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Miguel Cortez, Small Business Owner
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Despite born in Rodeo, California, Gomez is of Mexican descent and is considered one of baseball's greatest winners, ranking third in Yankee history in regular season wins with 189.
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Anita Ganesh, Poet
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Although there was no post-season play to speak of, Boston fans were treated to another afternoon of historical significance on May 5, 1904 when Cy Young threw the first perfect game in baseball's modern history, a 3-0 masterpiece over the Philadelphia A's.
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John Fielding, CEO
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Black Baseball's Negro Baseball League Calling itself the most comprehensive resource on the Web for information about the Negro Baseball Leagues, this site offers a history of the Negro Baseball Leagues, including photographs, profiles, sound clips of the players, and a listing of the teams.
The settlement brought to an end three years of open conflict between Baseball's players and owners that had led to the longest work-stoppage in Baseball history (232 days), including the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
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Borg Svemann, Woodworker
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MONTCLAIR - The Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center houses a permanent collection of memorabilia highlighting baseball's social history and the life of the New York Yankee legendary catcher.
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Pete Trengle, Bass Player
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With 101 RBIs at the All-Star break he became the second player in history (following Hank Greenberg in 1935) to reach the century mark at baseball's mid-summer classic.
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Keith Tennant, Factory Worker
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Major League Baseball History - Standings from every Major League Baseball season since 1876 and postseason championship series results.
He was named to the National League All-Star team in ’94 and became in the process only the fifth player in the history of baseball to begin the season in the minor leagues and play in the all-star game in the same season.
We've chosen the players on 35 of the best teams in baseball history so you can manage your very own team of legends to a league championship!
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Todd Porter, Gym Attendent
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As one of the only players in major league history to say openly that he was gay, Burke was an inspiration to many even before he revealed his sexual orientation in a national magazine two years after his retirement from baseball in 1980.
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Shane Kelly, Bar Tender
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With three players taken in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft this is the first time in school history that three players were drafted on the first day of the amateur draft.
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Jordan Jones, Rapper
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One of baseball's most replayed moments, a great day in New York Giants history, Willie Mays' incredible catch and throw, didn't crack the top ten.
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