How and why did all of that vanish from the game? "Bruce Sutter," said Mike Maddux, the Texas Rangers pitching coach and 15-year major league veteran whose own pitching career briefly coincided with the Hall of Fame reliever's. "He mastered the splitter.

Rick Mahler had already given up home runs to Jody Davis and Leon Durham, but things were starting to look up for the Braves by the bottom of the fourth. Behind home runs from Ken Oberkfell and Gerald Perry, the Braves would plate seven runs and take an

In what can be gently described as a lackluster ballot highlighted by a handful of legitimate borderline candidates and a couple of steroid-tainted cheaters, the Baseball Writers Association of America have finally opened the pearly gates to the hallowed

Really good even. So good that it’s not really a question of if he’ll make Cooperstown. All Pujols need

Each year, lifetime members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, i.e. those who spent 10 or more consecutive years with the organization, are bestowed a unique honor: Together, they comprise the electorate for the National Baseball Hall of Fa

Bruce Sutter was almost unhittable in his first couple of years with the Chicago Cubs. His new "split-finger" pitch, taught to him by longtime Cubs coach Freddie Martin, was something most hitters had never seen before. It appeared to be an ordinary fast