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ICON: Dennis Martinez

Most baseball fans fondly recall pitcher Dennis Martinez as a solid, if unspectacular starter long overshadowed by big-name aces in Baltimore (Jim Palmer, MIke Flanagan and Scott McGregor among them). But even though Martinez was never considered a No. 1, any team would have been happy to have a pitcher who finished a 23-year career

By |2024-04-24T00:48:51-04:00March 21st, 2023|History|

STAR SPOTLIGHT: Sandy Alcantara, 2022 NL Cy Young winner

Miami Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara has a losing career record, plays for a perennial bad team, and few baseball fans outside of Florida can pick him out of a lineup. Yet for the past few seasons, the Dominican Republic-born righty has been considered one of the best pitchers in baseball. Alcantara finally put together the

By |2025-07-30T12:34:28-04:00March 21st, 2023|History|

ICON: Orlando ‘El Duque’ Hernandez

When pitcher Orlando Hernandez joined the New York Yankees rotation in 1998, Major League Baseball fans soon discovered what fans in his native Cuba had known for more than a decade. The right-handed hurler nicknamed “El Duque” (The Duke) was a very special player. It wasn’t just his unorthodox and unforgettable delivery — a high

By |2024-04-24T00:49:01-04:00March 6th, 2023|History|

STAR SPOTLIGHT: Carlos Correa

After weeks of speculation — and Mets fans dreaming of the team’s first World Series win since 1986 — Carlos Correa didn’t end up going to New York after all. The star shortstop instead returned to the Twins on Jan. 11, 2022, on a six-year deal worth $200 million. It’s a far cry from the

By |2024-04-24T00:49:10-04:00March 5th, 2023|History|
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