****Remember, try this without research. Release your inner James Joyce and show us your stream of consciousness as you decipher the answer. Add to that the teachings of Myagi: patience. If you don’t get the answer right away, give your brain a chance to work if for no other reason than to stay in the discussion. You may not have THE answer, but you might prompt another reader … [Read more...] about Who Am I? | July 20, 2011 (Hall of Fame Weekend Edition)
Hall of Famers
Active Players: Future Hall of Famers?
By Chas I read from a pretty reputable source recently that, historically, there are about 35 players active at any given time who go on to become Hall of Famers. So, I thought it would be a fun discussion to try and predict who the current 35 or so would be. For the purposes of this exercise, active is defined as any player who played in 2010, so while we know that a … [Read more...] about Active Players: Future Hall of Famers?
The Pride of Dutchess County
The county where I grew up in New York happens to be the birthplace of two of the 289 members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. … [Read more...] about The Pride of Dutchess County
Cooking with Chas: My All-Lifetime Team, Part 2
This is the second in a two-part series in which I'm naming my all-lifetime team, that is the greatest players who've played a minimum of ten seasons between 1974 and the present. … [Read more...] about Cooking with Chas: My All-Lifetime Team, Part 2
Cooking with Chas: My All-Lifetime Team, Part 1
With just a week to go until pitchers and catchers report for spring training, and discussions of the economic state of Major League Baseball and its impact on the free agent market growing rather old, it's time to turn our hot stove focus away from the present and do a little reminiscing. To that end, I thought it would be interesting to name my all-lifetime team. That is, the … [Read more...] about Cooking with Chas: My All-Lifetime Team, Part 1