mike schmidt Stories - Beyond the Box Score
Let's Go to the Videotape: Baseball Sells!
A while ago, we took a look at Mike Piazza's forays into the world of commercials. Of course, he is not the only MLB star to lend his face to a corporate endorsement. Baseball and commerce are both as American as apple pie, and as long as we've had professional players, we've seen them in...
Presenting: Ohio Bobcats MACwood Squares
MACwood Squares is our summer reading series on the best athletes in Mid-American Conference sports history. This week features OHIO. Looking for your MAC school? Consult our schedule for other teams and please submit your nominees as well. My, my, OHIO had some outstanding players. A little bit on...
MACwood Squares: Well, Obviously Mike Schmidt Is Ohio's Top Baseball Player
MACwood Squares is our summer reading series on the best athletes in Mid-American Conference sports history. This week features OHIO. Looking for your MAC school? Consult our schedule for other teams and please submit your nominees as well. We normally don't do polls when looking at baseball...
Today in Sports History: October 21st
10/21/1980 - Phillies end 98-year drought With a strikeout from Phillies reliever Tug McGraw, the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Kansas City Royals in the sixth game of the World Series. Philadelphia was led by superstars such as Pete Rose (who was playing in his second of five seasons with...
Today in Sports History: April 18th
4/18/1962 - Celtics steal Game 7 The Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 110-107, in overtime to win their fourth consecutive NBA title. Lakers guard Frank Selvy, who once scored 100 points in a college basketball game, hit two baskets in the final minute to even the score at 100. Selvy...
Today in Sports History: July 1st
(Jeter's dive. Photo by Frank Franklin II, Associated Press) There are certain days of the year where a lot of things have gone down: August 4th and June 19th are two that come to mind (to me, the editor). But there is no day of the year, at least so far in the history of Inhistoric, where more...
Does An MVP Candidate Need His Team To Finish In 1st Place? D-Wade Hopes Not
With all the MVP talk surrounding Dwyane Wade, one point that many ‘experts’ make is that Wade is not on a 1st place team, while LeBeon James and Kobe Bryant are. How important is that when choosing an MVP? By definition, MVP is for the Most Valuable Player, but to whom? Is it to...
Graph of the Day: Recent Greats of Third Base
Source Ron Santo had the shortest career, but the best season of the group. It's amazing how he tracked Brett's line until eight or so years out. Schmidt was obviously a monster, but that drop off is extreme. He was either great or mundane. Nettles and his rubber balls had a long career,...
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