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Despite sneak peek, Eddie Murray 'speechless' after statue unveiling
The Baltimore SunTwo days ago, Orioles Hall of Famer Eddie Murray received a sneak peek of the statue that would be unveiled Saturday in his honor. With the switch-hitting Murray hitting from the left side, crouched low to the ground, bat barrel pointing to the sky in...Tags: Cal Ripken, Jr., Sculpture, Brooks Robinson, Jim Thome, Memorial Stadium
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Vin Scully, pitch perfect for the Dodgers
Oh, that voice! It comes out of the TV, it comes out of the radio, it comes out of the man sitting across from me in the cafe behind the press box at Dodger Stadium. Courtly and indefatigable, Vin Scully has been calling Dodger games since Harry Truman...
Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Baseball, Babe Ruth, Matt Kemp, Dodger Stadium
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Baseball (and Social Security) numbers tell stories
Just as Social Security is an American cornerstone, baseball is America's pastime. Baseball is an annual rite of summer and a game that is known for its numbers. Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, Cal Ripken's record 2,632 consecutive games played,...Tags: Joe DiMaggio, Career and Workplace, Social Security, Baseball, Retirement
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Utley's night as an IronPig is a success on all levels
You doubt that Babe Ruth would have done it. Can't see Mike Schmidt, Hank Aaron or Bob Gibson doing it either, and definitely not Barry Bonds. But Chase Utley acquiesced to a mascot Tuesday night in his rehab appearance with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs...
Tags: Baseball, Babe Ruth, Chase Utley, Citizens Bank Park, Bob Gibson
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From Atlanta: In the middle of a parking lot, a tribute to history
The Baltimore SunAcross from Turner Field, the home of the Braves, a parking lot sits on the old site of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. The concrete outer facade of the stadium is still there, and there is brick to outline of the old field. Metal squares show where the...Tags: Turner Field, Baseball, Babe Ruth, Building Material, Sports
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Eddie Murray linked to insider trading probe
Eddie Murray, the former Orioles Hall of Famer, has been linked to an investigation by federal authorities in a wide-ranging insider trading case that already has ensnared teammate Doug DeCinces, according to a Reuters report. Investigators have been...
Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Prosecution, New York Yankees, Brooks Robinson, Baseball
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MLB transcript of Ken Griffey Jr. Commissioner's Award presentation
This is the transcript, as provided by Major League Baseball, of the press conference Sunday in which Ken Griffey Jr. was given the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award in Arlington, Texas, before Game 4 of the World Series. Harold Reynolds, who was...Tags: New York Yankees, African Americans, Career and Workplace, Baseball, Atlanta Braves
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Smaller legs of world cruises can be a deal
The British couple — she in a long black dress, he in a traditional tux — leaned against the elevator's polished wood paneling as they headed back to their cabin after an evening performance in the main showroom. Embarrassed at my casual...Tags: Tab Hunter, Tour Operations Industry, Tourism and Leisure, South Africa, Leave It to Beaver (tv program)
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Book Review: 'Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWonder Girl The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias Don Van Natta Jr. Little, Brown: 404 pp., $27.99 So do you know who made the Top 10 when ESPN chose its 50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century? Here they are: (1) Michael Jordan....Tags: Joe Montana, Babe Ruth, Alex Karras, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens
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Mike Bordick in the broadcast booth: Thumbs up or thumbs down?
The Baltimore SunI have been putting off this post for a couple of weeks. It's about Mike Bordick's performance on MASN as an analyst on Orioles games. It started with a colleague, who is usually a keen observer of sports media, casually stopping me in the newsroom to...Tags: Bob Feller, Mark McLemore, Baseball, Concerts, ABC (tv network)
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No. 1: Babe Ruth's legend and legacy spans generations
They pass through the tiny row home at a steady clip, 50,000 pilgrims a year on a mission to visit their mecca. Here, in a second-floor bedroom of a narrow little residence on Emory Street, on a bitter cold day in 1895, George Herman Ruth was born....
Tags: New York Yankees, Al Kaline, Thomas Jefferson, Baseball, Babe Ruth
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Time to get brave about the Braves
When you wake up in the middle of the night, too early to stay up for the day but your mind is too busy to get back to sleep, odd thoughts spill into your head. For some reason I can’t understand, I found myself the other night trying to mentally...Tags: Chicago Blackhawks, Baseball, Atlanta Braves, National Hockey League, Washington Nationals
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Jun 26, 2012
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Oct 25, 2011
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Jan 22, 2012
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Jul 10, 2011
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May 8, 2012
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May 16, 2012
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May 25, 2012
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