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The Continuing Ballad of Billy the Kid

Sports PhotoSC’s Jeff Kallman says the final verse will be relief pitcher dominator Billy Wagner’s Hall of Fame election at last. Complete Story

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No, These Guys Aren’t Everything Fans Should Be

Sports PhotoStealing a foul fly out of Mookie Betts’s glove in World Series Game 4 gets two fans banned from MLB and its facilities “indefinitely.” SC’s Jeff Kallman approves. Complete Story

Will Andruw Jones Get the Cooperstown Call?

Sports PhotoSC’s Jeff Kallman thinks he should and explains why he’s championed the center fielder’s Hall of Fame case from just about the moment he became eligible. Complete Story

2024: Taking the Fifth, and Other Lamentations

Sports PhotoSC’s Jeff Kallman agrees that 2024 was anything but a normal baseball season. Complete Story

Rickey Henderson, RIP: Baseball’s Grandest Larcenist

Sports PhotoThe Man of Steal swiped bases and hearts in slightly over a quarter century of pro baseball, says SC’s Jeff Kallman of the game’s greatest leadoff man. Complete Story

From Here to Eternity, or Fifteen Years

Sports PhotoSC’s Jeff Kallman sees good and not-so-good in the New York Mets’ signing Juan Soto to shy enough of a billion dollars for 15 years. Even if Soto’s still a very young man. Complete Story

An Overdue, Posthumous Hall of Famer

Sports PhotoSC’s Jeff Kallman still believes Dick Allen should have been elected while alive, but thanks to the Classic Baseball Era Committee, he’s a Hall of Famer at last. Complete Story

2024: Passages

Sports PhotoSC’s Jeff Kallman remembers some baseball legends who passed to the Elysian Fields this year … one larger-than-life center fielder, especially. Complete Story

Rico Carty, RIP: Tougher Times

Sports PhotoSC’s Jeff Kallman remembers the big-smiling, big-swinging Atlanta Brave who faced too many injuries and bum raps. Complete Story

Last Week in Baseball

Sports PhotoSC’s Jeff Kallman casts a mostly bemused eye upon a few doings around baseball, and a sober look at one passage. Complete Story

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09.23.24 “I’m the One Probably Most Surprised” By Jeff Kallman
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