Of significance to Mets fans, he talks about losing Game 6 to the Braves in the 1999 NLCS as well as the oft-rumored, since-debunked, yet still utterly plausible story of erstwhile Met Rickey Henderson introducing himself to new Mariner teammate and...

The worst came at the end of the decade. It’s unsurprising that the 1989 Yankees won only 74 games, 11 fewer than the ’88 team. Dave Winfield, an offensive force on the ’88 team, was out for the season. The only young pitcher to show any real promise,...

Dave Rozema… these guys were probably never better than they were at 20. Closer to my home, Rick Manning was better at 20 and 21 than he ever was again. Clint Hurdle’s best year was probably at age 20. Age 21: There were 17 great seasons, led by Rogers...

They have been the green-and-gold standard of Bay Area baseball for several decades, winning four World Series titles, six American League pennants and 14 AL West division titles. The organization has reared several Hall of Fame players—names like...

"My goodness," he began. "See that kid. Usually you get a guy like that just coming up to the big leagues, he's got a little fire in him. He's a little hyper out there. It seems like the team picks something up." Rewind to another June, this one in 1979.

But if there was the Wild Card setup in the mid-80′s, the Yanks would’ve made the playoffs 3 or 4 times. Did part of his Yankee contract include that his face be advertised on all the Yankee ads on city buses? There is no greater fan of Rickey than I...