Baseball history is riddled with several head-scratching trades of all-stars for also-rans, deals that even decades later are a source of everlasting torture for fans of the team that came out on the losing end.  Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas, anyone? On this day in béisbol, May 8, 1966, the San Francisco Giants were guilty

The old and the new converged on this day in béisbol, May 7, when uber-veteran Julio Franco showed he still had something left and rookie Starlin Castro made a Major Leagues debut for the ages. By 2005 Julio Franco was a grizzled 46-year-old first baseman for the Atlanta Braves playing in his 21st season after

As young star outfielders who could do it all, Roberto Clemente and Willie Mays were friendly rivals who were often compared to each other because of the five-tool skills and exciting style of play they brought to the game as it became more integrated in the 1950s. But they were linked in another way: Like

There are a myriad of reasons why former shortstop Omar Vizquel deserves to be in the Hall of Fame already, including but not limited to his nearly 2,900 lifetime hits, 11 Gold Gloves, all-time best fielding percentage, or 24-year career during which he was the standard bearer for defensive excellence at his position. Vizquel also

Few modern-day pitchers put more fear into batters than L.A. Dodgers righty Don Drysdale, who led the NL in hit batsmen in five different seasons in the 1950s and ‘60s. A Hall of Famer who once said that if a hitter is timid it’s the pitcher’s job to remind him he’s timid — a nice