When the 2014 regular season shut down for the fall and winter, a comber through the game’s history books (or more relevantly, the magic of Baseball Reference) would have found that there were exactly 20 left-handed hurlers who had made at least one appearance in at least 20 campaigns. 10 […]
A few days ago, I felt a twinge of surprise upon learning that Rich Hill had just thrown 1.1 scoreless innings for the Red Sox to mark his entry into his 20th big league season.
Since the American League joined its older brother to present Major League ballgames in 1901, the two have combined to produce 33 Triple Crown winners from the mound – masters of their sphere and art to such a degree that at season’s end, each had painted a triptych proclaiming league […]