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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: Lou Gehrig, Television Industry, Bob Lemon, Cincinnati Reds, Pies and Tarts
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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: Health, Jose Canseco, Juan Gonzalez, Bret Boone, Raul Mondesi
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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: Springfield Falcons, Miami Marlins, MetLife Incorporated, Los Angeles Dodgers, United States Naval Academy
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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: Spring Training, Racism, Major League Baseball, Sports Legends at Camden Yards, Movies
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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: International Cycling Union, Lance Armstrong, Laws, Tour de France, Mail Order Industry
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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: Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Baseball, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr., 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: Barack Obama, Racism, Arts and Culture, Culture, Movies
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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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S.F. Giants to replace Barry Bonds home run sign that 'disappeared'
Things vanish and are replaced at the San Francisco Giants’ AT&T Park all the time, so a lost Barry Bonds commemorative plaque shouldn’t be a big deal, a team spokeswoman said Wednesday. “It’s a stadium with 41,000 people, things...Tags: Auction Service, Baseball, Sports
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Puerto Rico reclaiming lost glory with WBC run
SAN FRANCISCO — Roberto Clemente was baseball royalty long before dying on a relief mission at the height of his Hall of Fame career. Ernie Banks knew the kid had something as soon as he saw the young Puerto Rican play right field for the Pirates....
Tags: Yadier Molina, Miami Marlins, Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Angel Pagan
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Take a swing at these
WASHINGTON -- As the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball's return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta Manager Dave Bristol who said, "Only trouble I ever had with chewing tobacco was that the...
Tags: Lefty Grove, Frank Robinson, Joe DiMaggio, Albert Pujols, Frankie Frisch
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Baseball's Back -- Take A Swing At These
The Hartford CourantAs the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball's return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta Manager Dave Bristol who said, "Only trouble I ever had with chewing tobacco was that the orthodontist said my...Tags: Frank Robinson, Joe DiMaggio, Frankie Frisch, Awards and Prizes, Eddie Mathews
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