Pics of some of the better beards in MLB History. From Sutter to Spaceman to Piazza's wife.
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The Houston Astros retired Jeff Bagwell's jersey on Sunday, just before the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bagwell played his entire 15 year career in the Majors with the Astros. He entered the league in 1991 and ended his career with 449 homeruns and a .297 average. Bagwell is the eighth   more...
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I usually don't write baseball articles, as I pretty much ceased being a fan shortly after the 1981 strike. Since that time I have attended at total of 4 games in Houston and 2 of those were to bring my sons so that they would at least have the chance to experience a Major League game. In fact I   more...
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Check out the link for a list of the best players in every franchises history. I think it's pretty well done, although there are three names I'm not sure if I agree with. It's probably controversial, but I would put Larry Walker ahead of Todd Helton as the greatest Rockie of all time. He was the   more...
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Dayn Perry wrote this article on the heels of the Reds/Nats trade that has everyone questioning what exactly the reds were thinking.
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Good two part artifcle listing MLB players with much higher career second half averages than their current 2006 AVG and the best July AVG's since 2000. The latter is listed below.Ichiro Suzuki .342Juan Pierre .342Luis Castillo .334Todd Helton .333Magglio Ordonez .331Placido Polanco .330Derek Jeter   more...
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With the apparent official retirement of Jeff Bagwell on the way I decided to take a look at his stats and assess whether I personally believe he is deserving of the Hall of Fame.
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Leave it to Bill James to be the creator of a stat I've never heard of."Triple Milestones is the term used for player seasons that include a .300 average, 100 RBI's and 30 home runs. Bill James refers to such campaigns as "Hall of Fame Seasons" in his Abstracts, because all eligible players with   more...
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Attack Barry Bonds if you like. Boo him incessantly, applaud his failed swings and rejoice in every strike that reaches Brad Ausmus' mitt.Chant "Steroids! Steroids! Steroids!" every time he steps into the on-deck circle at Minute Maid Park this week.If you're at home, throw popcorn at the   more...
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After reading Donald Fehr's comments about Mark McGwire and Hall of Fame voting, I couldn't stop thinking about what he said, and what it meant.Why should people vote in, or more to the point, not vote in a player? Is it fair to consider aspects of that player outside of what they did on the   more...
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Jeff Bagwell, arguably the greatest player in Astros history and fantasy monster in his day, is expected to announce his retirement from baseball at a news conference that has been scheduled for this morning at Minute Maid Park. Too bad he didn't really go out on top...I will forever remeber him   more...
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The Baseball Lab presents the third installment of a five part series investigating the 25 greatest fantasy baseball seasons since 1980, the year before Roto-Baseball was invented. The 11th through 16th best feature some unlovable characters and one of the most underrated players in recent memory.
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Jeff Bagwell and the Astros officially called it a day. Houston declined to pickup Bagwell's option (no surprise) and although he says he's not finished yet, it's highly unlikely he'll head somewhere else to resume his playing career.
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