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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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__ ...

Nobody in baseball history—not Cobb, not Ruth, nor Williams or Bonds—ever put together a better five-year run than Rogers Hornsby. Between 1921 and 1925, the St. Louis Cardinals second baseman won ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are names that mean a lot in baseball, but none in 1935 loomed larger than Rogers Hornsby. He had played every position on the field, and now he was a manager for St. Louis. The better part of ...