Thursday, February 17, 2011

Top 9 Greatest Pitching Rotations

9. 2001 Oakland As
8. 1986 Mets
7. 1971 Orioles
6. 2005 Chicago White Sox
5. 1927 Yankees
4. 1910 Philadelphia As
3. 1954 Indians
2. 1997 Braves
1. 1906 Cubs

Top 9 Gaffes

9. Chuck Knoblach 1998 ALCS Game 2
8. Lonnie Smith 1991 WS Game 7
7. Bruce Froemming 1977 NLCS Game 3
6. Leon Durham 1984 NLCS Game 4
5. Mickey Owen 1941 WS Game 4
4. Don Denkinger 1985 WS Game 6
3. Steve Bartman 2003 NLCS Game 6
2. Fred Merkle September 23 1908
1. Bill Buckner 1986 WS Game 6

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Top First Basemen

9. Harmon Killebrew
8. Jim Thome
7. Eddie Murray
6. Hank Greenberg
5. Willie McCovey
4. Johnny Mize
3. Albert Pujols
2. Jimmie Foxx
1. Lou Gehrig

Monday, February 7, 2011

Plays at the Plate

9. 1999 ALDS Griffey slides in safe to win the series over the Yankees
8. 1939 World Series, the Ernie Lombardi "Snooze"
7. 2002 World Series, JT Snow scoops up Darren Baker (bat boy) at home
6. 1985 Carlton Fisk tags out two consecutive Yankees at the Plate
5. 2003 NLDS Pudge Rodriguez tags out JT Snow to end the series, and advance the Marlins
4. 2001 ALDS Derek Jeter picks up relay and flips back to Posada to tag out Giambi
3. 1992 NLCS Sid Bream slides in safe to win the series for the Braves
2. 2007 Wildcard play-in game, Matt Holiday slides face first to win in the 13th inning
1. 1955 World Series, Jackie Robinson straight steals home in game 1

Best Players at Each Position in the 1970s

9. RF Reggie Jackson
8. CF Cesar Cedeno
7. LF George Foster
6. SS Toby Harrah
5. 3B Mike Schmidt
4. 2B Joe Morgan
3. 1B Steve Garvey
2. C Johnny Bench
1. P Jim Palmer

Best Pitcher Nicknames

9. Ron Guidry - "Louisiana Lightning"
8. Dave Stewart - "Smoke"
7. Bill Lee - "Spaceman"
6. Al Hrabosky - "The Mad Hungarian"
5. Walter Johnson - "The Big Train"
4. Mordecai Brown - "Three Finger"
3. Jerome Dean - "Dizzy"
2. Dennis Boyd - "Oil Can"
1. Sal Maglie - "The Barber"