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Yankees Trade Alex Verdugo to Yankees

For only the eighth time in the past fifty years, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox have made a trade. Alex Verdugo is headed to the Bronx, in exchange for three right-handed pitchers. Greg Weissert, Richard Fitts, and Nicholas Judice are headed to the Red Sox. While not as franchise changing as the […]

Cleveland’s Other Great Cy in Team’s Hall of Fame

Cy Slapnicka, Cleveland’s other great Cy, never threw a pitch or got a hit for the team but is in the Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame. Without him, Baseball Hall of Famers Bob Feller, Bob Lemon, Earl Averill, and Lou Boudreau as well as all-stars Mel Harder, Herb Score, Roger Maris, and many more would not […]

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Aaron Judge’s Press Conference: Three Takeaways

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After a winter of negotiating, Aaron Judge will return to the New York Yankees on a nine-year contract. After an MVP season where he broke the American League record for home runs with 62, the star player returned to the team that drafted him, and has made him the face of the franchise. On Dec. […]

Tris Speaker, Babe Ruth, and Ty Cobb pose together while holding bats in 1941. All three are among the 27 members in the .300/.400/.500 Club, an elite group whose members are almost all in the Hall of Fame.

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The .300/.400/.500 Club: A Hall of Fame Group You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

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The .300/.400/.500 Club: An Elite Hall of Fame Hitting Group Editor’s note: When this was published in January 2023, Todd Helton was not yet in the Hall of Fame, but he was inducted in 2024. When it comes to the Baseball Hall of Fame, certain batting “clubs” have — barring disciplinary bans or PED ties […]