By Scott Fennessy Today’s Terrible Tuesday comes from the 1908 World Champion Chicago Cubs. Floyd “Rube” Kroh. It seems like every team had a “Rube” on it at that time and Floyd was the Cubs version. Floyd must have been a late season addition to the roster as he appeared…
MONSTER CARD MONDAY: 1903 Cy Young By Scott Fennessy I know everyone thought with Tom being away there would not be a Monster Monday card, but surprise! Here we go. Today’s card is the legend himself, Cy Young. This is from his 1903 season where he went 28-9 with a…
By Scott Fennessy To quote the legendary Harry Cary “Hello Everybody…” I wanted to have a more in depth report, but was not quite able to get as much info as possible, but I will make do with what I can. The top two teams in each division after all…
by Scott Fennessy As the dog days of August have come to a close the teams in the junior circuit scramble for position in their attempt to finish second. While Boston has yet to clinch anything it’s pretty obvious that they are going to the post season. Boston Red…
by Scott Fennessy I was reading one of Tom’s Monster Monday articles lately and although I had probably not given it much thought he would take a player with an 11-5, 33-6, 66-1 and read it as 1-5-6. Where I grew up and learned the game it was 5-6-1. I…
by Scott Fennessy Things continue to roll along as I am now at game 851, or August 24th. Both leagues are featuring some good chases, although unless the Red Sox team train crashes at some point their ticket to the series is basically punched. That said, the AL still has…
As the dog days of August arrive the Red Sox continue to lead the AL with the Indians striving to stay in range. However other teams have come into play as the inevitable shakeup due to underperforming teams has begun to level out. Pitching continues to be solid as there…
by Scott Fennessy This was the initial update for the AL. There have been a few changes in the AL as the teams that were playing above their heads are starting to come back to reality, and the teams that were underperforming are starting to come closer to their norms.…
by Scott Fennessy Not much has changed over the month of June in the NL as it has become another case of the “Have’s” against the “Have not’s”. The Giants continue to dominate, and the Cubs their seemingly endless pursuit. The Pirates have come alive and are starting to enter…
by Scott Fennessy Well the results are in, and while I personally was thrilled for Johnson, to a lesser extent Smoltz I was surprised to see Martinez get such a high percentage of the votes considering how short his career was for injuries. I have no problem with his numbers…