March 31st, 2009 03:00am
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On paper at least, having former Cy Young winners Barry Zito and Randy Johnson in the rotation gives the Giants a formidable left-handed tandem. Here’s the last in a five-part blog on significant lefty tandems of the Giants’ past. Today: Billy Pierce and Billy O’Dell, 1962.
Jack Sanford had the most wins (24) and Juan Marichal had the most talent, but Billy Pierce and Billy O’Dell remain the standard of success …
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March 30th, 2009 03:00am
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On paper at least, having former Cy Young winners Barry Zito and Randy Johnson in the rotation gives the Giants a formidable left-handed tandem. Here’s the fourth in a five-part blog on significant lefty tandems of the Giants’ past. Today: Kirk Rueter and Shawn Estes, 1997.
Estes (19-5) and Rueter (13-6) combined to go 32-11 and helped lead the Giants to the division title.
Rueter pitched well in the postseason opener against …
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March 29th, 2009 03:00am
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On paper at least, having former Cy Young winners Barry Zito and Randy Johnson in the rotation gives the Giants a formidable left-handed tandem. Here’s the third in a five-part blog on significant lefty tandems of the Giants’ past. Today: Vida Blue and Bob Knepper, 1978.
Blue, an AL MVP and Cy Young winner seven years earlier with the A’s, adapted quickly to the NL, going 18-10 with a 2.79 ERA, …
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March 28th, 2009 03:00am
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On paper at least, having former Cy Young winners Barry Zito and Randy Johnson in the rotation gives the Giants a formidable left-handed tandem. Here’s the second in a five-part blog on significant lefty tandems of the Giants’ past. Today: Mike McCormick and Ray Sadecki, 1967.
McCormick returned to the Giants after four years in the American League and he proceeded to have a career year: 22-10, 2.85 ERA, five shutouts …
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March 27th, 2009 03:00am
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On paper at least, having former Cy Young winners Barry Zito and Randy Johnson in the rotation gives the Giants quite a left-handed tandem. Here’s the first in a five-part blog on significant Giants lefty tandems of the past. Today: Johnny Antonelli and Mike McCormick, 1959.
Antonelli, the ace on the New York Giants’ World Series-winning team of 1954, was 19-10 with a 3.10 ERA for SF in ‘59. He pitched …
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March 26th, 2009 03:00am
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Oklahoma’s Courtney Paris has said, and repeated, that if her team didn’t win the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, she would pay the university the value of her scholarship ” approximately $100,000. Memo to Joe Namath 40 years later: That, sir, is a guarantee.
The right-or-wrong of Paris’ pledge is open to spirited, thought-provoking discussion. But this is neither the time nor the place.
What I like about Paris’ promise is …
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March 25th, 2009 03:00am
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Jimmy Raye, the 49ers new offensive coordinator, is about to begin his 33rd year of coaching in the NFL. His first job: as receivers coach in 1977 ” for the 49ers. How long ago was that?
The NFL played 14-game regular-season schedules.
It was four years before the team’s first Super Bowl championships.
It was two years before the arrival of Bill Walsh.
Jim Plunkett was the starting quarterback, three years before …
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March 24th, 2009 03:00am
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The Cubs this season will hold a double number-retiring ceremony in honor of Greg Maddux and Ferguson Jenkins, both of whom wore No. 31. Everyone knows Maddux, but perhaps younger fans are unaware of Jenkins or just how great he was.
Jenkins, a Hall of Famer, won 284 games in a 19-year career with the Phillies, Cubs, Red Sox and Rangers. But to really appreciate some of his numbers, you’ve got …
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March 23rd, 2009 03:00am
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One of the less publicized results of the U.S. elimination from the World Baseball Classic on Sunday was the sad and distinct possibility that Mel Stottlemyre’s 45-year career in baseball may have ended.
Stottlemyre, 67, proudly wore the USA uniform, assisting manager Davey Johnson. Last year, he was a coach with Seattle. Before that, his entire big-league career had been in a New York uniform.
He was called up to the Yankees …
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March 22nd, 2009 03:00am
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The New Jersery Devils’ Martin Brodeur on Tuesday set the NHL record for wins by a goaltender (552), but the Old School Blog wants to pay tribute to goalies who played much of their careers without the luxury of a face mask. Today: Harry Lumley and Gump Worsley.
Eighteenth on the goalies’ wins list of NHL victories is the one, the only, Harry Lumley, whose 16 seasons in the NHL spanned …
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Robert Rubino has been a daily copy editor for nearly 30 years and a weekly sports columnist for 15 years. 
