According to Baseball Almanac in the calendar year of 2024 we lost 96 men who appeared at one time or another in Major League Baseball.
2024 Arizona Fall League Championship Preview
The Arizona Fall League (AFL) is an annual prospect showcase venture made up of six teams, each of which is stocked with minor leaguers from five different Major League Baseball (MLB) organizations. Those MLB clubs provide seven players each, making for a 35-man AFL roster.
Injuries decimating the National Pastime in 2024
For the teams of Major League Baseball in the 2024 season, those injuries seem more frequent and more cruel than usual. Star players and prospects are dropping like flies, filling up the Injured List in both MLB and in Minor League Baseball.
35 years ago the ending came at last for Michael Jack Schmidt
The ending for Mike Schmidt had come at last. It came too fast, 35 years ago this week, in a season that had begun with so much promise. And it passed too slow over those agonizing final weeks.
Mike Schmidt’s four home run game
The season was just a week old when the 1-3 Phillies arrived in Chicago for a quick two-game weekend set with the host Cubs. Mike Schmidt had already homered once, but he was as cold as the team, hitting just .167 with just three total hits over his first 21 plate appearances.
MATT VEASEY 