Steve Carlton

He is a lucky man who finds himself on a train, bound for a distant ballpark, while breaking the seal on a pack of playing cards. And if those cards are Bicycle brand and the train is leaving Penn Station (where Babe...

3Straight wins for Tennessee at Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium, the longest winning streak for an opposing team on that 76-year-old field.

Tom Seaver (11-3) vs. Steve Carlton (3-12)17 games, 1970 to '83. Even in Lefty's 27-10 Cy Young season of 72, Mets' Seaver has upper hand: only pitcher to beat Phillies ace twice that year.

A simple turn of phrase by Dennis Eckersley in 1993 has become an overused appellation for a game-ending dinger

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