Despite the Cubs' loss in the NLCS to the Giants, you probably (if you're old enough) remember the 1989 season fondly. Greg Maddux exploded on the scene with a huge year at age 23; Mark Grace established himself as one of the better first basemen in the

On the night of Sept. 28, having just covered the Toronto Blue Jays' final game of the season in Chicago, I had dinner at a sports bar near my hotel. On the big screens, the Phillies were playing in Atlanta, the Yankees in Tampa Bay. The clientele paid l

In the live-ball era, 1,101 pitchers have thrown at least 250 innings, but only 11 have produced a greater winning percentage than Verlander had in 2011. And, among the pitchers to have thrown at least 250 innings with a winning percentage of at least .8