“I say he was the best player of all-time, black or white.” – Buck Leonard

Martin Dihigo is a Cuban baseball legend.  He is also considered one of the greatest - if not the greatest – 2-way players in baseball history. Dihigo accumulated 250 pro wins as a pitcher and won 2 batting titles as a position player.  He was a 5-tool …

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 National Baseball Hall of Fame.

With the recent passing of Buck O’Neil, I was reminded of some of the stories he used to tell about great Negro League baseball players. Buck was often asked about all of the players he saw in his lifetime, from Babe Ruth to Willie Mays, to today’s players like Griffey, A-Rod and Pujols. Inevitably he was posed with the question …