Willie Keeler

Now that the Cubs have blown away the Brewers, they need to root for them. Unless they want to face Johan Santana or Cole Hamels twice in the best-of-five first round, they should hope the Brewers can stop their slide in time to force the Mets or...

Whomever the Seattle Mariners hire as general manager should make his first step a bold one -- approaching Ichiro Suzuki about waiving his no-trade clause to go to a contender. Even with the 34-year-old Ichiro collecting another 200-plus hits, the...

Carlos Beltran homered from both sides of the plate, Jose Reyes and Carlos Delgado also went deep, and the New York Mets built a big lead then barely held on to beat the Washington Nationals 9-7 Wednesday night, in Washington. Brandon Knight (1-0), a 32-...

Player, Year, Cast, Votes, Pct. Tom Seaver 1992 430 425 98.84 Nolan Ryan 1999 497 491 98.79 Cal Ripken Jr. 2007 545 537 98.53 Ty Cobb 1936 226 222 98.23 George Brett 1999 497 488 98.19 Hank Aaron 1982 415 406 97.83 Tony Gwynn 2007 545 532 97.61...

(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...

Newsday's Top 100 Yankees were determined by members of the staff. They were written by Bob Herzog. 1. Babe Ruth First, he saved baseball from the aftermath of the 1919 Black Sox Scandal by luring fans back to the ballpark to see him hit mammoth home...

THE FIRST 17 seasons of New York's American League franchise are years of frustration and mediocrity. Although the team, known as the Highlanders until 1913, has such players as Willie Keeler, Jack Chesbro and Hal Chase, it can only brag about its three...

Earl Weaver, the umpire-baiting, dirt-kicking, tomato-growing manager who led the Orioles to four American League pennants and a world championship, was elected yesterday to the Baseball Hall of Fame. "I'm elated," said Weaver. "There are so many...