Bill Mazeroski, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Hall of Fame second baseman and one of baseball’s most enduring figures, passed away Friday at age 89—just eight days after the passing of his 1960 World Series teammate Roy Face. While most fans will forever associate Mazeroski with his miraculous walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series against the Yankees, his career was defined by far more than that singular, electrifying swing. A ten-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Gl

Wilbur Wood never looked like a pitcher destined to be remembered. That may be the most fitting place to begin. He did not arrive early, he did not overwhelm hitters with power, and he did not follow a straight path to greatness. Yet when Wood passed away at 84, baseball said goodbye to one of its most unlikely and extraordinary careers, built on reinvention, endurance, and a pitch that defied convention. Before Mets fans marveled at R A Dickey bending time and logic with a