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  • Countdown to Christmas: #33 Honus Wagner by More Hardball on Nov 24, 2009

    Honus Wagner is considered by many to be baseball's greatest all-around player. The Pittsburgh Pirates' shortstop was a sensational hitter, a brilliant base-runner and a flawless fielder. He broke into the majors by hitting .344 in 1897 and put toget...

  • Countdown to Christmas: #32 Steve Carlton by More Hardball on Nov 24, 2009

    A fitness fanatic, Carlton trained by practicing kung fu, doing isometric exercises, and developing strength in his hands by working them in buckets of rice. It worked for him: The 6-foot-4, 210-pound left-hander became the first pitcher to win four...

  • Countdown to Christmas: #31 Greg Maddux by More Hardball on Nov 24, 2009

    Maddux has been credited by many of his teammates with a preternatural ability to outhink his opponents, and anticipate results. Braves catcher Eddie Pérez tells the story of Maddux intentionally allowing a home run to the Astros' Jeff Bagwell, in a...

  • Countdown to Christmas: #30 Tim Raines by More Hardball on Nov 24, 2009

    The Montreal Expos selected Raines in the 5th round of the 1977 amateur draft. After debuting with six games as a pinch runner in 1979, he played briefly as a second baseman for the Expos in 1980, but soon switched to playing the outfield, and rapidl...

  • The Writer's Take Note Again...AL MVP by More Hardball on Nov 24, 2009

    After reading my post on why Zack Greinke should win the AL Cy Young Award, the baseball writers association responded by...voting Zack Greinke the 2009 AL Cy Young Award Winner. It is for this reason that I have to wholeheartedly believe that once a...

  • Baseball's Most Bad Ass (and Sadly Obscure) Names by More Hardball on Nov 23, 2009

    Baseball is dominated by players whose names will forever conjure images of dynamism and might. The players are iconic, so much so that there is no question who is meant by Mantle, DiMaggio, Ruth, Aaron, Ryan, and Berra. However, there is a class of...