Addie Joss

PHILADELPHIA — With a disabled list that has been overflowing with Phillies most of the season, the last thing you wanted was for Carlos Ruiz and Placido Polanco to join the list of visitors. Ruiz was among the league's top hitters when he went...

TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Michigan at Purdue, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Penn State at Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Idaho at Nevada, 10 p.m. (ESPNU) Men's College Basketball-Xavier at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Villanova at...

Dallas Braden of the Oakland A's will go against the Angels on Friday night in his first start since his perfect game last Sunday against the Tampa Bay Rays. There have been 16 other perfect games since 1901 in major......

Following the tradition of perfect pitched MLB games, Oakland A's pitcher Dallas Braden will present the Top Ten list on David Letterman Tuesday night....

One reason I am hesitant to criticize announcers for mistakes made on live TV or radio (see two posts below) is that I often make them with the benefit of time to research and reflect. For example, this post, in......

One more oddity from the NBC telecast of Don Larsen's perfect game, then I'll leave it alone: Strangely, Vin Scully and Mel Allen referenced Larsen's as the second perfect-o in major league history, joining Charlie Robertson in 1922, now four......

(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...