When one peers into a casket, there is no real mystery as to what's inside. But the macabre ritual must be performed. So I opened MLB At Bat and summoned up the schedule on my mobile cellular handheld ...

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." __— Rogers Hornsby, Major League Baseball Hall of Fame infielder__ ...

Rogers Hornsby famously avoided movie theaters, card games and reading anything other than the daily box scores out of fear such activities would dim his batting eye. He didn’t drink, didn’t smoke and ...

Stan Musial was the greatest St. Louis Cardinals player. But as great as he was, Musial was not the best Cardinals hitter. No, it's not Albert Pujols. It's not even close. Rogers Hornsby played for ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Is Pete Crow-Armstrong on pace to carve a space among the Chicago Cubs’ all-time best bats? I was reading MLB.com’s weekly power rankings update when the question occurred to me.

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 05: Noah Syndergaard #34 of the New York Mets reacts during their National League Wild Card game against the San Francisco Giants at Citi Field on October 5, 2016 in New York ...

Famed equally as one of the ablest and one of the most temperamental baseballers currently functioning in the major leagues, Rogers Hornsby has lost more good jobs than most of his confreres ever hope ...

A website called baseballpastandpresident.com has an interesting article about the most underrated players by decade in MLB history. What raised my eyebrow is the fact that St. Louis Cardinals slugger ...

Gil Hodges led the New York Mets to their miracle victory in 1969. So why hasn't he been inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame? Image: Everett Collection Obviously records are made to be broken and ...

Only one other second baseman in major league history has hit as many home runs as Robinson Cano. Cano launched a curveball from the Houston Astros’ Lance McCullers Jr. over the center-field wall in ...