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A Park Too Far
It appears that the Mets will finally acquiesce to Chipper Jones' demands and change the dimensions of CitiField, perhaps as early as next season. The complaints about its spacious contours bubbled up almost immediately after it opened in 2009, and have continued unabated ever since. Last week, the...
Today in Sports History: July 29th
(Sosa in a White Sox jersey. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Daniel, Getty Images) 7/29/1989 - Rangers deal Sosa for Baines The Texas Rangers deal utility infielder Scott Fletcher and minor league prospects Sammy Sosa and Wilson Alvarez to the Chicago White Sox for Harold Baines. Baines was not a bad...
Today in Sports History: June 3rd
(The home plate umpires inspect Sammy Sosa's corked bat) 6/03/1888 - Casey at the Bat The San Francisco Examiner publishes a poem written by Ernest Thayer titled "Casey at the Bat." The famous poem depicts a baseball player named Casey who is up to bat with the game on the line. The poem, ending...
Today in Sports History: April 4th
4/04/2003 - Sosa joins 500 clubSammy Sosa waited a long time to hit his 500th home run. He ended the 2002 season with 499 homers and waited 187 days to knock #500, which he did on the road against the Reds' Scott Sullivan. Sosa, who was a beloved figure before the steroid allegations and corked bat...
Today in Sports History: January 28th
1/28/2005 - Sosa traded to the Orioles After 13 years with the Chicago Cubs, Sammy Sosa is traded to the Baltimore Orioles for Jerry Hairston Jr. and a pair of minor leaguers. For most of his time with the Cubs, Sosa was a one-man wrecking crew; in 2001, Sosa hit 64 home runs (one-third of his...
Today in Sports History: June 16th
(Tiger holds a trophy after winning the Open. Photo by Robyn Beck, Getty Images) 6/16/1975 - Bucks trade Kareem Abdul-JabbarAfter six years with the Milwaukee Bucks, Kareem Abdul Jabbar is traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. Abdul-Jabbar, whose name was Lew Alcindor when he was originally drafted,...
Sosa Makes Rangers
Sammy Sosa will endure his second stint with the Rangers starting in April. Ron Washington told non roster invitee Sammy Sosa that he will be on the Opening Day roster. There hasn't been an official announcement and he hasn't been moved onto the 40-man roster, but Adam Katz and GM Jon Daniels plan...
Members of the 500 Home Run Club Not In The Hall Of Fame
With Gary Sheffield just joining the 500 home run club as its 25th member and Jim Thome about to tie Mike Schmidt for 13th on the all-time list, I thought I would take a look at the group of ten players who have hit 500 home runs and aren't in the Hall of Fame. To define the average Hall of Fame...
Does An MVP Candidate Need His Team To Finish In 1st Place? D-Wade Hopes Not
With all the MVP talk surrounding Dwyane Wade, one point that many ‘experts’ make is that Wade is not on a 1st place team, while LeBeon James and Kobe Bryant are. How important is that when choosing an MVP? By definition, MVP is for the Most Valuable Player, but to whom? Is it to...
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