On the 50th Anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Major League Baseball retired the number 42 for every club in 1997. “When Jackie Robinson broke into baseball it was a milestone,” President Bill Clinton declared in the retirement ceremony at Shea Stadium. “It was a milestone for sports, but also a milestone in (a)…...
Drew and Patrick say goodbye to a legend. Hank Aaron truly belongs on the short list of people who could claim to be the greatest player in the history of baseball.
On Opening Day 2016, Colorado traveled to Arizona to pit their shiny new toys against one another. During the offseason, Zack Greinke opted out of a three-year, $71M pact ($23.7M average annual salary) with the Los Angeles Dodgers only to stick around in the NL West and sign with the Diamondbacks on a six-year, $206.5M pact ($34.4M average annual salary).…