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At that point, he already had more than 1,000 hits, more than 100 homers, more than 300 stolen bases, five Gold Gloves and four All-Star appearances. After 25, though, he never won a Gold Glove, made an All-Star team or was viewed as anything but a...

The others: Ty Cobb in 1908 (led in 10), Cobb in '09 (11) and Stan Musial in '43 (10). Reiser -- along with pitcher Smoky Joe Wood -- represents the dictionary definition of "what might have been" when it comes to baseball. As Leo Durocher (who managed...

"I looked at the roster and knew some of the players they had, like Toby Harrah," Jenkins said. "He had been signed originally by the same scout that signed me. They had Billy Martin as their manager. I had seen him in Detroit and I wanted to play for...

He never made plays. Never made any sort of impact. Never did diddly-squat. Looking back, the fact that the FO decided to start him instead of picking up someone on the market is a ludicrous idea. "Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot." Leo...

'Law & Order' tough guy Christopher Meloni is joinging the cast of Helgeland’s “42” as Dodger’s manager Leo “The Lip” Durocher, who was an adamant supporter of Robinson’s during his historic breaking of baseball’s color line. Legendary Pictures is...