Archive for November 2011

The yearlong series on Topps’ 1971 set continues with the ultimate free-swinging catcher.

The Bay Area has had its share of over the past 39 years.

The Cardinals and Rangers don’t have much of a history of playing each other. But there are common threads.

The Great Depression, Connie Mack Stadium, and recollections of M*A*S*H all come together in this week’s Confidential.

If you like hard-nosed players, there were few tougher than this man.

Collapses are not a new thing in baseball. They just get bigger headlines today.

Two baseball deaths provide two different kinds of food for thought.

Managers are hired to be fired, but are they meant to be traded?

The national pastime and the anniversary of a tragedy come together.

On a quiet September night in 1971, nine men made baseball history.