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Why Blue Jays’ Trip to World Series is So Special for Yankees Legend Don Mattingly

Mattingly, who is the bench coach for the Blue Jays, has finally made it to the World Series for the first time.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 21, 2025

Yankees Fans Slam Aaron Boone as Don Mattingly Heads to World Series with Rival Team

Yankees fans intensify pressure on Aaron Boone while franchise icon Don Mattingly heads to the World Series with a rival, sparking deep questions about leadership, legacy and the future of New York baseball.

International Business Times UK · Oct 21, 2025

Clayton Kershaw’s Iron Will, Maniacal Work Ethic Ensured His Incomparable Legacy

Though his devastating slider and herky-jerky delivery became feared by hitters everywhere, it was the ace’s need to be great that led him to have no equal.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 19, 2025

Bill Madden: Active MLB players who should have no problem getting into Cooperstown

As we segue from the Hall-of-Fame election to the soon arrival of pitchers and catchers, this is a good time to celebrate the active players who don’t have to do anything more for us to earn a ticket to Cooperstown.

Tribune News Service · Feb 6, 2023

‘Make Me Laugh, Make Me Cry’: You Need to Know Joe Donnelly

Tom Verducci says goodbye to his friend and mentor, who died Sunday at 87.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 13, 2022

Don Mattingly falls short of Hall of Fame as Fred McGriff only player inducted by Contemporary Committee

The Crime Dog is headed to Cooperstown, but Donnie Baseball is not.

Tribune News Service · Dec 5, 2022

Fred McGriff Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee

A five-time All-Star, McGriff finally gets enshrinement as Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling are denied again by the Contemporary Era committee.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 5, 2022

Bonds, Clemens left out of Hall again; McGriff elected

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling were passed over by a Baseball Hall of Fame committee that elected former big league slugger Fred McGriff to Cooperstown on Sunday

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022

Former Cub Fred McGriff elected to Hall of Fame; Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens again passed over

Bonds and Clemens have been accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, and support for Curt Schilling dropped after he made hateful remarks toward Muslims, transgender people, reporters and others.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 5, 2022

Bill Madden: Veterans committee can take a stand for character in Hall of Fame vote

NEW YORK — Just when we thought we’d said goodbye to Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens for a while thanks to the Baseball Writers Association last January, they’re coming around again as two of the eight candidates on the Contemporary Era Hall of Fame ballot which will be voted on…

Tribune News Service · Dec 3, 2022