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April 9, 2021 The mystery pitcher began appearing in my morning box scores during the second half of September 1980. Sometimes he was Valenzuela, others Valenzla, but every time I looked, he had zeroes next to his name. I couldn’t find him in my baseball card set, my Street & Smith’s Official Yearbook 1980, or my Complete Handbook of Baseball 1980. All I knew was that suddenly he was one of the Dodgers’ most reliable relievers, a rookie thrown into the fire of a three-way NL West race b...

January 22, 2021 Don Sutton did not have the flash of Sandy Koufax, or the intimidating presence of Don Drysdale. He lacked the overpowering fastball of Nolan Ryan, and didn’t fill his mantel with Cy Young awards the way that Tom Seaver or Steve Carlton did. He never won a World Series or threw a no-hitter. Yet Sutton earned a spot in the Hall of Fame alongside those more celebrated hurlers just the same. He was one of the most durable pitchers in baseball history, as dependable as a Swiss wa...

The following article is part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2021 Hall of Fame ballot. For a detailed introduction to this year’s ballot, and other candidates in the series, use the tool above; an introduction to JAWS can be found here. For a tentative schedule and a chance to fill out a Hall of Fame ballot for our crowdsourcing project, see here. All WAR figures refer to the Baseball-Reference version unless otherwise indicated. Earlier in this series, I profile...

The following article is part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2021 Hall of Fame ballot. Originally written for the 2013 election at SI.com, it has been updated to reflect recent voting results as well as additional research. For a detailed introduction to this year’s ballot, and other candidates in the series, use the tool above; an introduction to JAWS can be found here. For a tentative schedule, and a chance to fill out a Hall of Fame ballot for our crowdsourcin...

The following article is part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2021 Hall of Fame ballot. Originally written for the 2017 election at SI.com, it has been updated to reflect recent voting results as well as additional research. For a detailed introduction to this year’s ballot, and other candidates in the series, use the tool above; an introduction to JAWS can be found here. For a tentative schedule and a chance to fill out a Hall of Fame ballot for our crowdsourcing...

Minus 35 degree windchlls are expected. speaking of extreme cold, this is what a frozen cat looks like. fluffy here was found by her owners in montana buried in the snow. she was brought it an animal clinic unresponsive, but after many hours, she recovered. which brings her down to eight lives. facing allegations of plagiarism, jill abramson concedes some of the panlg pa passages in her new book too closely mirrors phrases that appeared elsewhere. she vows to change it. on thursday cnn busines...

In those conditions, frostbite can set in in just ten minutes. speaking of extreme cold, this is what a frozen cat looks like. fluffy here was found by her owners buried in the snow. she was brought to an animal clinic unresponsive, but after many hours, she recovered which brings her down to eight lives. the clinic says fluffy is now back to her usual finicky self. cool cat. >> very cool cat. weve heard a lot about potential rule changes in baseball this week, but here is one change you never...

Another red sox star is bulking at white house championship celebration. outfielder jackie bradley jr. telling the "boston globe" he wont visit president trump in may. he refused to explain his decision though. at least two other players from the 2018 world series title team will also be absent. and major league baseball is striking out the d.l. the league now rebranding the disabled list for players physically unable to perform as the injured list. officials say the effort aims to remove the mi...

Going to fall apart. were going to be in a pud many of tear -- puddle of tears when the yankees overcome us and probably lose the wild card game. >> so, sam, sam -- >> children, go to your room. go to your room. >> lets just acknowledge whats happening here, mike. were falling apart. >> pump the brakes. things are going to be fine. >> all right. >> oh, my -- okay. i -- geez. i mean, sam you said -- >> yes? >> -- i know were going to blow it. >> yeah. >> by the end of the year. were going to blow...

Welcome back. time for sports. we begin with news out of the nba off season where in houston the rockets officially signed carmelo anthony to a one-year deal, reportedly worth almost $2.5 million. last month oklahoma city traded anthony to atlanta which bought out his contract and made him a free agent. the 34-year old will still get the more than $25 million owed to him by the thunder, but the move also means a reunification with former knicks coach mike d antony. lets go to troubling news out ...