Ever since Major League Baseball’s owners initiated the lockout on December 2nd and the league immediately began to pretend its biggest stars do not exist, MLB.com has focused its efforts on celebrating the history of America’s national pastime. From commemorating the highlights of Mark McGwire’s career to remembering Satchel Paige’s MLB debut at the age of 42, the website has spent its time honoring the past, eager to remind fans what made us fall in love with baseball in the first place, what made it an international phenomenon.
But behind the heroes and legends, underneath the pomp and circumstance of the game’s illustrious history on the diamond, lays a story that you won’t easily find on MLB.