Easter greetings! In honor of the greatest comeback in history (rising from the dead kind of puts the 1978 Yankees in their place, doesn't it?), I've done a minimal amount of research on the Dodgers' greatest comeback players. All of these players won the annual Comeback Player of the Year Award, which began in 1965. So take a moment between the ham -- or if you come from an Italian family like me, some amazing pasta -- and the chocolate bunnies and read about a few players who experienced their own rebirths. Their own little Easter on the ballfield. Phil Regan, 1966 Comeback Player of the Year. Regan, after some pretty good years for the Tigers, had an awful 1965 season. He was 1-5 with a 5.02 ERA for Detroit and also spent a lot of time playing for the team's minor league affiliate in Syracuse. The Tigers got rid of Regan in a trade with the Dodgers for infielder Dick Tracewski. That turned out to be a mistake because Regan had one of the most dominant seasons for a ...
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