"A man's ability is limited only by his lack of opportunity."
~ The great Henry Aaron is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York (1982) #MLB #History #Legend #Inspiration

Amazing silent film footage of the 1917 World Series at Comiskey Park! (New York Giants vs. Chicago White Sox) Check out that great baseball sweater on John McGraw! #MLB #SFGiants #WhiteSox #Baseball #History

We are about a month from spring training report dates. Can’t wait.

#baseball

For those new to BlueSky and interested in FanGraphs writers -- or those who aren't, making this an odd choice -- I put together a FanGraphs starter pack of writers/editors who currently are staffers or contributors to the site.

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I normally don’t use Baseball Remembers on recent players, but Hall of Fame voters seem to have forgotten how good Mark Buehrle was, especially compared to Andy Pettitte. @ibwaa.bsky.social

On this day in 1985, Lou Brock was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. “The Running Redbird” stole 938 bases in his career, including 118 in 1974—both MLB records until Rickey Henderson came along. Here’s a my painting of him that was used in Topps’ 150 Years of Baseball set in 2019.

Edmundo Sosa, making his first professional start in the outfield, just robbed a homer from Marcell Ozuna. Holy shit.

#OTD 55 years ago, one of the greatest games in MLB history took place.

Few ppl know about it; no footage exists.

In Nov. 1968, SCLC sports director Joseph Peters wrote to the MLB commissioner, wanting to stage an exhibition game to honor the late Dr. Martin Luther King

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So good to have baseball to think about again.