LONACONING, Md. (AP) -- A video about Hall of Fame pitcher "Lefty" Grove has been created as part of a fundraising effort to get a statue of him placed in his ...
In 1941, baseball looked a little different. Ted Williams was working on passing the .400 mark. The St. Louis baseball team was called the Browns. And Lefty Grove, star southpaw for the Boston Red Sox ...
LONACONING, Md. (AP) - Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Lefty Grove returned to his hometown of Lonaconing on Aug. 27 in the form of a 22-inch bronze model of a statue that will be erected ...
Now that Randy Johnson has become an official member of the 300-win club, where does he rank among the greatest left-handed pitchers of all time? Is the Big Unit the greatest lefty ever? Or is it ...
The superlative Lefty Grove stands as one of the most underrated pitchers of all-time. Sure, he's a Hall of Famer (class of '47), but you don't often hear his name mentioned as being on the ...
One of the timeless traditions of baseball is discussing who is the greatest player among any given category. And although the exercise can provide hours of enjoyment and fruitful conversation—often ...
Jimmy (The Beast) Foxx, who had been so closely connected with countless other Lefty Grove victories, very fittingly delivered the signet sock to Ole Mose’s coveted 300th triumph, which finally came ...
Today’s Sports Highlight in History: In 1941, Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox wins his 300th and last game, beating the Cleveland Indians 10-6. On this date: 1902 — Jim Jeffries knocks out Bob ...
To some, maybe, baseball's box scores represent only a skipped page in the newspaper, a glut of uninterpreted and decontextualized data. But to those of us who spend our days poring over them, box ...
Phil Hersh got it half right in his Nov. 27 column. In judging greatness, one does have to distinguish between “a shooting star of laser intensity or the regular and impressive glow of long-term ...