In the previous column on this website, I wrote about my visit to the "National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame" in Chicago. I also mentioned how, while there, I thought of a certain Italian-American Major League Baseball player who was neither honored in the Hall nor featured in any of its exhibits. He was a player I had truly loved. This time, I would like to talk about him. Jason Giambi. He made his Major League debut with the Oakland Athletics in 1995 and quickly ma

This is a sequel to my last column. In my last column, I wrote about my personal analysis of the “rankings in eight batting categories.” Every year, I research each player’s league ranking in eight batting categories: hits, walks, home runs, runs, RBIs, batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage. I believe that players who achieve the top five in the league in all eight categories can be considered the best hitters in MLB. This is merely one example of wha