Everybody besides Yankees fans hated the dynasty they had built at this time, with the exception of a month in September/October after 9/11 in 2001. The mighty Yankees lost the World Series in seven games in heartbreaking fashion to a walk off single by Luis Gonzalez off of the greatest postseason pitcher of all time…

Do you know who the first player to win a batting title in both leagues? I bet you didn’t think it was Ed Delahanty, one of baseball’s early legends, who in fact became the first player to win the batting title in both the National and American Leagues. He won his first batting title with…

“He (Shoeless Joe Jackson) was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game.” – Ty Cobb “I copied (Shoeless Joe) Jackson’s style because I thought he was the greatest hitter I had ever seen, the greatest natural hitter I ever saw. He’s the guy who made me a hitter. -Babe Ruth ” (Shoeless Joe) Jackson’s fall from…