Carlos Carrasco’s remarkable comeback from a cancer diagnosis to take the mound again for the Cleveland Indians wasn’t the only feel-good moment in the right-hander’s roller-coaster 2019 season. On Oct. 25, the Venezuelan native received the 2019 Roberto Clemente Award, the annual honor named for the Pittsburgh Pirates icon from Puerto Rico killed in a
The 2022 season was the worst of Miguel Cabrera’s otherwise stellar career, but the Detroit Tigers slugger wasn’t about to let injuries and age force him to call it a day. Cabrera, 39, was limited to 112 games, during which the career .308 hitter and 500 home run club member only had 5 dingers and
On a Red Sox championship team that won 108 games in 2018 and boasted the likes of Mookie Betts, J.D. Martinez and Xander Bogaerts in the lineup, it was easy to overlook a youngster like Rafael Devers, who was only in his second season and not even 21 years old when he became the regular
A pitcher hurling a complete game? In the postseason? The chances of witnessing that rare baseball feat these days is even less than seeing a bunt or stolen base. But on this day in béisbol, Oct. 16, 2005, Jose Contreras of the White Sox went old school, going the distance for a rare CG in
MINNIE MIÑOSO “The Cuban Comet” Born: November 29, 1923 in Perico, Cuba Died: March 1, 2015 (age 91) Position: Outfielder, third baseman Bats: Right / Throws: Right Hall of Fame induction: 2022 Teams: Cleveland Indians (1949, 1951, 1958, 1959), Chicago White Sox (1951-1957, 1960-1961, 1964, 1976, 1980), St. Louis Cardinals (1962), Washington Senators (1963) MLB
TONY OLIVA "Tony-O" Born: July 20, 1938 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba Position: Outfielder Bats: Left / Throws: Right Hall of Fame induction: 2022 Team: Minnesota Twins, 15 years (1962-1976) MLB debut: September 9, 1962 Final game: September 29, 1976 A smooth-swinging, left-handed hitting machine and one of the first Cuban-born hitting stars in baseball’s
