Starting in December and ending on Opening Day, Joe Posnanski will count down the 100 greatest baseball players by publishing an essay on a player every day for 100 days. In all, this project will ...

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 05: Noah Syndergaard #34 of the New York Mets reacts during their National League Wild Card game against the San Francisco Giants at Citi Field on October 5, 2016 in New York ...

Rogers Hornsby, the greatest right-handed hitter of all time, spent three springs in the area and once credited the sultry air of Sarasota with turning his offensive fortunes around. When he was with ...

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Stan Musial was the greatest St. Louis Cardinals player. But as great as he was, Musial was not the best Cardinals hitter. No, it's not Albert Pujols. It's not even close. Rogers Hornsby played for ...

Gil Hodges led the New York Mets to their miracle victory in 1969. So why hasn't he been inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame? Image: Everett Collection Obviously records are made to be broken and ...

While Rogers Hornsby might have been a pain to teammates and management, he was an even bigger headache to opposing pitchers. "I don't like to sound egotistical," said Hornsby, who was, "but every ...

When one peers into a casket, there is no real mystery as to what's inside. But the macabre ritual must be performed. So I opened MLB At Bat and summoned up the schedule on my mobile cellular handheld ...