13 Gold Gloves later, Ozzie Smith became the greatest shortstop to ever play the game. Quote: “I want to help as many people as possible.” My take: With all of the fortune and fame ...

Ichiro Suzuki joins Derek Jeter as one vote shy of becoming the first position player to appear on all ballots. St. Louis Cardinals great Albert Pujols, in 2028, is likely to be next best chance.

He, like New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter ... Notable Cardinals Stan Musial and Ozzie Smith received 93.2% and 91.7% in the years they were elected. The late Rickey Henderson received ...

Former Sox pitchers Mark Buehrle, Jose Contreras and Freddy Garcia threw on jerseys Friday and walked around SoxFest Live. Same jerseys, same sport, different planet.

MLB Network’s “Top 10 Right Now!” series ranks the players at each position. And once they’re done with that thankless-and-controversial-but-also-fun task, we like to zoom out here and rank … the ...

1977: Ernie Banks is elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. 1983: Ozzie Smith becomes the first $1-million shortstop in major league baseball, signing a three-year contract with ...

longtime coach and general manager of the Clarinda A’s summer collegiate baseball program that has produced major league players such as Ozzie Smith and Von Hayes. Bryant joins several other IHSBCA ...

Is Will Smith undervalued (33:19 ... News (43:02): Paul Sewald signed with the Guardians. ... Let's move into Shortstop tiers (44:45). ... Trea Turner is going later than previous years ...

985 and he turned the most double plays at shortstop in MLB history with 1,734. Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith is second with 1,590 over a 19-year span. The hesitation to vote for Vizquel -- based solely ...