“When I was a kid, my parents were very careful about who was “acceptable” as my heroes if you will, because they… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“Ortiz is now synonymous with walk-off homers. After all, he hit a total of nine game-ending blasts from 2002-07. And that was… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“Baseball really is a glorified game of throw and catch. And if you don’t have guys who throw it really well, you… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“Sometimes are feats aren’t so fabulous, they’re just dubious—but either way, they’re fun to talk about.” — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“There's a reason diehard fans get to the ballpark hours before game time. It’s not for better parking. It’s not for extra… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“It’s much easier to remember the World Series heroics of Tony Pérez, Pete Rose, and Joe Morgan than it is to recall… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“October 1976 was the penultimate performance of Bench’s Hall of Fame career. All the early success and awards and accolades thrown in… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“In high school I wrote an essay on baseball and my teacher told me I had to rewrite it on a more… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“Cable TV brought the Braves into homes all across America in the 1970s, by the 1980s the Braves were “America’s Team,” and… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“It’s Curt Schilling and his bloody sock staring down the Yankees in the Bronx. It’s Derek Lowe taking the mound the very… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“And then came, perhaps, the biggest offseason move in franchise history … and no, we’re not talking about inviting Carlos Peña to… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“Very few who manage a big league club are successful, fewer still are the ones who experience success over an extended period… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“Skip Caray was my favorite announcer as I grew up listening to the Braves on TBS and on the radio. One night,… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“I’m glad there are organizations like Dale Murphy’s I Won’t Cheat Foundation. I’m glad there are athletes with standards and morals who… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“Boston got Roberts on the July 31 trade deadline—exchanging prospect Henri Stanley for the fleet-footed outfielder. Roberts fittingly got 86 at bats… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“It took only three years for Jonathan Papelbon to surpass Bill Campbell, Lee Smith, Tom Gordon, Sparky Lyle, Derek Lowe, Jeff Reardon, Ellis Kinder,… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“I stood with my mom in the cemetery. She felt terrible pain. My grandmother is with God. My mom has to continue living. It’s… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“In Korea I’d been so afraid that Sami would lose her dad. She did, but she didn’t get a flag. He went to Doha,… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“Sparky Anderson wasn’t just my favorite manager … he was my mom’s favorite manager.” — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“Most of us would give anything for the chance to play just one day of MLB baseball—especially for our favorite team. Well, there once… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“The sun appeared between the twin spires of the cathedral as its light reflected off the crescent and star that rose out of the… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“He [Ted Williams] was only a 23-year-old kid when he batted .406 in 1941, but then the season ended and our country came under… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“It was like the baseball gods were showing off just for him, in honor of his first day of big league baseball. And surely… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“I have this thought, it’s horrible, and it makes me sick, but it’s true: one day these students will grow up and have their… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“There are many ways to measure a manager’s success and contributions to a franchise ... but in this case the two numbers that illustrate… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
