankees’ ...Roger Clemens Was as Great a Pitcher as Walter Johnson
December 19, 2011
It is difficult to compare players from different eras, but it can be done more accurately today thanks to modern statistics. Walter Johnson was one of the greatest pitchers of ...George Steinbrenner: The New York Yankees Bully Who Fired and Lied
December 15, 2011
George Steinbrenner was a bully. Rae Shmerler was a secretary who worked for the New York Yankees. Mr. Steinbrenner told her to order a tuna fish sandwich on whole wheat ...Comparing Carl Yastrzemski’s and Mickey Mantle’s Triple Crown Season
December 8, 2011
I really don't know how this is going to turn out, but it is fascinating. To me, Mickey Mantle was the greatest player I ever saw (yes, I saw Willie ...Is Miami’s Hanley Ramirez Emulating the Yankees’ Derek Jeter?
December 7, 2011
Alex Rodriguez would have been the greatest shortstop of all time. He would have left Hanley Ramirez in the dust. The Miami Marlins shortstop, never a team player, continued that ...Yankees GM Brian Cashman Is Not Insane, but Neither Was Albert Einstein
December 6, 2011
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, which brings us to New York Yankees’ general manager Brian Cashman. A New York tabloid reported ...