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Articles by John Korsgaard Manager-Catchers Incomparable 2002 This and That Season's End (2002) Entrenched Error The True Platoons 2002 Replacement Players Whiff Kings Perhaps the Worst Trade in History A Deliberate Strategy?

Articles by John Holway Another Unbreakable Record: Keeler's 45-Game Hitting Streak Was A-Rod Bambooled? The Games’ Funniest Characters Papi, Thome, and Gwynn - Are They the Next A-Rods? The Splendid Splinter ARod and Many and Ted Rocket's Amazing Recovery Giambi - Slap on the Wrist or Pat on the Fanny? Linda Cropp Makes Sense; So Does Baseball in Washington Also: A Rose by Any Other Name Would Still Be Thorny Baseball's Drugstore  / Don't Blame the Babe / Steriod Cheaters

Articles by Harvey Frommer Remembering Casey Stengel: You Could Look Him Up Remembering Yaz / Yaz Part 2 Remembering Johnny Pesky Remembering Jake Ruppert Remembering Carl Beane: "The Voice" of the Boston Red Sox Will Be Missed Summer of '41: Joe DiMaggio's Epic 56-Game Hitting Streak Remembered The Bucky Dent Home Run Remembering Bobby Thompson Dom DiMaggio Shoeless Joe Remains a Scapegoat Wee Willie Keeler Writing About Jackie Robinson: An Experience at Once Moving, Poignant, Inspirational / Jackie Robinson / Jackie Robinson Remembered 2009 / Remembering Jackie Robinson Hank Greenberg Lou Gehrig The "Big Train" Walter Johnson The Yankee Clipper: Joe DiMaggio Pee Wee Reese was no Pee Wee The Nolan Ryan Express Willie Mays is 70 / Willie Mays Is 80 Babe Ruth Sandy Koufax  Don Mattingly Mickey Mantle  Joe McCarthy Red Ruffing  Herb Pennock Remembering Bobby Murcer HOLY COW! Remembering Phil Rizzuto Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig: "Great American Home Run Derby" Babe Ruth Passes Remembering Yankee Stadium "Lucky Lindy" and the '27 Yankees What's in a Yankee Nickname? Remembering Bob Sheppard Remembering Tommy Henrich Nolan Ryan - -The Way to Go!

William M. Burgess III's Ty Cobb Memorial Collection Did Ty Cobb Once Kill A Man? How Racist Was Ty? Did Leo Durocher Once Give Ty Cobb the Hip? Did All of Ty Cobb's Team Mates Hate Him? Did Ty Cobb Once Fix a Game? Ty Cobb's Friends: 82 Liked Him, 36 Claimed Ty Played Clean Dates Ty Cobb's Supporters Died Ty Cobb's Power Case Ty Cobb As A Manager Cobb's World Series Performance and Comparisons Cobb's Masterpiece Career Ruth and Wagner Supporters (spreadsheet) Assessing Ty Cobb as The Greatest All-Around Baseball Player Who Ever Lived PART I - What They Actually Said:  The Historical Testimony of the Witnesses PART II - Article Excerpts and Analysis PART III - Facts and Figures, Player Comparisons Other articles: Early Player Profiles Player Comparison Spreadsheet

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Photo at left is of Ted Williams hitting a home run at Fenway Park on August 15, 1942 against the Washington Senators. The catcher is Jake Early. Photo provided by Rex D.

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