http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/21642 Recent articles about Sammy Sosa en-us OK, so I'm on my greatest players kick but there is just so much history to be told in each sport. This list is a collection of the greatest players who fell short of just one goal, to win a title. Here's the list of the greatest players never to hoist a championship trophy in order of greatness: www.rawsportsblog.com Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:03:44 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/295203 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/295203 How bad has it been for the Chicago Cubs the past 99 years? They were once so desperate to break their curse that they electrocuted, destroyed, and later ate the Steve Bartman baseball. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:47:36 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291528 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291528 You know me and my random thoughts that seem to go in many tangeants. Well it seems that I have a lot of things to talk about during the All-Star Break but unfortunately nothing of great substance. So here's a few quick hits to let you know what's going on at The BearDown during the slowest sports week of the year. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:32:56 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/290869 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/290869 I ain't scurred to admit it — I enjoy the Home Run Derby. Call it a guilty pleasure but I enjoy watching bomb after bomb at the All-Star Game. Granted, the lack of glamorous sluggers the likes of Ken Griffey Jr. and Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa diminishes the contest a wee-bit but [...] Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:48:17 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/290284 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/290284 The Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame launches a new series called the Franchise Elite, identifying the best players each club has offered during the Fantasy Era. The Chicago Cubs are first up, led by Sammy Sosa, Ryne Sandberg, and Greg Maddux. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:59:36 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/288301 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/288301 In the fourth installment of a series investigating statistical trends over the past 3 decades, the Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame reviews RBI. In an interesting side note, 1998 saw three 150 RBI-men, but this was nowhere close to the all time mark. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:13:30 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/285947 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/285947 Why the Steroid Era and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis are (Pretty Much) Exactly the Same Thing In our new feature "From the SandJ Archives", we giddily throw the spotlight on the comedy inherent in reading old features about Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, et al which are hilarious now in that they scream out the question "How was it not obvious!" I mean, it's not like steroids snuck up on us. Lenny Dykstra showed up at training camp looking like "The Thing" in 1993. Brady Anderson hit fifty dingers in 1996. Most informed sports fans knew that steroids existed. But, for some reason, there we all were in the "feel-good" summer of 1998 cheering on Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, two sideshow freaks bearing no physical resemblance to themselves five years prior as they proceeded to obliterate one of baseball's most hallowed records. Hindsight, as we all know, is 20/20, but now that the United States Congress, eighty-six Mitchell Report players, and a then fifteen year-old country singer have been wrapped up in this circus, people need to begin coming to terms with how to account for an entire generation of our national pastime that now needs to be explained to our grandchildren. And when I say "how to account", I of course mean "who to blame"... http://www.sportsandjokes.com/id21.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:22:06 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/285503 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/285503 The classic Windy City debate, which franchise is better? Not just this year, but of all time? Whatifsports tries to settle the debate by simulating a 7-game series of all-time greats 1,000 times. Ernie Banks, Sosa, Sandberg, Maddux, Mordecai Brown, Sutter against Shoeless Joe, Big Hurt, Robin Ventura, Eddie Collins, Fisk...and other players who had great years in Chicago. Who wins??? Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:52:03 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/283034 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/283034 Top of the 1st. 1 out. 1 runner on. 3 balls, 1 strike. 72 mph curveball, 14 inch break. 413 feet. Just a bunch of numbers. But they all led to the biggest number of all...#600. On Monday evening, Ken Griffey Jr. joined the exclusive 600 Homerun Club. He's now among the likes of Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, and Hank Aaron (I guess I should also mention Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds). Many expected The Kid to break Hank Aaron's record - especially after notching 438 homeruns by age 30. For comparison's sake, Barry Bonds only had 292 at the same age. It's really amazing to think what Griffey could have done had he remained healthy in recent years. But all the coulda, woulda, shoulda's aside, 600 is still an amazing number and an amazing feat for a true class act. Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:18:13 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/276267 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/276267 MLB has begun to shun Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa nicely. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:19:27 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/274490 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/274490 To date, the Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame has focused mainly on the truly elite superstars of the fantasy era - the five tool kings. But we all know great fantasy teams all have superior specialized batters. Here is a look at the best Run Producers, Power Guys, and Table Setters of the Fantasy Era. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:54:10 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/274150 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/274150 I haven't watched MLBTV since college. Man, those were the days. There were like a half dozen hardcore baseball fans on my dorm floor all playing fantasy baseball so we used to try and catch the at-bats by our players in between classes and studying. Best part was we all shared the [...] Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:05:59 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/273689 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/273689 Bonds, Rickey, Griffey, and Sosa. Plus more of the elite outfielders of the last few generations are enshrined in the Fantasy baseball Hall of Fame today. Tue, 20 May 2008 19:21:26 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/269146 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/269146 With the first month of baseball in the books and the ivy at Wrigley Field beginning to grow, it's about time for the annual Pete Rose gossip, and of course -- whether or not he deserves membership in the Hall of Fame. Years after walking away from Major League Baseball, Rose was accused of gambling on sporting events. He eventually admitted to betting on baseball.. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:13:28 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/261542 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/261542 Flashback... It's 1908 and the Chicago Cubs have just repeated as World Series champs behind pitchers Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, Ed Reulbach, Jack Pfiester and Orval Overall. They defeated the Detroit Tigers four games to one in a rematch from the season before. Ironically the year that the song "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" www.rawsportsblog.com Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:23:46 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/252012 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/252012