Examining the Credentials of the Current and Future Candidates for the Hall of Fame
A player or manager in Major League Baseball for 41 years, Lou Piniella owns one of the most ironic nicknames, Sweet Lou. In 18 years as an outfielder, he was famously hard-nosed, combative, and short-tempered. In 23 years as a manager, Piniella was known for his base-throwing, dirt-kicking, and nose-to-nose arguments with the men in […]
For the third time in four years, Davey Johnson is on a ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. The Contemporary Baseball Era Committee for Managers/Executives/Umpires, the modern version of the Veterans Committee, will vote on 8 candidates for the Hall of Fame in early December at the […]
Tonight, manager Bruce Bochy led the Texas Rangers to the franchise’s first World Series Championship in the 63-year history of the franchise. The 68-year-old Bochy, in his first season with the Rangers, won his 4th World Series title in the last 14 years, an incredible record when you consider that he managed only 11 of […]
Tonight at Minute Maid Park, Dusty Baker‘s Houston Astros defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in Game 6 to win the 2022 World Series title. Left fielder Yordan Alvarez, who started Houston’s march to the title with a walk-off 3-run home run in Game 1 of the ALDS, was the hero in Game 6. The tall left-handed […]
Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker, having finished his 25th year as a skipper in Major League Baseball, is one win away from his first World Series Championship as a manager. Whether the Astros successfully close out the Philadelphia Phillies in the Fall Classic or not, this has been another campaign in which Baker significantly enhanced […]
Yesterday, the Houston Astros officially introduced longtime manager Dusty Baker as their new skipper. For Baker, who described his new gig as a “last hurrah,” this is 5th job as a Major League Baseball skipper and gives him a final chance to pursue a World Series title, which is possibly the missing link on what […]
Charlie Manuel, the manager who led the Philadelphia Phillies to five consecutive N.L. East titles from 2007-11, is on the Today’s Game Hall of Fame ballot. Manuel was a somewhat surprising candidate given that his 1,000 managerial wins are just the 64th most on the all-time list. However, even though his time as a MLB […]