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With Willie Mays dead, is his godson, Barry Bonds, the greatest living baseball player?
LA Times via Yahoo Sport· 7 days agoChoosing the greatest living baseball player now demands parameters. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and...
Missing Bats, Part 3: Before the strikeout craze, baseball's 'Galileos' fought to change the game
New York Times· 1 day agoMissing Bats, a special series this week in The Athletic, explores how baseball’s profound...
Why Reggie Jackson's powerful remarks on racism still resonate today
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sport· 4 days agoI was just looking up the other day how many homers he hit off Hall of Famers. He hit 18 homers off...
Missing Bats, Part 1: How an obsession with strikeouts upended the balance of baseball
New York Times· 3 days ago“Ever since I was a child,” Glasnow said, “any time I ever touched the mound, I just wanted to...
Are Top College Prospects Ready To Go Directly To Major League Ball?
Forbes· 6 days agoA gaggle of impressive college ballplayers put up great numbers this spring, led by sluggers Charlie Condon, Travis Bazzana, Jac Caglianone, Nick Kurtz and pitchers Chase Burns and Hagen Smith ...
Plaschke: With the help of Dodgers history, team historian Mark Langill battles cancer
LA Times via Yahoo Sport· 4 days agoMark Langill knows more about Dodger history than anyone, and that history is carrying him through...
Willie Mays was baseball's greatest living Hall of Famer — and the heir isn't obvious
Associated Press via Yahoo Sport· 7 days agoMays' combination of hitting, baserunning and defensive brilliance was so extraordinary that simply...