Latino Exhibit Unveiled at the HOF
Last August I took a trip to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. We at Mop Up Duty (okay, maybe just me) have a great affinity for Latino baseball (especially the way it influenced the Toronto Blue Jays teams of the 80’s). Above, you can see I [...]
A Story Forgotten: Halladay’s Reinvention
Around baseball, many baseball writers are having a love-in when it comes to KC Royals starter Zack Greinke. He has been absolutely dominant through the first month and a half of the season with an ERA hovering around half a run.
Greinke was selected by the Royals in the first round (sixth [...]
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Another Mysterious Medal
A while back we posted a mysterious baseball medal from 1921 and asked our readers to help us identify it. We were lucky enough to have one shed some light on the subject, believing it to be a minor league award of some sort. Pictured above is a different yet similar medal. There is [...]
All-Time Strikeout Race Results
This is an update to an earlier article: The Record No One Wants
Since we last checked in Mark Reynolds was on the cusp (not Cust…) of breaking the all-time single season strikeout record. Trailing closely behind were Ryan Howard and the bad pun, Jack Cust. Well, the results are in and the [...]
Yankee Stadium/Hall of Fame Review
For the Labour Day weekend this year, Early and I decided to take a road trip to see the Jays play those damn Yankees before Yankee Stadium becomes a pile of rubble. On the way back, we decided to pass through Cooperstown and unleash our inner 12 year olds at the [...]
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