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They Were There: Eddie Robinson
Eddie Robinson looks back on a long life spent in baseball, whether it was in the majors, the Navy, the front office or the scouting trail.
A Look Back at January, 2020
The Month That Was in Baseball: A very bad month for the Astros—but could it have been worse?; The Hall welcomes Derek Jeter and Larry Walker; Being dead doesn't make your Cooperstown chances any more alive; So long, Don Larsen. All this and more, check it out!
Ninety Years of Teaching, Learning and Leading
This Great Game’s Ed Attanasio looks back at the life of his father and how he taught his children life’s rules through the prism of baseball.
Researching The Comebacker, Our Baseball Diary
Since 2008, we've provided a day-by-day account of everything related to Major League Baseball, and then some. Go back into recent times and relive (or learn, for the first time) baseball as it happened.
About This Great Game: How We Got From There to Here
The story of how This Great Game has evolved over two decades, from a modest datebook to an ambitious coffee table book to the popular web site it is today.
TGG Links: Because We Know What You'll Like
Our short list below for the most visible, valuable and curious baseball resources for fans and researchers of all ages.
The Ballparks: Minute Maid Park
Some people thought the Houston Astros were taking a chance moving back to the outdoors. They remember the mosquitoes—big, nasty, hungry critters—that preyed on spectators when the franchise first began business 40 years earlier. In lieu of the world’s largest patio netting, the Astros have chosen instead to construct a retractable roof at Minute Maid Park to keep the bugs—to say nothing of the sweltering summer heat—outside.
Can the Teasers of 2019 Prove They Belong in 2020?
Here’s the 10 call-ups who best excelled at the end of 2019. Will they sustain their hot debuts and make it to the promised land of A-list glory, as have past Teasers such as Chris Sale, Madison Bumgarner, Corey Seager, David Price and Craig Kimbrel? Or will they just fade away?
Bad, Astros, Bad!
The Houston Astros’ toxic front-office culture finally got the best of them, but one significant figure seems to have escaped baseball’s guillotine.
2019 The Pill of Might
Home run records fall like dominoes as skeptical fans, angry pitchers and an oblivious MLB grapple over if a juiced ball is to blame. While Baltimore bares the brunt of the home run barrage in the worst of ways, the Washington Nationals rev up 40 miles down the Beltway and deliver a stunning postseason effort.
The 2010s, Revisited:
The 10 Greatest Games of the 2010s
There was plenty of variety to be found when sifting back through the 2,500-plus major league games that took place in the 2010s. One could find unbelievable finishes, heartbreak, irony and just flat-out great performances. All of those angles are covered here on this list.
The 2010s: Ranking MLB Teams, From Worst to First
In a decade in which the fortunes of MLB teams swung wildly like an out-of-control pendulum—thanks in great part to the concept of tanking—here’s our breakdown of each ballclub, from the #30 spot to Number One.
The Wildest Wild Pitches of the 2010s
Seriously—did that really happen? A look back at some of the craziest things that took place in the baseball world during this past decade. It’s wildest of the wild, the oddest of the odd, the most ironic and OMG-worthy—all for your amusement.
The 10 Best Pitchers of the 2010s
Was the 2010s a time for the trumpet to cry Taps for the starting pitcher? As the concept of the traditional rotation continued to trend toward possible obsolescence, these 10 aces delivered with old-time magic from the mound.
The 10 Best Hitters of the 2010s
After several decades in which baseball’s top players were soaked in scandal and screw-you attitudes, we finally come to the 2010s and a refreshing change of pace. A kinder, gentler culture prevailed in major league clubhouses, with players keeping team chemistry upbeat while stiff-arming the chemistry of steroids; with one notable exception, this list is a solid reflection of that mindset.
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