Baseball Digest
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Articles in Dec 2004 issue of Baseball Digest
- Born to lead: Ivan Rodriguez takes charge in Detroit: All-Star catcher has pushed the Tigers to shed their losing ways and begin the long march to respectability
by Jo-Ann Barnas - Top 50 career pitching leaders
- Al Oliver: former National League batting champion recalls his home run in the N.L. Championship Series against the Giants in 1971
by Al Doyle - Letters to the editor
by Bob Lueder - Don Newcombe recalls historic game against Phillies
by Robert Schweppe - Former third baseman Butch Hobson: players who left the game on their own terms: one-time Red Sox slugger pounded 30 HR with 112 RBI in 1977, but injuries and other off-field obstacles led to a shortened playing career
by Kevin Glew - Baseball quick quiz
- Fans offer six ways to improve game at the major league level
by John Kuenster - Baseball rules corner: visual obstruction call ranks as a rarity in baseball
by Rich Marazzi - Hall of Fame Slugger: Harmon Killebrew
by Adam Schefter - Hitting sensation: Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki has joined elite company in his first four years in the majors
by Dave van Dyck - Baseball profile: Nomar GarciaparraSportstop
by Rick Sorci - Seven biggest surprises of 2004 season: some unexpected developments in the major leagues included the successful runs put together by the Cardinals, Braves and Rangers
by George Vass - Ben Sheets' success burned batters with surprising heat: in 2004, Brewers right-hander put it all together with velocity, command and drive to get better with each start
by Tom Haudricourt - The home run: it's a hit baseball fans look for, sluggers swing for, announcers get excited about and pitchers dread
by Larry Stone - Top 50 career batting leaders
- The heavy ball: some hurlers' offerings are described as being a different sort of pitch, often due to the ball's late-breaking movement
by Norman L. Macht