Oakland A's Legend Rickey Henderson Dead at 65
Baseball’s most controversial umpire is calling it a career. Angel Hernandez, who has been criticized by many in the game for decades, will retire.
Angel Hernandez to retire immediately
Tony Gwynn hit a magnificent .338 for his career.
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
in 1920, a 25-year-old Hornsby—a lifetime .310/.370/.440 hitter to that point—hit .370/.431/.559, leading the league in all three splits, and he also led the league in hits, doubles, RBIs, and total bases. Over the next five seasons combined—this is so ridiculous—Hornsby would hit .402. Nobody, not even Ty Cobb, hit .400 over five full seasons.
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
His son later said that Bankhead, who was from Alabama and had seen the worst of America’s racism, pitched in mortal fear of hitting a batter and causing a riot. Bankhead pitched in only four games and was sent back to the minors; there would not be another black pitcher in baseball until the legendary Satchel Paige was finally given his chance wit
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