The 1993 San Francisco Giants hold a place in history. It’s a place that’s worthy of honor and respect, but also one that the players and fans surely wish they didn’t have. The ’93 Giants are baseball’s last great team to be left out of the playoffs. Major league baseball was at the end of […]
The early 1990s St. Louis Cardinals were looking to regain the mojo of the 1980s, when they won three National League pennants and the World Series in 1982. After a decline at the end of the decade, the great Whitey Herzog retired as manager and Joe Torre took over. Torre turned out winning teams in […]
The 1993 Texas Rangers were the heirs to a franchise history that was something less than stellar. Since they relocated from Washington in 1972, the Rangers had never reached postseason play. Even allowing the more stringent standards of the era, Texas had just two seasons where they finished with one of the top four records […]
Sparky Anderson had brought consistent winning baseball to Detroit. Since his arrival in 1980, the Tigers had posted a winning record every year. The highlight of the run was a dominant run to the 1984 World Series title. The 1986 Detroit Tigers were squarely in that tradition, with only the more stringent standards of the […]
1984 had been Detroit’s year. After four years of winning baseball under Sparky Anderson, the Tigers hit a crescendo in the manager’s fifth season, winning 104 games and rolling to a World Series title. The 1985 Detroit Tigers were looking to build on that success and start a dynasty. But in a tough division, in […]
The Denver Broncos came into the 1988 season looking to take the final step. They had gone to the Super Bowl in 1986 and 1987 behind the strong right arm of John Elway. Blowout losses had left a bad taste in the mouth and the Broncos made a bold move to get over the top, […]
After winning the Super Bowl with a dominant year in 1986, the strike-torn 1987 season had been a difficult one for Bill Parcells and the Giants. They finished 6-9 and missed the playoffs. The 1988 New York Giants were looking for a comeback season. For the most part, they got it. But a heartbreaking ending […]
There were a lot of doubts about the 2007 Green Bay Packers when they reported to camp. Brett Favre had decided to return for another year after an offseason of indecision regarding retirement. The Packers had finished the year strong in 2006, winning their last four games and finishing 8-8. That was marked improvement on […]
There was a cloud of uncertainty surrounding the 2006 Green Bay Packers. After 13 years of success with Brett Favre at quarterback, both the team and the signal-caller had fallen on hard times in 2005. A new head coach in Mike McCarthy was brought in. How much longer Favre would play was a constant source […]
The Brett Favre years in Green Bay had seen tremendous success. Since his arrival in 1992, the Packers had made the playoffs ten times, won six division crowns, went to the Super Bowl twice and won it all in 1996. Even the three years they were out of the money for the postseason, the Pack […]
The 2004 Green Bay Packers were similar to their immediate predecessors from 2003—they started slow, dug themselves a hole and rallied to come out of it. Like ’03, there were big wins down the stretch and a frustrating playoff lost. But unlike the previous year, this one ended on a particularly dour note and foreshadowed […]
To just look at the results of the 2003 Green Bay Packers might not tip you off that it was a special season and a wild ride. But if you lived through the adventures of those ’03 Packers you know that it was perhaps the year that best summed up the Brett Favre era. It […]