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Busway Needs A Salesman Like Bill Veeck
The Hartford CourantThe deal is done, most of the contracts are let, the construction is under way — and some politicians are still bashing the New Britain-to- Hartford busway. This potentially transformative project has become a punching bag for some of the candidates...Tags: Apple iPad, Central Connecticut State University, Baseball, Bill Veeck, Sports
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Former McCarthy star Nick Castellanos shines in Futures Game
Two summers ago, Nick Castellanos made the life-changing decision to bypass a college career at Miami and begin playing professional baseball. Today, the former Archbishop McCarthy standout is in Kansas City, basking in the limelight after an...
Tags: Minor League Baseball, Major League Baseball, Baseball, Sports, Detroit Tigers
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Big leaguers honor baseball pioneer
NEW YORK - LaTroy Hawkins has heard the stories from his 87-year-old grandfather, about his days of picking cotton in Mississippi, about the times when there were no black players in big league baseball.
And about what it meant when Jackie Robinson...Tags: Curtis Granderson, Rollie Fingers, LaTroy Hawkins, Thomas Robinson, Roy Campanella
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Stamp honors San Diego baseball great
SAN DIEGO -- A stamp honoring San Diego native Ted Williams will be issued in 2012 as part of a set of four stamps depicting members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, the U.S. Postal Service announced Friday.
Williams, a graduate of Hoover High School who...Tags: Ted Williams, World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War, High School Sports, Willie Stargell
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Taken For Granted: Remembering a ballgame renegade
A World Series championship banner will fly above Dodger Stadium on March 31. No, I’m not delusional; I sadly recall the Dodgers’ miserable finish last season. The banner proclaiming the Giants World Series victory will be streamed...Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, Bill Veeck, World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Satchel Paige
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Scoreboard
TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Michigan at Purdue, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Penn State at Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Idaho at Nevada, 10 p.m. (ESPNU) Men's College Basketball-Xavier at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Villanova at...Tags: Will Harridge, Ernie Banks, Boston College Eagles, Baseball Statistics, Jorge De La Rosa
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The opening Opening Day
The day the Orioles arrived in Baltimore, trolleys clanged down cobbled streets. Kids rushed to see Pinocchio at the Hippodrome. Banana boats dumped their bushels onto weathered wharves where the Inner Harbor now stands. On April 15, 1954, Baltimore...
Tags: Spring Training, Festive Events, Patti Page, War of 1812, NBC (tv network)
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Year-by-year inductees
(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...Tags: Rabbit Maranville, Will Harridge, Ernie Banks, Miller Huggins, Ernie Lombardi
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The quiet pioneer
Sun StaffHe was a tiny left-handed pitcher whose major league career was composed of two appearances, one in Chicago and the other in Baltimore. Most of his baseball life unfolded in the game's fringes, on minor league diamonds from Canada to Cuba. Yet Jehosie...Tags: Spring Training, Christianity, Willie Mays, U.S. Army, Philadelphia Phillies
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'I feel unbelievable. I've definitely been blessed.'
Excerpts from Eddie Murray's speech yesterday at Cooperstown: A nice, little sea of black and orange out there. It's a wonderful thing. I'm thankful to be here today. It's a dream, one of the few things I never dreamed. The game, I knew I was going to...Tags: Ted Williams, Contracts, Baseball, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Mike Flanagan
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A look back: Sox hire Manuel
Tribune staff reporterWhile the White Sox revise the road map they hope one day will lead them to the World Series, they at least will be led by someone who knows the way. Ending one of major-league baseball's longest manhunts, the Sox on Thursday signed Florida Marlins bench...Tags: Oral Roberts, Tampa Bay Rays, Wages and Pensions, Scott Eyre, National League
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Excerpts from Eddie Murray's speech
Sun StaffExcerpts from Eddie Murray's speech at Cooperstown: A nice, little sea of black and orange out there. It's a wonderful thing. I'm thankful to be here today. It's a dream, one of the few things I never dreamed. The game, I knew I was going to do. It's a...Tags: Ted Williams, Contracts, Baseball, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Mike Flanagan
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