By Robert Dominguez He was on a new team playing with an old body after an off year, and Vladimir Guerrero needed to have a monster of a season to prove plenty of people wrong. On this day in béisbol, May 25, 2010 the future Hall of Famer had a monster of a game that

By Robert Dominguez He was considered the best two-way player not named Babe Ruth.  And if times had been different, Martin Dihigo — the Cuban-born star who excelled as both a pitcher and position player but never got to strut his stuff in the U.S. major leagues — would have likely been the Roberto Clemente

By Robert Dominguez Not bad for an old guy. During the 2004 season, whenever the Atlanta Braves were in a late-inning pinch they often turned to an unlikely source for help — 45-year-old Julio Franco, who on this day in béisbol, May 18, delivered big-time. Batting in the eighth inning with the Braves losing 4-2

He was an unassuming designated hitter on a team loaded with two-way superstars, a late bloomer who let his bat do the talking for him all the way to Cooperstown. But even with sluggers Ken Griffey Jr., Alex Rodriguez and Jay Buhner in the lineup, there’s no way the Seattle Mariners would have enjoyed their

By Robert Dominguez Ivan Rodriguez only played one season with the Astros in a well-traveled career, but he managed to reach an out-of-this-world milestone for a catcher while wearing a Houston uniform. On this day in béisbol, May 17, 2009, the Hall of Fame backstop rocketed his 300th career home run in a game against

With one just one of his patented mighty righty swings, Miguel Cabrera moved a Tiger step closer to Cooperstown, became the most prodigious homer hitter from Venezuela, and passed another Detroit icon on the all-time list. On this day in béisbol, May 16, 2015, Cabrera slammed his 400th career home run in the first inning