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Lloyd Waters: Baseball, apple pie and heroes
Back in the late 1950s and early ’60s, the school ground in Dargan was the place to be if you wanted to play a little baseball. All the kids in the community would enjoy their summer vacations from school by playing the most popular sport....Tags: Whitey Ford, Apples, World Series, Cincinnati Reds, Lou Gehrig
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Alomar, Blyleven voted into baseball's Hall of Fame
Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven became Hall of Famers on Wednesday, the two-time World Series champions easily elected after narrow misses last season. Sluggers Rafael Palmeiro, Mark McGwire, Jeff Bagwell and Juan Gonzalez came nowhere close. Hall...Tags: Gold Glove Awards, Politics, Minnesota Twins, Eddie Murray, Miguel Tejada
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La implacable maldición que atormenta a los Angelinos
Previo al arranque de la temporada de 2012 lancé una maldición a los Angelinos de Los Angeles —y en particular a Albert Pujols— que aún sigue atormentando a los serafines y al slugger dominicano. Entonces, un sábado 24 de diciembre de...
Tags: Joe Mauer, Politics, Dennis Rodman, Magic Johnson, Greg Dobbs
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Rosenthal: Economist Marvin Miller changed the salary game for professional athletes
Ernie Banks, coming off successive seasons as the National League Most Valuable Player in 1958 and '59, earned $65,000 in 1960 with the Chicago Cubs, the team for whom he played his entire 19-season career. That was good money then — more than...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees, Lifestyle and Leisure, Free Agency
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Punkin Milller would have loved this ceremony
One of the last things Punkin Miller wanted to do as manager of the MetLife Orioles in the Blue Mountain League was get a scoreboard dedicated at his team's Curt Simmons Field at Egypt Memorial Park. On Sunday afternoon, that scoreboard was dedicated,...Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Reggie Jackson, New York Yankees, World Series, Springfield Falcons
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How Sam Lacy helped integrate Major League Baseball
Like most films depicting historic accounts of real-life events, the bio-epic "42" carries the immediate disclaimer that it is based on a true story, leaving room for interpretive analysis and creative license. Consequently, dramatic interpretations are...
Tags: World Series, Ku Klux Klan, Jackie Robinson, Spring Training, Baseball
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Jose Rosado: Too many athletes belong in the hall of shame
Unfortunately, many of us have had that difficult conversation with young children regarding their sports heroes and cheating. Usually at the end of the conversation, we remind them that winners never cheat and cheaters never win. We tell them this even...
Tags: Mail Order Industry, Livestrong Foundation, Laws, Lance Armstrong, Crime, Law and Justice
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Others may be concerned about Darin Ruf's slow start, but Phillies not among them
Since signing with the Phillies in 2009, Darin Ruf has never hit more than two home runs in the first month of a season. So seeing a one in the home run column on his stat line at this point of the season isn't all that unusual. Then again, Ruf didn't...
Tags: International League, Ken Griffey Jr., Sammy Sosa, Coca-Cola Co., Philadelphia Phillies
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Jackie Robinson's Legacy As 'The Greatest'
The Hartford CourantYears ago, sportscaster Howard Cosell was asked to name his all-time favorite athlete. Obviously, the most prominent sports journalist of his era would name the man who made Cosell famous: Ali. Wrong. "That's an easy one,'' Cosell said, spacing...Tags: Arts and Culture, Jackie Robinson, Barack Obama, Rashied Ali, Entertainment
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Who's the greatest?
Frank Robinson may have been the most talented player ever to don an Orioles uniform, but there are several other former Orioles who can lay claim to the title of The Greatest Oriole: Cal Ripken The Iron Man shortstop broke Lou Gehrig's supposedly...Tags: Brooks Robinson, Eddie Murray, Career and Workplace, Jim Palmer, Cal Ripken
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End of a long Orioles line
Sun StaffAnd so it draws to a close. No more "big, round numbers" to chase, no more seasons to anticipate. One more time, the reception he has come to know and many of the faces he has come to recognize during the past 21 years will touch Cal Ripken tonight at...Tags: Mike Mussina, Retirement, Eddie Murray, Carl Yastrzemski, Entertainment
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Going, going ... Barry Bonds' home run plaque at AT&T Park gone
A commemorative plaque honoring Barry Bonds’ record-breaking 756th home run hanging at the San Francisco Giants’ AT&T Park has vanished. CBS and other Bay Area media affiliates are reporting the plaque vanished sometime in the last few days....Tags: AT&T Park
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