I knew I’d never see these guys in person, so I wrote letters instead. I wrote to each of the position players, as well as my favorite pitchers. My efforts were rewarded when I received autographed pictures in the mail from Tommy John, Chris Chambliss,...

Naturally, you start at Fenway: "When it comes to mind-bending, catastrophic calamities, the Red Sox are the gold standard. They produce more agita than The Sopranos. No team does colossal flops like the local nine. They tortured the region in the...

I learned that looks can be deceiving from Ron Guidry and Mariano Rivera. Neither man looks to be an imposing physical specimen, but what Guidry did in 1978 and what Rivera has done for his career are astounding. I learned about miracles from Bucky...

Giants might have upset the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII and the memory of Bucky Dent’s three-run homer in the run-up to the 1978 American League playoffs is still enough to give some Bostonians hives. But Bill Belichick and Tom Brady have played four...

She heard plenty of moans and groans in the waning moments of Super Bowl XLII, and she's not the only one who refuses to accept what happened. "I still don't think it happened," Dave Hilton of Fairhaven said of Tyree's amazing catch. "Just like the 1978...

What purpose does this serve? Well, none really, but trust me, it's not traumatizing, like some franchises worst games countdown would be. Consider this a trip down the alternate path of memory lane and be thankful that as bad as some of these losses...