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From Frank Chance to Brett Phillips, the 10 most decisive plays in World Series Game 4 history.

Second of 2 posts about post-season starts by pitchers. .......... Since 1903, when the first World Series was played, Major League pitchers have started 4,524 games in the post season. They...

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Since the Modern Era began, in 1901, Major League pitchers have thrown 21 perfect games. No Cub ever has done so. You probably know that Milt Pappas came the closest, in 1972, when his 3-2 pitch...

The durable left-hander 's strong postseason resumé isn't enough to get him over the top.

SAN DIEGO -- Minor League Baseball announced the selection of Milwaukee Brewers Minor League manager Rick Sweet as the recipient of the 14th annual Mike Coolbaugh Award, and St. Louis Cardinals assistant general manager and director of player development Gary LaRocque as the 14th winner of the Sheldon “Chief” Bender

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May 2, 2021 Myles Straw grew up a big Tampa Bay Rays fan and has been to hundreds of games at Tropicana Field. Much for that reason, he’s more than a little familiar with Brandon Guyer. Which isn’t to say that Straw emulates the recently-retired outfielder. Guyer reached base via HBP a bruise-worthy 85 times from 2014-2018, and he did so despite never getting as many as 400 plate appearances in a single season. The bulk of his plunkings came in a Rays uniform. When I talked to Straw this p...

Cubs oldest, youngest debuts by pitchers By JohnW53 on Apr 6, 2021, 7:19am CDT + Many baseball fans know that Satchel Paige was the oldest pitcher to make his Major League debut. Paige is listed as having been 2 days past his 42nd birthday but almost certainly was older when he threw 2 innings for the Indians against the Browns on July 9, 1948. He was 59 plus 80 days when he concluded his MLB career with 3 scoreless innings for the Athletics against the Red Sox on Sept. 25, 1965. ....