MLB Showdown Obsession

 Time distorts all perceptions. There are those of us who only think of the Cubs as that team that won the World Series in 2016 and how they had a massive title drought beforehand. Then there are those of us who lived that drought, watching those lovable losers fail year after year after year until their streak of futility hit 100 and even then it kept going. Some blamed luck, other blamed bad ownership, the rest pointed fingers at a goat (no, literally). Perhaps it was a combination of things (but not the goat) but the fact remained that the Cubs never stopped trying to get back to the top of the mountain despite the amount of times they'd get smacked back down. In 1938, the Cubs were back again trying to climb that mountain. The previous season saw them win 93 games but finish a close 2nd for the pennant behind the Giants, and '38 didn't start too promising. By late July, the Cubs were in 3rd place and trailing the Pirates by 6 games. The decision was made to drop Charli...

 The 1972 Hall of Fame had everyone mostly in harmony. The BBWAA agreed to three names from recent history, while the Veterans Committee also submitted three names of their own. The Negro Leagues Committee met as well and added two more names to swell the 1972 class to eight men in total. Also inducted: Josh Gibson - Negro Leagues Will Harridge (Pioneer / Executive) American League President. Played part in creating the all star game.  Was forced to step in during the Eddie Gaedel situation, where St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck signed a midget to play in a game. Buck Leonard - Negro Leagues

 [The 2025 MLB Turtle-Wax Awards] These are the awards you DON'T want to win. The "AL Central Needs to Disband" Award Awarded to the crappiest division in baseball [Previous winners:  AL Central  2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023;  AL West  2010, 2013, 2024;  NL East  2014, 2015, 2017, 2021] ---The American League Central: Guardians, Royals, Tigers, Twins, White Sox--- The White Sox were almost 20 games improved to last season...and that only amounted to 60 wins. The Twins were bad as always, the Royals were the Royals, and the Tigers had a historic collapse in their own division that only allowed them into the postseason by the grace of God while Cleveland only claimed the crown because Detroit choked and *somebody* had to win this division. Formatting allowed Detroit and Cleveland to play each other in the Wild Card round when in a just world they would have to play the Yankees or Red Sox and the AL Central could quickly be put out of th...

 There were a lot of bad memories from 1994 because of the strike . Great runs and exciting record chases were tainted by the way it all ended, with the cancellation of the postseason and World Series. There was one moment though that was safe to stand on it's own without being ruined. Kenny Rogers of all people, hurled a perfect game against the California Angels. On July 28, 1994, the Rangers hosted the Angels with the specter of the strike looming just a couple weeks away. The Ballpark at Arlington was known as a very friendly hitters park, but on this night Rogers gave the Angels no chance to take advantage, as they cruised to a 4-0 win. Kenny kept his pitch count under 100 and only went to a 3-ball count three times as he struck out 8. The game was a bit of revenge for the Rangers. 10 years before, Mike Witt of the Angels pitched a perfect game of his own against the Rangers. This is currently the only instance of the same two teams pitching perfect games against each other. ...