Mark David McGwire, one of the two main subjects of ESPN’s documentary ‘Long Gone Summer,’ played 16 seasons for two Major League Baseball franchises, the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals. He was a tremendous MLB player, but since he was a part of the steroid scandal, he has yet to be inducted into Cooperstown’s …
Most Valuable Frank Thomas Cards As a football and baseball standout from Columbus High School in Columbus, Ohio, Frank Thomas was destined for greatness. Thomas carried his high school baseball team to a state championship his senior year, where he later waited to be selected in the 1986 Amateur Draft. Because Thomas’s name was never …
With the first pick in the 1987 MLB Amateur Baseball Draft, the Seattle Mariners picked Ken Griffey Jr. out of Moeller High School. The Mariners didn’t waste any time, as Griffey received a signing bonus a week later. Ken Griffey Jr. seized the opportunity and was selected to 13 All-Star Games, while achieving 10 Gold …
Entering his tenth MLB year, Mike Nelson Trout is on pace to be one of the best baseball players ever. He has been an All-Star in all eight of his full seasons in the league and has won three American League Most Valuable Player awards. His accolades also include seven Silver Slugger awards, and he …
Shaquille O’Neal goes by many nicknames – Diesel, the Big Aristotle, Superman, Shaq Fu, and Shaq Daddy to name a few – and he is one of the best players in basketball history. The multi-talented man in the middle even starred in movies during his NBA career that lasted almost two decades. He also played …
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