Bob Sykes Was The Cardinals' Latter Day Ernie Broglio

Only twice since Bob Gibson did it in 1968 has a Cardinals hurler pitched an extra-inning, complete-game shutout at Busch Stadium. One involved Mark Mulder beating Houston 1-0 in 10 innings in 2005. The other came on the Fourth of July 40 years ago.

Post-Dispatch

A Cubs Standout, Jerry Morales Flopped With Cardinals

Needing a proven right-handed hitter to balance and bolster their lineup, the Cardinals appeared to make the right move when they acquired the player who had been the Cubs’ most consistent run producer of the mid-1970s.

RetroSimba

The 1980's Yankee Dynasty That Could Have Been

The Yankees have been the dominating force in baseball since the 1920s and look like they are going to be the team to beat as we begin the 2010s.

Sully Baseball

You Could Look It Up: Lest We Forget

In yesterday's Pinstriped Bible, I used BP's list of wins added by relievers (WXRL) as a way of demonstrating the uniqueness of Mariano Rivera's career, this on the occasion of his 500th save. I picked an arbitrary cutoff, the top 200 seasons as ranked by that statistic, and counted how many times each pitcher appeared on the list, dropping those that only made it to the top 200 once or twice. Seventy-eight pitchers made the list just once, and another 24 got there twice. The list of the remaining 74:

Baseball Prospectus

You Could Look It Up: The Naked Draft

There are eight million stories in the naked draft. Here are a few of them. Reader beware—this edition is rife with benefit-of-hindsight second-guessing.

Baseball Prospectus