Major League Baseball is not generally an organization that you’d think of as progressive, but Rob Manfred made a big move on Friday, stripping this year’s All-Star Game (something Rob Parker called for Deadspin on Monday) and draft from Atlanta in protest of the state of Georgia’s new voting rights restrictions. Read more…
After getting the coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, I was pretty out of it on Thursday, which meant that Opening Day was a different experience than usual. I woke up in the morning, had breakfast and walked the dog, then went right back to sleep, setting an alarm to be able to watch the first inning […]
In a profile over the summer, I asked Cam Perron what he’s up to next. At the time, the young Negro Leagues researcher, whose work of documenting players’ service time led to their receiving MLB pensions, was operating his memorabilia business and working on a book set to hit shelves in 2021. Read more…
In memoriam… Contents [hide] 1 LEON SPINKS 2 CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER 3 DUSTIN DIAMOND 4 SOPHIE XEON 5 CICELY TYSON 6 CLORIS LEACHMAN 7 LARRY KING 8 HAL HOLBROOK 9 HANK AARON 10 BABY CEO 11 MIRA FURLAN 12 HARRY BRANT 13 PHIL SPECTOR 14 JOANNE ROGERS 15 PETER MARK RICHMAN 16 JOHN REILLY 17 ED […]
Hank Aaron made the number 44 cool for power hitters in the MLB. There are a handful of greats that have donned the number in his wake, carrying the tradition forward, and they have done so for decades. Read more…
Roughly an hour before I sat down to write this, Barry Bonds Tweeted out an ode to Hank Aaron, who has passed at age 86. Read more…
Roughly an hour before I sat down to write this, Barry Bonds Tweeted out an ode to Hank Aaron, who has passed at age 86. Read more…
One of the greatest baseball players ever has passed away. Hank Aaron, who reached the Baseball Hall of Fame after surpassing Babe Ruth‘s legendary home run record during an impeccable 23-year-career in the MLB, passed away on Friday. He was 86 years old. Related: John Krasinski Goes Above And Beyond For Healthcare Heroes With MLB Surprise No […]
Hank Aaron, who died on Friday at the age of 86, held Major League Baseball’s home run record for 43 years between when he passed Babe Ruth with his 715th dinger in 1974 and when Barry Bonds hit No. 756 in 2007. Read more…
The great Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron, one of baseball’s greatest players, died on Friday morning. Read more…