Willie McCovey

Topps unveils 51st Rookie All-Star team

Pair of White Sox, NL ROY Coghlan featured on squad The Topps Company announced its 51st annual Topps Major League Rookie All-Star Team on Wednesday, with nine different teams represented and the White Sox being accounted for...

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Hardware big part of Giants' history

From McCovey to Lincecum, stars recognized in San Fran SAN FRANCISCO -- It might be a good idea for Tim Lincecum to hold onto the key to the Giants franchise trophy case. Lincecum made the latest addition -- a major one -- to...

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Homers in wins and losses

Let's take a look at post-1954 HR leaders in their team's wins and losses. For starters, here's a little lesson about new capabilities of the PI. For a long time, we could search for career games in which players hit at least...

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Joe Posnanski: Four who probably won't make the Hall of Fame this year, but should

Edgar Martinez might become the best eligible hitter to not make the Hall of Fame Roberto Alomar has a case as the greatest second baseman since Rogers Hornsby Only four times in Barry Larkin's great career did he play 150...

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PI Finds: Batting Season Finder

With the new additions to the Play Index, you can run a wider variety of queries than ever before. Here are just a few examples... First, go to the main Batting Season Finder page. Notice that the yellow box at the top of the...

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Evan Longoria and The 500 Home Run Club

More photos » by Chris O'Meara - All in all, I would say the ZiPs projections are a bit more realistic than the Bill James projections because ZiPs tends to be a bit conservative. Aside from the single season projections, you...

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A FALL CLASSIC

by Mark Hale , The New York Post in a 6-1 hole three innings in, though not surprisingly, they rally from an 8-2 deficit to bring the tying run to the plate in the ninth. The Yankees meet the Dodgers in the Series and Billy...

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Rays have answer for Damon ploy

By MARC TOPKIN Times Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA - There was something the Phillies could have done to prevent Johnny Damon 's stunning one-man double steal Sunday. Actually, there were several things. The Rays frequently run the...

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The Eric Hinske watch

The big news yesterday before Game 1 started was that the Yankees added Eric Hinske to their post-season roster. This gives Hinske the chance to take part in something extremely rare: making the last out in two consecutive...

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McGrath: Drama of a seventh game would bring back Series luster

JOHN MCGRATH; THE NEWS TRIBUNE My wish list for the World Series begins and ends with one word. The World Series hasn’t been taken to a do-or-cry seventh game since the Angels beat the Giants in 2002. Only one other World...

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