Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. (Iron Man)

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 24, 1960 in Havre de Grace, MD
High School: Aberdeen HS (Aberdeen, MD)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 1981 (Age 20)   vs. KCR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Orioles 1981-2001
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: October 6, 2001 (Age 41)   vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2007 (537/545 ballots).
   View Cal Ripken Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Relatives: Brother of Billy Ripken and Son of Cal Ripken
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
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• 5/27 The Writer's Journey: Major League Baseball Triple Header (2012): Major League Baseball Triple Header New Video, 2012 3 discs; approx. 6 hrs. 39 mins. total + extras In this newest video package...
• 5/26 The Writer's Journey: Major League Baseball Triple Header (2012): Major League Baseball Triple Header New Video, 2012 3 discs; approx. 6 hrs. 39 mins. total + extras In this newest video package...
• 5/17 High Heat Stats: Third Basemen and Career Confluences: Later this season, Scott Rolen, Adrian Beltre and Chipper Jones could all pass the 2000 mark for career games at third base. Actually,...
• 5/12 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY MARIANO MEANS THERE'S PROOF OF GOD: A FAN'S TAKE: For some of us, it’s our nature to seek proof of God’s existence.  Whether we find it in the majesty of a golden,...
• 5/4 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Oh No Mo:   As if you were not already aware, Mariano Rivera was injured while shagging fly balls during batting practice before the...

• 4/30 Bleeding Yankee Blue: BYB PRESENTS: YANKEE SHORTS #4: 10. Curtain Call  Is Curtis Granderson the Reggie Jackson of 2012? No, I don’t think so. He is Curtis...
• 4/25 James Smyth Broadcast: All-Time Bluefield Team - Eddie Murray: The All-Time Bluefield-to-the-Bigs Team features two Hall of Famers. Cal Ripken is at shortstop and I wrote about him a couple...
• 4/24 Baseball Musings: Ripken on Jeter: Cal Ripken believes Derek Jeter will get close to 4000 hits: “When it’s all said and done, he’ll be pushing...
• 4/17 Tyler's Think Tank: MLB All Decade Team 1980s: C Gary Carter Gets the nod over Carlton Fisk 1B Eddie Murray 2B Ryne Sandberg 3B Mike Schmidt Tough to leave George Brett...
• 4/16 High Heat Stats: Derek Jeter has been raking since passing 3,000 hits: Since Derek Jeter reached 3,000 career hits on July 9th, 2011, he has played in 73 games. His numbers over those games are: 334...
• 4/16 NY Baseball Digest: Where Does Derek Jeter’s Ascent Up the Hit Chart Take Him?: One of the early surprises of the season is the offensive output of Derek Jeter. Going into tonight’s matchup against Minnesota,...
• 4/11 Tubbs Baseball Blog: Cal Ripken Jr. and The 1987 Baltimore Orioles in Polaroids-Part 2: Oriole legend Cal Ripken Jr. Fuji Photo Night 1987In part one we took a look at Fuji Photo Night Polaroids of Oriole legend Cal...
• 4/10 James Smyth Broadcast: All-Time Bluefield Team - Cal Ripken Jr.: The next entry on the All-Time Bluefield to the Bigs Team features one of two Hall of Famers on the roster. The shortstop is the...
• 4/6 The Writer's Journey: Baseball’s Greatest Games: Derek Jeter’s 3,000th Hit (2011): Baseball’s Greatest Games: Derek Jeter’s 3,000th Hit New Video, 2011 Approx. 3 hrs. + extras With all of the scandals...
• 4/4 Tubbs Baseball Blog: Cal Ripken Jr. and The 1987 Baltimore Orioles in Polaroids-Part 1: Cal Ripken Jr. Fuji Photo Night 1987These Polaroids were taken on Fuji Photo Night at Memorial Stadium during the latter part...

• 3/23 New York Mets Report: Chipper Jones – Mets Killer – to retire.: Some opponents you loathe. You watch with venom in your heart for how they destroy your team. Or you despise their arrogance and...
• 3/21 WasWatching: 16+ Seasons Of 140+ Games Played: It’s a small list - Rk   Yrs From To Age   1 Pete Rose 19 1963 1983 22-42 Ind. Seasons 2 Carl Yastrzemski 17 1961 1979...
• 3/20 High Heat Stats: All-time HR leaders by team among single-franchise players (prepare to be amazed!): I started tweeting some of this last night and realized it would make a pretty awesome post. Among players who played their entire...
• 3/13 High Heat Stats: Can Derek Catch Honus?:   Barring injury, Derek Jeter will this season likely pass Cal Ripken and Robin Yount to become the all-time career Hits...
• 3/13 High Heat Stats: Jose Iglesias comps @MikeSilvermanBB: Just in case Jose Iglesias does become the Red Sox’s starting shortstop this year, here are the most recent guys to play...
• 3/13 High Heat Stats: Quiz – Make Mine a Ruben with Chili: This quiz may be a little tougher (I think). But you guys are sharp, so no doubt you’ll surprise me. Here’s a list...
• 3/8 Bus League Baseball: Owner By Day, Pitcher By Night: Late last week, an item appeared in Google Reader from Our Sports Central with the headline, “Wingnuts’ Owner Signs With Cubs”....
• 3/6 WasWatching: Baseball’s True Iron Men: Players with 16+ seasons of qualifying for the batting title - Rk   Yrs From To Age   1 Cap Anson 22 1876 1897 24-45 Ind. Seasons...

• 2/22 The Captain's Blog: Breaking Down the Yankees’ Spring Training Roster…in 1986 (Video Included): Over the next six weeks of Spring Training, there will be plenty of time to breakdown the Yankees’ roster and assess the team’s...
• 2/17 High Heat Stats: Gary Carter 1954-2012: The inevitable has happened, with Gary Carter’s passing today from cancer. Carter had a very large personality and had a...
• 2/15 MetsToday.com: Mets Spring Training Question 6: Wilmer Flores: With six days left before pitchers and Molinas report, let’s look at question #6 to be answered in Port St. Lucie this spring:...
• 2/13 Tubbs Baseball Blog: Jeff Bagwell, Fred McGriff, The Hall of Fame, and 400 Home Runs: Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table...
• 2/12 YankeeAnalysts.com: Jeter’s comps in their age 38 season: As Derek Jeter ages, the list of players who he resembles statistically grows more and more elite. They’re almost all HOF...
• 2/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: Is the cellar door locked?: A couple of weeks ago I went over the Toronto Blue Jays and their prospective chances for 2012 and beyond. In a division dominated...
• 2/8 High Heat Stats: Walk rates for hitters in uncertain pursuit of 3,000 hits: At Andy’s suggestion (see comment #17 here), I did a quick-and-dirty study of late-career walk rates for players who finished...

• 1/28 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY AROD AS SOLE DH DOESN'T WORK: You can’t have a guy like Alex Rodriguez be your full time designated hitter. I respect so many of my fellow bloggers who believe...
• 1/26 Ramblings of Baseball: What To Wear XVIII: Tampa Bay Rays Here we go again. Am I referring to the fact that this is the second young team in a row without a whole lot of...
• 1/26 WasWatching: 1,706+ Career Games & Playing For Just One Team: It’s a gang of 55! Rk Player WAR/pos G   From To Age PA OPS Tm 1 Stan Musial 127.8 3026 1 1941 1963 20-42 12712 .976 STL...
• 1/22 WasWatching: SS With 20+ WAR Before Their 28th Birthday: Minimum 800 games at SS before turning 28: Rk Player WAR/pos G From To Age PA R HR RBI SB BA OBP SLG OPS 1 Alex Rodriguez 61.0...
• 1/20 Ramblings of Baseball: What To Wear XII: Baltimore Orioles The very first little league team I played on was the Orioles. I wore number 8, which was Cal Ripken’s number....
• 1/16 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Introduction and Round 1 (Picks 1-50): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 1/12 11th and Washington: Barry Larkin as an All-Star for the last time: I suppose I'm a couple days late on the Barry Larkin post, but that's because I don't really have anything to add. I never had...
• 1/11 High Heat Stats: The 10 most under-appreciated players of the 1980s: #5 Von Hayes: Von Hayes got a raw deal.He came up with so-so Indians teams that basically did very little.Then he got traded in an infamous...
• 1/10 High Heat Stats: WAAS: Wins Above All-Star Level: (Errors in the HOF list in an earlier version of this post have been corrected.)In two recent columns (insider),...
• 1/4 MLB Dirt: Catching Up With Colorado Rockies Prospect Chad Bettis: The Colorado Rockies have traditionally had a difficult time developing successful pitchers. This has partly been luck in drafting,...
• 1/4 Baseball Musings: Torre! Torre! Torre!: Joe Torre resigned his position with Major League Baseball to pursue ownership of the Dodgers: Torre was appointed MLB’s...
• 1/3 Redbird Dugout: Why the MLB still has a steroid problem: Mark McGwire has been passed over for the Hall of Fame for likely the sixth time. Rafael Palmeiro the second. It seems that the...

• 12/24 High Heat Stats: The best and worst value among batters in 1998 using $WAR: Matt Stairs, one of the most productivebatters of 1998 / Icon SMIHere are the players who produced the most and least value...
• 12/20 WasWatching: 3,000 Game Club: Not many have played 3,000+ career games in the majors: Rk Player WAR/pos G From To Age PA Tm 1 Ty Cobb 159.4 3034 1905 1928 18-41...
• 12/15 High Heat Stats: Brian Jordan: The Gold Gloves' biggest snub?: Since 1961, here are the outfield leaders in WAR Runs-Fielding:RkPlayerRfieldFromToAgeGPosTm1Andruw Jones2431996201119-342102*89/D73ATL-LAD-TEX-CHW-NYY2Barry...
• 12/13 High Heat Stats: Metsclusive: The Best Single Franchise Players for Each Team: Jose Reyes's  departure for South Florida makes him the latest Mets star to get away. In fact, very few players of any value...
• 12/11 The Writer's Journey: Retired Numbers: #8: All seven men who have been honored with the retirement of uniform #8 are in the Hall of Fame, and two served as catchers for...
• 12/9 WasWatching: Baseball’s All-Time Best All-Around Players?: These are the only players in baseball history to have both 120+ WAR Fielding Runs and 120+ WAR Batting runs in their career:...
• 12/8 High Heat Stats: Baseball behemoths: rolling three-year WAR leaders (batters edition): Here are the leaders among batters in total Wins Above Replacement (WAR, from Baseball-reference.com) over each 3-year period...
• 12/5 PaulLebowitz.com: Jose Reyes Signs with the Marlins—Full Analysis: Jose Reyes has agreed to terms with the Miami Marlins on a 6-year, $106 million contract. Let’s dissect it. — For...
• 12/1 High Heat Stats: POLL: Barry Larkin and the Hall of Fame: Barry Larkin will be on the Hall of Fame ballot for the third time in January 2012 and is a good bet to make it in. This past...

• 11/30 SocraticGadfly: 2012 MLB HOF ballot: Anybody deserving?: Here's the details on this year's Hall of Fame ballot. Bernie Williams tops the new players, and that doesn't say a lot. Less...
• 11/28 High Heat Stats: Carl Crawford's historic collapse (without much hope of recovery): Since 1901, there have been 145 hitters to amass at least 10 Wins Above Replacement in their Age 27 and 28 seasons. Few, though,...
• 11/17 Operation Shutdown: Got Wood? We don't anymore: The Colorado Rockies have signed Brandon Wood, after the Pirates outrighted the former infielder to AAA this past October. ...
• 11/14 PaulLebowitz.com: Jose Reyes And The Truth Of Lies: It was entirely believable that Jose Reyes signed with the Marlins so early in the free agent process; without seeing what other...

• 10/24 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY IS LANCE BERKMAN DRAGGING BABE RUTH INTO IT?: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 10/21 SOX & Dawgs: David Ortiz Wins 2011 Roberto Clemente Award: Hey look something other than fried chicken and beer news for the Boston Red Sox. Here's the release: David Ortiz of the Boston...
• 10/21 SOX & Dawgs: David Ortiz Wins 2011 Roberto Clemente Award: Hey look something other than fried chicken and beer news for the Boston Red Sox. Here's the release: David Ortiz of the Boston...
• 10/10 B-R Blog: 4 extra-base hits in a postseason game: In game 2 of the NLCS, Albert Pujols went 4-5 with a HR and three 2Bs, driving in the first 4 runs in the Cards' series-tying...

• 9/23 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY THE YANKEES & BYB ARE PERFECT TOGETHER: The Yankees are preparing for the Postseason, but that doesn't mean that we can take rest. There are still games to be played...
• 9/22 B-R Blog: Who might play in all 162 games (or more) this year?: I did a little bit of manual searching to find out which players have appeared in all their team's games so far and thus have...
• 9/20 Mets360.com: Ruben Tejada’s quietly outstanding season: I bet you have no idea how outstanding Ruben Tejada has been this year. On the surface, it seems like he’s made progress from...
• 9/20 B-R Blog: Recapping relevant games of Monday, 9/19/2011: -- Marlins 6, Braves 5: With 2 out in the last of the 9th, Omar Infante drilled a tailing-in fastball from Craig Kimbrel for...
• 9/16 SOX & Dawgs: The Race for the Postseason Heats up on "Sunday MLB on TBS" with a Crucial AL ...: “Sunday MLB on TBS” continues on September 18 with an American League match-up between two division rivals and Postseason...
• 9/9 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman On Orioles, Cubs, Astros: The Orioles may have trouble attracting GM candidates with stature, assuming president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail leaves...
• 9/8 B-R Blog: Card of the Week (and Hall of Fame poll): 1997 Bowman Chrome International Refractors #127 Andruw Jones: So much to say about this card... I better keep it in bullet format so that we can get to the Hall of Fame poll below: By 1997,...

• 8/22 Baseball Musings: Hardy Homers: J.J. Hardy hit his 24th home run of the season as the Orioles beat the Twins 4-1. He’s moving up the list of most home runs...
• 8/18 NY Baseball Digest: Looking Back: What If 1994: This is a little old, but figured I would share it since we talked about the viability of baseball in Montreal earlier this week....
• 8/16 El Maquino: A FREE PASS FOR THOME?: Last night, Jim Thome hit the 600th homerun of his 21-year career.  Praise from media and fans was unconditionally showered on...
• 8/13 El Maquino: REFRESHING DEFENSE AT SHORT: He’s hitting .207 with only three homers, 17 RBI and 24 runs.  He never walks. (13, the same number as Tyler Greene, who...
• 8/11 WasWatching: What’s Got In To Curtis Granderson This Season?: Since 1988, there have been 32 players to post an OPS+ of 145 or better (while playing in at least 100 games) in their “Age...
• 8/5 WSJ Daily Fix: The Company Craig Counsell Keeps: The Count: The good news for Counsell, one hitless at bat shy of the record streak, is that other players bounced back from such...
• 8/3 B-R Blog: ROE 140+ Times Since 1919: Since 1919, how many players have reached base on an error 140 or more times in their career? Here is the list - Rk Player #Matching...

• 7/31 Baseball Musings: Upset Tejada: Miguel Tejada is not a happy camper after the Giants acquired Orlando Cabrera: Asked for a reaction to the Giants’ acquisition...
• 7/30 Baseball Musings: Lucky 13: The Cardinals spotted the Cubs five runs in the top of the first, then scored 13 unanswered runs to defeat Chicago 13-5. Albert...
• 7/23 El Maquino: RECORD-BUSTING CARDS BEAT BUCS: LIVE DISCUSSION First off, thanks to everybody who helped make today’s live, in-game discussion possible.  Hopefully, I...
• 7/16 Baseball Musings: Pujols Climbs: Albert Pujols hit home run number 20 for the Cardinals Saturday night, part of a 4-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The home...
• 7/15 NY Baseball Digest: Jeter’s Wire, Rickey Speaks, Cone in Mets Booth, Is Lowe the Right Fit: Bob Raissman talks with David Check of MLB Productions about the upcoming documentary on Derek Jeter‘s 3,000th hit. “Derek...
• 7/13 B-R Blog: Playing the Whole All-Star Game: Recently, the sheer number of players, teams represented and managerial juggling have made full-game All-Star appearances a thing...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: All-Star Games Where Batter Had PA>=0 & WPA>=.18 In Win: The title of this one says it all. Here's the list of those to make the cut - Rk Player Date Tm Lg Opp Rslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR...
• 7/12 NY Baseball Digest: Jeter Is No Ripken, K-Rod &Boras, Warthen Platitudes, CC’s Show, Liriano: With all the hoopla over the weekend regarding Derek Jeter‘s 3,000th hit, it brought to mind another shortstop who achieved...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: 9+ TB In 9-Inning Game Age 37+ Since 1919: How many players, since 1919, had a game, where the contest was 9 innings or less, where they were at least 37-years old and had...

• 6/23 NY Baseball Digest: Longest Game, Gardner’s Due, Montero Scouting Report, Subjective: Even though the Yankees played a day/night doubleheader, and it took the Mets 13 innings to win their ballgame, it still pales...
• 6/19 NY Baseball Digest: Listen: Bottom of the 33rd Tonight at 6pm: This week I am joined by two interesting guests. First, Dan Barry will talk to us about his new book “Bottom of the 33rd:...
• 6/17 B-R Blog: 100+ Career “Runs” From Fielding: Nothing fancy about this list - it's those with 100+ career "Fielding Runs" aka Rfield. Rk Player Rfield From To Age G PA AB R...
• 6/13 B-R Blog: 265+ HR Through Age 31 Season: How many players in baseball history have hit at least 265 homeruns through the season in which they were age 31?  Here's the...
• 6/13 B-R Blog: Active players who have played for just one franchise: Check out the top 25 active players for most PAs with just one team in the majors: Rk Player PA From To Age G Pos Tm 1 Derek Jeter...
• 6/10 B-R Blog: On Base 4000+ Times (Including ROE ): How many players in baseball history have reached base, including via an error, 4,000 times or more in the career? Here's the...

• 5/25 B-R Blog: 2,975+ Hits Since 1919 By BABIP: What would it look like if you took all the players to have 2,975+ career hits since 1919 and ordered them by their BA on Balls...
• 5/17 B-R Blog: Last Season For 400-HR Club Members: Ever wonder what the last season looked like for each member of the 400-career HR club? Here they are: Rk Player OPS+ Year Age...
• 5/10 B-R Blog: Bad Batter Starts To A Season: How many players, since 1919, had 14+ games within his team's first 25 games of the season where he had 3+ PA in the contest with...
• 5/9 The Captain's Blog: Sticking Around: Jeter Celebrates SS Record with a Revival: Maybe Derek Jeter shouldn’t retire after all? Considering the furor caused by the short stop’s early season struggles, you’d...
• 5/9 B-R Blog: 3+ Seasons With 700+ PA & OPS+ >= 100: How many players have 3+ seasons of 700+ PA with an OPS+ of 100 or better? Here's the list: Rk   Yrs From To Age   1 Pete Rose...

• 4/21 B-R Blog: Jed Lowrie’s great career start: Through Wednesday's games, Jed Lowrie has a career BA of .268 and a SLG of .448. Doesn't sound like much, does it? But in his...
• 4/19 It's About the Money (Stupid): Brien Is Right, Murray Chass IS a Hack: Yesterday my colleague Brien wrote a piece about how Murray Chass is a hack. Brien writes lots of these pieces. There’s...

• 3/26 B-R Blog: 140+ HRs Since 1919 In Games Team Lost: Since 1919, how many players have hit 140+ homeruns in games that his team lost? If I did this query correct, here's the list...
• 3/20 PaulLebowitz.com: Stereotypes, Safe And Detrimental: Dave Cameron of Fangraphs discusses the stereotypical “types” teams search for in filling positions—link. I...
• 3/6 PaulLebowitz.com: Instant Gratification: I fancy myself as a pretty good judge of talent. But sometimes I miss. Yes. It’s true. Digging through some old baseball...

• 2/28 B-R Blog: Batter Games With RE24 = 6+ Since 1973: Since 1973, here are the games where a batter's RE24 for the contest was 6 or better. The list - Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt PA...
• 2/27 B-R Blog: Duke Snider, Passes At 84: Click here for the details. If I did this right, he's on the list of players since 1920 to hit 220+ homeruns at home. See: Rk...
• 2/11 MLBTradeRumors: AL Notes: Millwood, Soria, A-Rod, Barton: MLBTR sends its condolences to the friends and family of Ernie Tyler, who passed away on Thursday night.  The long-time umpire...
• 2/11 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Young, Pujols, Mets, Tigers: On this date ten years ago, Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh was imploded. The former home of the Pirates opened in 1970 and...
• 2/9 Baseball Daily Digest: Derek Jeter: What to Expect in 2011: With spring training right around the corner it appears that Derek Jeter is ready to make 2010 a distant memory. After getting...

• 1/31 B-R Blog: Greatest birthday performances from the last 20 years: Following are the best birthday performances by batters for each different age. I determined "best" by highest Winning Probability...
• 1/25 B-R Blog: Highest career WAR with more fielding runs than batting runs: (Thanks to reader Andy P. for emailing in this idea.) Think of the best defensive players of all time. Now, among them, who was...
• 1/15 B-R Blog: 500+ Doubles & SLG% Under .471: How many players in baseball history have at least 500 career doubles and a lifetime slugging percentage of .470 or less? Here's...
• 1/14 Baseball Reality Tour: No Pressure, Starlin!: Is it fair to compare 20-year old Starlin Castro with 36-year old, 5-time World Champion, future Hall of Famer, Derek Jeter? Well,...
• 1/13 B-R Blog: 2000+ Games Played For One Team Only: How many players in baseball history have played 2,000+ games in their career - with all those games being for the same team and...
• 1/5 B-R Blog: Bert Blyleven & Roberto Alomar Elected To Cooperstown: Congrats to Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar! I'll have more here shortly. In the interim, please feel free to use this entry...

• 12/5 B-R Blog: Most Games At SS In AL Since 1920: Who has played the most games at SS, since 1920, in the American League, during their career? Here's the list - Rk Player #Matching...

• 11/26 Crashburn Alley: Phillies Best Ever, by Position: MLB Network recently aired an episode (likely a re-run) of Prime 9 where they looked at the best players at each position during...
• 11/24 Call to the Pen: Derek Jeter Deserves Better than He’s Getting from the Yankees: Things are starting to get ugly in the Bronx. The New York Yankees offered their legendary shortstop, Derek Jeter, a contract worth...
• 11/23 B-R Blog: 6000+ PA In Their 20′s: How many players in major league history have collected 6,000+ PA while they were in their 20's? See this list: Rk Player OPS+...
• 11/20 WasWatching: Derek Jeter, Then, Now & Tomorrow: First let’s see what Keith Olbermann has offered this week on the state of Derek Jeter - As the fine folks at Baseball Prospectus...
• 11/5 B-R Blog: 400 HR & Appeared As SS In Line-Up: Have you ever seen this crazy boxscore from September 26, 1954? In this game, Casey Stengel started (and played) Yogi Berra at...
• 11/2 B-R Blog: POLL: Alan Trammell and the Hall of Fame: Alan Trammell played all 20 of his MLB seasons for the Tigers, amassing more than 2,100 games at shortstop. On the Hall of Fame...

• 9/21 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Is Casey Blake Done?: For a guy who had only 49 MLB games and 2 homers entering his age-29 season, Casey Blake has managed to carve out quite the nice...
• 9/5 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Larish, Fox, Maya, Orioles: Links for Sunday evening as the Dodgers and Giants battle it out in Los Angeles.. Jeff Larish is enjoying his second stint with...
• 9/5 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Nady, Orioles, Darvish, Zambrano: Links for Sunday, as the White Sox complete a weekend sweep in Boston.... Xavier Nady has been doing quite well since...
• 9/3 MLBTradeRumors: Remembering The 1982 Trade Deadline: Ah, who can forget 1982. The Falklands War taught a nation where the Falkland Islands are, and that there's something called the...

• 8/21 PaulLebowitz.com: Ingrates: How dare you?!? The unthinkable audacity and rampant ingratitude shown by fan bases to loyal soldiers is bad enough in and...

• 7/7 B-R Blog: The 400 Career HR & [RBI > 3*HR] Club: Just goofing around with Play Index this morning, I asked it show me all batters with HR>=400 and RBI>3*HR in their career....

• 6/4 Baseball Press: The Sweetest Swing: Thanks for making baseball fun, Junior (AP) Ken Griffey Jr. announced his retirement Wednesday evening.  Junior ends...

• 5/19 B-R Blog: WAR Data: Best Position Players Not In the Hall of Fame: Here's a post concept that's sure to be a lightning rod for discussion: who are the best position players not to be inducted into...
• 5/19 B-R Blog: POLL: Does Omar Vizquel belong in the Hall of Fame?: Omar Vizquel, considered by many to be the best defensive shortstop of the last 30 years, is in the twilight of a great career....