About Rick Hummel

Rick Hummel covered the St. Louis Cardinals and Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for 50 years. Known throughout baseball by his nickname “The Commish,” he is a former president of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 2007.

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mlb
May 20, 2023
With the bigger bases and the limit on pitchers throwing to first to try to deter prospective base thieves, stolen
Yankees
May 13, 2023
Earlier this week, the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees, two of baseball’s Blue Bloods, were hemorrhaging. They are
Miami Marlins
May 5, 2023
The Miami Marlins posted 10 one-run victories out of their first 16 this year. What makes this remarkable is that
mlb
April 28, 2023
This weekend marks the completion of the first month of the MLB regular season, so we find no reason to
mlb
April 20, 2023
Rules changes notwithstanding, some things haven’t really changed in MLB after three weeks of the season. Although the American League
tampa bay rays
April 13, 2023
The Tampa Bay Rays clearly were the most exciting team in baseball in the first two weeks, running off a
MLB
April 6, 2023
One week of the MLB regular season has been booked. So what have we learned? For one thing, Washington, Kansas
st. louis cardinals
March 30, 2023
ST. LOUIS — For the first time since the major leagues expanded to 30 teams some 25 years ago, all
mlb
March 24, 2023
The Houston Astros and New York Mets, who won 106 and 101 games, respectively, last season, already have had their
mlb
March 17, 2023
For various reasons, COVID-19 among them, the World Baseball Classic hadn’t been played for six years until this year. For
dusty baker
March 9, 2023
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — After an outstanding career as an outfielder with the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers,
March 2, 2023
Two of the greatest defenders all-time at their positions never had really met each other until this spring at the
new york mets
February 23, 2023
New York Mets manager Buck Showalter, seeking his first World Series appearance, has the estimable advantage of having potential Hall
MLB
February 16, 2023
Amid the seeming, never-ending carousel of MLB’s rules changes, there has been considerable speculation as to which would have the