Monthly Archives: January 2013

Who is this player? Had a HUGE power surge in the early-to-mid-90s. Went from a skinny kid to a big, muscular power hitter over that same time period. Starting having major injury problems right around the time MLB started cracking down on steroids. Never had a great season after the current, stricter drug policy was… Read More »

I’ve started watching Ken Burns’ “Baseball” series while I exercise, and this morning I saw something interesting. In the first episode, Charles McDowell says this about the decision to put the bases 90 feet apart: That’s so interesting that that would come out 90 feet. That somebody sat down, Mr. Cartwright or whoever said, “Hey… Read More »