Albert Belle: The Original 50/50 Man

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  • How Are You Gonna Forget About Albert Belle?

    How Are You Gonna Forget About Albert Belle?

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    Austen D.
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    Albert Belle wore number 8. So here are eight unforgivable reasons why baseball fans, Hall of Fame voters, and sportswriters should never forget him—even though they’ve sure as hell tried. He wasn’t just dominant. He was scorched earth. He wasn’t just feared. He was untouchable. And yet, somehow, one of the greatest right-handed hitters of…

  • The Cleanest Hitter of the Dirtiest Era

    The Cleanest Hitter of the Dirtiest Era

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    Austen D.
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    Baseball in the 1990s was a beautiful lie. After the 1994 strike shattered trust between the game and its fans, the league turned a blind eye to what was happening behind closed locker room doors. Steroids. HGH. Designer drugs. Home runs soared. Bodies ballooned. Heroes were born — with capes stitched from marketing dollars and…