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The definitive biography of Willie Mays
Jacket CopyWillie Mays remains one of baseball's best all-around players. His major league stats include 660 homers, 3,283 hits and 338 stolen bases. He helped the New York Giants win the 1954 World Series. But as straightforward as his playing on...... -
Dodgers Looking for a Third Baseman
The Daily MirrorWillie Davis works on bunting at Vero Beach. March 5, 1970: The Dodgers couldn't decide on a third baseman, not a new problem for the franchise. The Times' Ross Newhan noted that the Dodgers had used 38 players at third since moving to California and... -
Giants Open Candlestick Park With Win
The Daily MirrorApril 13, 1960: Candlestick Park opened in San Francisco and The Times' Al Wolf described the stadium as "magnificent." Candlestick Park? The Giants defeated the Dodgers in the battle over getting their West Coast ballpark built although years would prove... -
Best cities to catch a baseball game? Here’s a list
Postcards from FloridaAlas, the Marlins (in Miami) or the Rays (in Tampa Bay) don't rate on this list of best spots to catch a Major League Baseball game, compiled by the folks at CheapFlights.com. The Web site's Top 10 list is loaded with the usual suspects: Fenway Park in... -
He may not fit the bill, but he will pay price
THE IMAGE still lingers. Rafael Palmeiro, called to testify before a congressional committee on March 17, pointed his finger at committee chairman Tom Davis and denied that he had ever used illegal performance-enhancing drugs. There was no tortured legal...Tags: Hank Aaron, Career and Workplace, Arts and Culture, Voting, Barry Bonds
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Palmeiro suspended
Sun StaffFive months after adamantly denying before Congress that he had used steroids, Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro has been suspended for violating Major League Baseball's policy on the banned substance. The suspension, announced yesterday, will last...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Hank Aaron, Career and Workplace, U.S. Department of Justice, Rafael Palmeiro
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In a blink, Hall uncertain
Sun StaffCiting a confidentiality agreement with Major League Baseball repeatedly during a 25-minute teleconference yesterday, Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro avoided specific questions about when and what he might have taken that triggered a failed steroids...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Drug Trafficking, Hank Aaron, Career and Workplace, Health
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Hitting his mark
Sun StaffSEATTLE - The list is so impressive that it humbles a likely first-ballot Hall of Fame player. Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro recites the names - Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Eddie Murray - and says he doesn't belong in their class. But a run-...Tags: Roberto Clemente Jr., San Diego Padres, Jay Gibbons, Documentary (genre), Hank Aaron
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Callers ringing up Palmeiro include one fan named Bush
Sun StaffSEATTLE - The morning after securing baseball immortality with his 3,000th career hit, Rafael Palmeiro was in his hotel room playing telephone operator. He said he received "40 to 50" calls and voice-mail messages from friends and family offering...Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Jay Gibbons, Hank Aaron, Career and Workplace, George W. Bush
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Hit man
Sun StaffThe shaggy-haired teen lines a pitch into the outfield, and the ping from his aluminum bat echoes throughout an empty Camden Yards. The slightly graying, 40-year-old man on the pitcher's mound offers encouragement and throws again, prompting another...Tags: Mike Mussina, Hank Aaron, Arts and Culture, Career and Workplace, Spring Training
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3000
Sun StaffSEATTLE - The emotionless cucumber-cool ballplayer, the man who never gets too high or too low, sat in the visitors' dugout with a towel draping his face. His chest heaved while he held that towel tightly to his mug, experiencing the most private of...Tags: Rafael Palmeiro, Baltimore Orioles, Eddie Murray, Hank Aaron, Sports
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From 2008: '69 game still classic to Santo
These Cubs are playing like it's 1969, and that might not be a dire predicament if they can finish the way they started. Ron Santo vividly recalls this city's exuberance when five Cubs headed to the All-Star Game at RFK Stadium in Washington on July 23,...Tags: Soccer, Ron Santo, Spring Training, Walter Alston, American League
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