Now that Ken Griffey Jr. has returned to Seattle, its doubtful we will hear much about him.  Actually, in Cincy there was rarely news that made it past the Ohio river.  But last night Griffey hit his 400th home run as a Mariner, and his 613th all time.  He is now the active home run [...]

Just a couple of quick notes that most likely only Mets fans will enjoy:
Today the Jackie Robinson Rotunda will be officially dedicated.  As Ken Davidoff writes briefly in is blog, Mets fans should be very proud to the connection to Robinson, even though he was a Dodgers.  While it might be different had Robinson played [...]

Mike K. knew that Wade Boggs is the only player who played for the Rays to have his number retired.  Jackie Robinson’s number is also retired their, though that was technically done by MLB, not by the Rays organization.  Also, a quick shout-out to Bromer, who truly believed his Phillies would go to the World [...]

I will be at spring training in a couple of weeks, and will be popping by Dodgertown for my own fairwell, but I found this article by Ross Newhan which is as much baseball history 101 as it is a a tribute.  Don’t know why so many care about the Dodgers leaving Vero Beach?, or [...]