Baseball Digest articles from October 2000

Baseball Digest archives from October 2000

The Fans Speak Out.(boating repair tips)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2000... While I thoroughly agree with the choices made by George Vass in his article, "These Are the Majors' Safest Records" (August Baseball Digest), I feel he left out the hardest of all records to beat. Ty Cobb's all-time career leading number...

Hall of Fame Players Talk About Their Favorite Ballparks.
October 1, 2000... A CAPTIVATING PIECE OF READING, ENTITLED "MY FAVORITE BALLPARK," CAN be found in the Hall of Fame's 2000 yearbook which features comments on the subject by players who have been elected to the baseball shrine in Cooperstown, New York. "As...

Magglio Ordonez A Major League Star on the Rise.
October 1, 2000... Young Venezuelan right fielder has generated important sock in the White Sox lineup this season MAGGLIO ORDONEZ KNEW SOMETHING WAS DIFFERENT as soon as he stepped off the plane at the Caracas airport after the 1999 season. At 25,...

Letting Off Steam.(confrontations between players, fans and umpires)
October 1, 2000... Fierce confrontations involving players, umpires and fans have erupted throughout the game's history I RATE FANS NO LONGER FIRE SIX-SHOOTERS at players and umpires as disgruntled hotheads did in the earliest days, but baseball always has...

BASEBALL PROFILE JAY BELL.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... FULL NAME: Jay Stuart Bell AGE, HT., WT.: 34, 6-0, 185 Born: December 11, 1965 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida HOME: Phoenix, Arizona STATUS/FAMILY: Married with three children LIFE OUTSIDE BASEBALL: Mostly spend time...

1980 Phillies Capture Club's First World Series Title.
October 1, 2000... When Tug McGraw struck out Royals' Willie Wilson in Game 6, he ended club's many years of frustration "NOTHING CAME EASY THAT year," said Tug McGraw describing the Phillies' 1980 march to the only world championship in the franchise's long...

Tug McGraw and Del Unser Played Vital Roles In Phillies' Title Run.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... TUG MCGRAW AND DEL UNSER UNDERSTOOD THE IRONY OF THEIR `TRADE' AND HOW IT AFFECTED THE 1980 World Series champion Phillies. Without McGraw, the team could not have won it. Without Unser's key pinch-hits, the team wouldn't have made it past the...

Troy Glaus: An all-around performer in Anaheim.
October 1, 2000... Young third baseman for the Angels has potential to become one of game's special talents at the hot corner THOSE WHO WATCH ANGELS THIRD baseman Troy Glaus play can't help but make the comparisons. They see the 6-5, 229-pound frame, the...

Left Handed Starters: Do They Make a Difference?
October 1, 2000... Southpaws may not always be needed to assure a team a pennant, but they certainly can ease the way THE DETROIT TIGERS WON THE 1984 World Series without one and the Los Angeles Dodgers once went an amazing five years never handing the ball...

David Wells, A Throwback To An Older Era of Baseball.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... HE IS A THROWBACK TO OLDER, SIMPLER TIMES: SHIRT PARTIALLY HANGING OUT AS HE STANDS ON THE mound, waiting for the throw from his catcher. He sports a shaved head and a goatee. David Wells would have fit in nicely in any major league...

Where Are They Now? Former Reliever GOOSE GOSSAGE.
October 1, 2000... During his prime seasons, hard-throwing right-hander was one of the most dominating bullpen specialists in the major leagues THERE WAS A TIME GROWING up in Colorado Springs when Rich "Goose" Gossage looked at major league baseball as a...

Baseball ... The game is better than ever.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Here's one opinion that major league players are more talented and in better condition than they were in past eras ON MANY BASEBALL ISSUES, I'M perfectly capable of being a traditionalist and curmudgeon. I've read "The Boys of Summer"...

The Best From the Left--Hall of Famer Warren Spahn.
October 1, 2000... Former Braves' southpaw won more games than Grove, Hubbell, Koufax or Carlton during a long and distinguished career HIS PERFORMANCE CHART DOESN'T distort or exaggerate. It provides an all-encompassing testimonial to Warren Spahn as...

Baseball Quick Quiz.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Collect ten points for each question answered correctly. Answers on page 95. (If you score 80 or better, you are a baseball expert; 70 or better, superior: between 60 and 70, good, and between 40 and 60, average. This October Quick Quiz is...

1990s Rookie Scouting Reports on Former Players.
October 1, 2000... Reports on promising major league rookies have been published in Baseball Digest since 1955. What follows are random selections from reports made in the 1990s which give readers an idea how some well-known players were rated as they approached...

Baseball Rules Corner.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Runner cannot interfere with batted ball before it reaches infielder THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS THAT A runner can interfere with a bated ball. Normally, the infraction occurs when a runner is touched by a fair batted ball before the ball has...

States With The Most World Series Titles.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Since the World Series began in 1903, there have been 13 different states--and one team in Washington D.C.--that have won a World Series championship led by New York with 33, thanks largely to the 25 won by the Yankees. The only major league...

World Series Results.
October 1, 2000... The Fall Classic has been a best-of-seven series except for 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921 when the World Series was a best-of-nine game showdown between the National and American League pennant winners. Below are World Series results and the Most...

League Championship Series Results.
October 1, 2000... The League Championship Series began in 1969 with a best-of-five game series before moving to a best-of-seven game format in 1985. Below are the results of each LOS by league along with the Most Valuable Player for each Series. Note: LCS MVPs...

Divisional Series Results.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... The divisional round of playoffs began in 1995 when both leagues were divided into three divisions and a wild card team was included into the post-season format. The Division Series has been a best-of-five since its inception in 1995. Results...

World Series Records.
October 1, 2000... BATTING Most series played 14--Yogi Berra, Yankees, 1947, 1949-1953, 1955-1958, 1960-1963 Most times on series-winning club(playing one or more games each series) 10--Yogi Berra, Yankees, 1947, 1949-1953, 1956, 1958, 1961,...

Career Post-Season Batting Records.
October 1, 2000... HOME RUNS WORLD SERIES Player HR Mickey Mantle 18 Babe Ruth 15 Yogi Berra 12 Duke Snider 11 Lou Gehrig ...

Career Post-Season Pitching Records.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... WINS WORLD SERIES Pitcher Wins Whitey Ford 10 Bob Gibson 7 Allie Reynolds 7 Red Ruffing 7 Chief Bender 6...

Miscellaneous Post-Season Statistics.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... WORLD SERIES GRAND SLAMS Player, Team Pitcher, Team Date Elmer Smith, Indians Burleigh Grimes, Dodgers 10/10/20 Tony Lazzeri, Yankees Dick Coffman, Giants 10/2/36...