Charles Gardner "Old Hoss" Radbourn was a pitcher back in the late 19th century. He's a Hall of Famer now, as he was inducted by the Old Times Committee in 1939. Since there's an awesome Twitter ...

Do you ever find yourself wondering things like, “Who was the first person to say ‘I’m going to Disney World’ after he won the Super Bowl?” (Answer: Phil Simms was paid $75,000 to utter the phrase in ...

With spring training underway in Arizona and Florida, thoughts of many sports fans have turned toward warmer weather and the 2014 baseball season. In addition, an upcoming stage play on Charles “Old ...

Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn was one of the greatest pitchers ever—and one of the meanest. He was very difficult to like. He was a hard drinker, erratic, capricious, and ill-tempered. He also won a ...

I'm going to guess that not many people know who the man in that picture is. If I told you he was one of the best pitchers in Major League history, you would only have to google his name to find out ...

Known as the "King of Pitchers" during his era, Charles Radbourn is one of two Rochester natives enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame (umpire Bill Klem is the other). His nickname was "Old Hoss," a ...

In baseball literary circles, 2010 will be remembered as the year of the biography. We had noteworthy releases this year on Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Joe Cronin, and ...

Buffalo had some great baseball players pass through over the years. This is the story of one who got away, in a manner of speaking. Charles Radbourn was born in Rochester after his parents emigrated ...

Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had by Edward Achorn Smithsonian, 384 pp., $25.99 Remember Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn? Or was it Radbourne? We’re not ...

Adlai Stevenson, a former governor of Illinois, twice the Democratic Party candidate for president and a onetime ambassador to the United Nations, is buried in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in ...