John's Big League Baseball Blog

I just finished reading a terrific article over at the Baseball Researcher about one of my favorite baseball movies, "Pride of the Yan...

George Herman "Babe" Ruth was born on this day, February 6th, in 1895. The Great Bambino hit 714 home runs, a big league re...

I need to do a  better job of celebrating baseball's birthdays, so I guess a good place to start is with the big league player who most ...

I love baseball,  baseball fans, the Detroit Tigers ,  and Detroit Tigers fans. The MLB Fan Cave has open balloting for this years cave dw...

Today is my youngest brother's birthday. Until today I had no idea he celebrate his birthday with Erine Banks, Nolan Ryan, and Jackie ...

Today in my series of favorite All-Time players from every big league team I take a look at my favorite player from the South Side of Chicag...

Today we celebrate the 68th birthday of Detroit Tigers fan Tom Selleck. Selleck was born in Detroit, Michigan on this day in 1945, the...

I have long been a fan of Bob Costas, and this eulogy of Stan "The Man" just confirms that. His love of baseball, and the past...

This morning I was watching MLB's Hot Stove , a terrific show detailing the off season news and moves in big league baseball.  One of ...

Quick, name the first US President to throw out the first pitch of Opening Day at a big league baseball game? The Washington Nationals ha...