Todd Van Poppel, in all of his imposing 6-foot-5-inch frame, is still a legend here, one of the hardest-throwing pitchers to come out of the state of Texas, rivaling Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens and ...

The pitcher above is Todd Van Poppel, and if you grew up in the 1990s collecting baseball cards, it's a name you are likely familiar with. The flame-throwing Texas high school star was supposed to ...

Some of you probably have a picture of his dad on a baseball card somewhere. Todd Van Poppel was a former Major League Baseball first-round draft pick who spent 15 years as a pro. Drafted No. 14 ...

I felt like I won that trade at the time - but that feeling was fleeting. 2. Todd Van Poppel – Oakland Athletics Everyone loved the Oakland A’s in the 1990’s. They were one of the most ...

TODD VAN Poppel remembers the long, lonely walks around the golf course near his San Ramon apartment. He wandered around the course for two hours sometimes, lost in deep analysis and self-doubt.

Ben Verlander welcomes Atlanta Braves legend Chipper Jones to talk about his draft day experience and how different things would have been if it wasn’t for Todd Van Poppel!