Pete Rose: The Double Life of Charlie Hustle Nobody attacked baseball the way Pete Rose did. Seventeen All-Star appearances, three World Series rings, a 1973 MVP award, and the engine ...
Oscar Taveras: The Prospect Who Felt Like a Destiny If you followed baseball in the early 2010s, you knew that name meant something. Oscar Taveras wasn’t just a promising prospect, ...
The Team That Tried to Bury Roberto Clemente The story begins in 1954, when the Brooklyn Dodgers signed a teenage prospect from Puerto Rico. Baseball’s “Bonus Baby” rule required them ...
The Season That Defied Logic In 1985, Dwight Gooden was twenty years old and untouchable. He led the league with 24 wins, 268 strikeouts, and a 1.53 ERA that remains ...
A Ghost With a Four-Million-Dollar Signing Bonus In 1999, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays didn’t just draft a baseball player, they drafted what scouts were calling “The Natural.” Josh Hamilton ...
At exactly 3 a.m. on a humid Miami night, a phone call shattered the future of baseball. José Fernández a superstar pitcher, Cuban defector, and soon-to-be father was gone. He ...
