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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about baseball and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the baseball urban legends featured so far. BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: Tommy Davis’ former Dodger teammate Johnny Roseboro helped him bat over .300 in 1967. We can’t always […]

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about baseball and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the baseball urban legends featured so far. BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: Ferguson Jenkins lost five games 1-0 in 1968. 1968 is known as the “year of the pitcher.” […]

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about baseball and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the baseball urban legends featured so far. BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: The New York Post had an editorial up the day after the Yankees defeated the Red Sox […]

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about baseball and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the baseball urban legends featured so far. BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: The baseball that Barry Bonds hit to pass Babe Ruth’s career home run total ended up in […]

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about baseball and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the baseball urban legends featured so far. BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: Rob Ducey was traded for himself. Baseball transactions can be awfully confusing sometimes, and perhaps never was […]

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about baseball and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the football urban legends featured so far. BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: Major League Baseball used to allow injured players to have another player run for them and still […]

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about baseball and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the football urban legends featured so far. BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: The very first grand slam hit in the major leagues was a two-out, bottom of the ninth, […]

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about baseball and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the football urban legends featured so far. BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: Leo Durocher said “Nice guys finish last.” Leo Durocher (1905–1991) was a baseball player (a three-time All […]