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 ...
In a column that suggests that sportswriters never change, a “writer’s wing” scribe makes a weak excuse for the negative qualities of one of baseball’s greatest hitters and weakest leaders, the “Rajah ...
1928: The New York Giants trade second baseman Rogers Hornsby to the Boston Braves for catcher Shanty Hogan and outfielder Jimmy Welsh. Hornsby will lead the National League with a .387 batting ...
DALLAS — The first thing they noticed about Rogers Hornsby in St. Louis that fall was that there just wasn't much of him. Not far removed from driving a horse-drawn Fort Worth milk wagon, Hornsby, a ...
Last week Samuel Breadon, owner of the world’s champion St. Louis baseball “Cardinals,” traded Rogers Hornsby, player-manager, called “the greatest batter in baseball” to the New York Giants for Frank ...