Clayton Kershaw’s nearly perfect no-no (video)
This says it allCredit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports The Los Angeles Dodgers’ ace Clayton Kershaw threw his first no-hitter as he struck out a career-high 15 and allowed only one baserunner as...
View ArticleThe 2014 Fielding Bible Awards
The great glove work of Lorenzo CainCredit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports The 2014 FIELDING BIBLE Awards have been officially announced and this year, for the first time, there are 10 winners. The...
View ArticleNine holiday gifts you can still get for the baseball fan
Yes, I know you think that sweater looks terrific and you probably think the new CD “Kim and Kanye’s Favorite Kristmas Karols” will be loved, but it’s not too late to get the baseball fan in your life...
View ArticleWas Scherzer’s 2nd No-Hitter the Best of 2015?
The Washington Nationals aren’t headed for the postseason, but that hasn’t prevented Max Scherzer from pummeling teams that are chasing a World Series title. Scherzer no-hit the NL East champion New...
View ArticleThe 2015 Fielding Bible Awards Winners
There is not a better fielder in baseball than Andrelton Simmons The results of THE 2015 FIELDING BIBLE AWARDS: The most definitive examination of the best fielders in baseball as determined by a...
View ArticlePeter Gammons: The Hall of Fame conversation: Jay Jaffe, Bill James, Bonds,...
Sometimes I feel as if we Hall of Fame voters, most of whom really care about filling out the ballot, need a year-round, 24/7 Spotlight Team to define these times. There is so much we really still do...
View ArticleThe Hall of Fame adds a four-decade player
Junior Griffey played from April 3, 1989 to May 31, 2010 Playing in the major leagues in four different decades requires luck, skill, health, luck, durability, and did I mention luck? The likelihood of...
View ArticlePeter Gammons: The Hall of Fame ballot
The 2005 Induction ceremony was over, and inductees, friends, guests and well-wishers were winding back to the Otesaga Hotel. Outside the entrance, Bud Selig was on his cell phone, his voice raised in...
View ArticlePeter Gammons: The integration of science and humanity
We don’t know why baseball is in an era of inaction, or record numbers of home run and strikeout outcomes. We can look at Yandy Diaz, whose 92.9 average exit velocity is in the top 20 in baseball, yet...
View ArticlePeter Gammons: Verlander and Astros are built for “moment” games
There’s no way to measure how Justin Verlander would have finished the 2017 were he still in Detroit. Al Avila and Brad Ausmus understood what going to Houston might mean to him; they know him,...
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