SmartSections
Customized, media-rich verticals on any subject. Learn More »
Editor's Picks
There is no pinned content in this Editor's Picks module.
Click here to learn more about content pinning.
-
Like all the great teams in history, the Cardinals have featured many legends over its history including Joe Medwick, Rogers Hornsby, Stan Musial, Mark McGwire, Tip O’Neill, and Albert Pujols. Even more impressive, 16 different Cardinal players have...
-
The summer of George was over. Just six players in major-league history have recorded a season in which they’ve batted at least .375, had an on-base percentage of .450, a slugging percentage of at least .650, and an OPS-plus of more than 200. Babe Ruth...
-
You know what I do? ... I stare out the window at winter and I wait for baseball season.
– Rogers Hornsby SOURCE: Bleacher Report -
Lee was also one of the main drivers behind the first Cubs team to go to the playoffs in back-to-back seasons since the Championship team in 1907-1908. True Story: Everytime I heard the Rolling Stones' song "Paint It Black," I think of Rogers Hornsby. ...
-
Crown candidate every year, and now has company in Joey Votto and Carlos Gonzalez. The trio sit among the top six in all three categories, and while winning a Triple Crown is unlikely by definition, each is a huge six-plus weeks away from being the 12th...
-
Others began to take notice. The Reds, realizing their earlier mistake, offered Rickey $25,000 for McHenry in September, but Rickey rejected the offer and insisted his prized outfielder would play for no one but
-
The second-most controversial player in baseball history, behind Rogers Hornsby. Allen had baseball talent equal to that of Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, or Joe DiMaggio, and did have three or four seasons when he was as good a player as anyone in baseball, but lost half of his career or more to immaturity a...
SOURCE: Sports Central -
-
Didn't Balk cover this last summer? (Or was it he, not a random stranger, who was weeping? I guess I can't recall.) (Nonetheless, I identify with both matters.) "Crying? Are you crying? There's no crying on the subway!" Rogers Hornsby was my manager,...
-
“But it didn’t work out for some reason. I can’t remember exactly why.” Burke eventually settled on Chattanooga, which has a rich minor league history. Chattanooga was a charter member of the Southern League in 1885 and counts Rogers Hornsby, Ferguson...
About Rogers Hornsby
Wikipedia
Rogers Hornsby (April 27, 1896 in Winters, Texas - January 5, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois), nicknamed "The Rajah", was a Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. Hornsby's first name, Rogers, was his mother's maiden name. He spent the majority of his playing career with the St. Louis Cardinals, though he also had short stints with the... Full Article
