Player Biographies

[george barnard]

[url=http://ittakesateam.blogspot.com/2011/02/out-glenn-burke-story.html][color=darkblue:52dacc3168]Glenn Burke[/color:52dacc3168][/url]

I didn't know the story about Glenn Burke. And the inventor of the High Five! Thank goodness we have one of his cards. It may not be great, but he deserves to be here.

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[url=http://www.kansascity.com/2011/05/25/2902340/royals-great-paul-splittorff-dies.html]Royals great Paul Splittorff dies[/url] by Blair Kerkhoff

[url=http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/05/25/splitt/]Splitt[/url] by Poz

[url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/05/25/sports/s055915D72.DTL]Former Royals LHP Splittorff dead at 64[/url] by Doug Tucker

[george barnard]

[url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/39886/dale-mitchell-was-no-goat-the-guy-who-took-the/][color=darkblue:39bbfe2d04]Dale Mitchell[/color:39bbfe2d04][/url]

[george barnard]

[url=http://www.examiner.com/baseball-history-in-national/wes-covington-1957-world-series-hero-was-a-class-act-all-the-way][color=darkblue:cce51f0e98]Wes Covington[/color:cce51f0e98][/url]

An obit for this member of the 57-58 Braves. Check out the video from the 1958 World Series.

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[url=http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2011/08/the-knife-in-ty-cobbs-back/]The Knife in Ty Cobb's Back[/url] by Gilbert King--about how Ty Cobb's biographer may have "twisted history for personal gain."

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[url=http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/08/16/thome-2/]Thome[/url] by Poz

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[url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/baseball/mlb/08/24/obit-flanagan.ap/index.html?sct=hp_t2_a9&eref=sihp]Orioles great [Mike] Flanagan dead at 59[/url]--AP Obituary.

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[url=http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/08/18/that-was-for-duane-kuiper/#more-7935]That Was for Duane Kuiper[/url] by Poz--a fun anecdote about retaliation pitches featuring Jim Bibby, Rod Carew, and Duane Kuiper.

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[url=http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/07/09/the-day-jeter-hit-3000/#more-7724]The Day Jeter Hit 3,000[/url] by Poz

[url=http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/07/07/3000-words-about-derek-jeter/]3,000 Words About Derek Jeter[/url] by Poz

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Clifton Parker--aka hack wilson--has a new book out about Al Simmons. He's also written about the Waner brothers and...Hack Wilson:

[url=http://goo.gl/krVOH][b:919c8ea8a9]Bucketfoot Al: [/b:919c8ea8a9][i:919c8ea8a9]The Baseball Life of Al Simmons[/i:919c8ea8a9][/url]

[url=http://goo.gl/3zsbB][b:919c8ea8a9]Fouled Away:[/b:919c8ea8a9][i:919c8ea8a9] The Baseball Tragedy of Hack Wilson[/i:919c8ea8a9][/url]

[url=http://goo.gl/Kq8CB][b:919c8ea8a9]Big and Little Poison: [/b:919c8ea8a9][i:919c8ea8a9]Paul and Lloyd Waner, Baseball Brothers[/i:919c8ea8a9][/url]