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Legend: Harmon Killebrew played 21 seasons of his 22-year career as a first and third baseman for the Minnesota Twins. He didn’t hit for average nor had a spectacular glove, but his 573 round trippers during the second dead ball era is what put him into the Hall of Fame. When he retired, he placed second in total home runs in the American League behind Babe Ruth. Killebrew was a well rounded big man who played football as well as baseball in high school. To date he is still one of the best sluggers the game has ever seen, as Continue reading Week of 4-6-15→

Legend: Mike Piazza was not only arguably the best hitting catcher of all-time, but one of the best sluggers the game has ever seen. During his prime from 1996-2000, he averaged easily over a .300 batting average with 37+ homers and 100+ RBI’s. He retired just 73 round trippers away from the 500 milestone 232 total bases away from the big 4000. Thus, he still ended with a slugging percentage of .545 and OPS of .922, which helped him collect 10 career silver slugging awards behind the plate along with an All-Star Game MVP in 1996. Despite his offensive numbers Continue reading Week of 3-30-15→

Legend: Riverfront Stadium was famously known for being the home of the Big Red Machine. From 1970-1976, the Reds had a team consisting of Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez, Ken Griffey Sr, and Dave Concepcion. During that span they averaged to win nearly 98 times a season, while capturing 5 NL West titles, 4 pennants, and 2 rings. Riverfront Stadium’s artificial grass was a perfect fit for the speedy contact hitting team; according to the Red’s manager and owner. The great stadium that held a capacity up to 52952, had many historical moments and venues. Hank Aaron was the Continue reading Week of 2-16-15→

Fun Fact of the Day: Mickey Mantle‘s liquid speed was hard to see because of his repeating knee injuries and lack of many stolen bases (only 153 in his career), but baseball historians know, that with good knees, Mantle would have easily been an Olympic type runner. There were times, however, during Mickey’s career that he showed flashes of his breathtaking speed. Currently, he still holds the record for the fastest time from home to 1st base, coming in at 3.1 seconds. Many have gotten close, but never broke the record. Considering the time on the clock, the former triple-crown Continue reading Home to 1st in 3.1 Seconds→