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From the Stacks -- 'The Long Season'
The Daily MirrorI haven’t read a baseball book since my mother gave away my trading cards of the Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Braves. No, I’m not quite that old. I got them from a neighbor lady who was surreptitiously cleaning out...... -
NAUGHTON'S HIT GIVES IRONPIGS 3-2 WIN ...
The Hog BlogJoel Naughton's first Triple-A hit gave the IronPigs a 3-2 win Monday afternoon over Buffalo before a capacity Education Day crowd of 10,000 at Coca-Cola Park. The win caps a 5-3 homestand for the IronPigs (14-12) and also gave them their first four-... -
Roberto Alomar, Bert Blyleven elected to baseball Hall of Fame
The Fabulous ForumRoberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven were chosen to the baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday, in an election in which voters again rejected candidates closely identified with baseball's steroid era. Alomar got 523 votes and Blyleven 463, with 436 of...... -
Edsel Award winners: Kanye West, LeBron James, Jeff Zucker and others
The Big PictureWhen Ford rolled out the Edsel in 1957, the launch was accompanied by tons of marketing hoopla, including a Ford-sponsored CBS TV special. It was all downhill from there. After two years of critical ridicule and consumer indifference, Ford put...... -
Book review: 'The Last Boy' by Jane Leavy
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe Last Boy Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood Jane Leavy Harper: 456 pp., $27.99 As a young girl growing up in the Bronx, Jane Leavy was enthralled not only by Mickey Mantle's amazing ability — at his best, he was as great as any...Tags: Howard Cosell, Sandy Koufax, Health, Human Interest, Health and Medical Professionals
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San Francisco Giants crush Philadelphia Phillies World Series hopes
Associated Press Sports WriterPHILADELPHIA (AP) - San Francisco's in for a treat. The Giants are heading to the World Series. Juan Uribe hit a tiebreaking homer off Ryan Madson with two outs in the eighth inning and the Giants held off the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 Saturday night...Tags: Willie McCovey, San Francisco Giants, Jimmy Rollins, Kung Fu Panda (movie), Raul Ibanez
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Giants' Lincecum Settles Down To Take Game One
Associated PressTim Lincecum spent all of August trying to figure things out. Come Game 1 of the World Series, it took the Giants ace only a couple of innings to steady himself. The Freak found a way in his most important outing yet, pitching San Francisco past the...Tags: Willie McCovey, Vladimir Guerrero, Human Interest, Baseball Statistics, Baseball
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Former Husky Lincecum Helps Giants to World Series Title
The prize that eluded Willie and Barry
at long last belongs to the San Francisco Giants, thanks to a band
of self-described castoffs and misfits and their shaggy-haired ace.
Tim Lincecum, Edgar Renteria and the Giants won the World Series
on...Tags: Willie McCovey, San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, History, George W. Bush
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Auburn's Cam Newton at center of more allegations
The 33 NewsThe Auburn Tigers found themselves defending quarterback Cam Newton for the second time in five days, this time sticking up for the Heisman hopeful against allegations of academic cheating when he was at Florida. In addition, ESPN reported on its website...Tags: Health, Al Kaline, Injuries and Wounds, Roberto Clemente Jr., Awards and Prizes
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New baseball books
Special to the TribuneThis year’s slew of baseball books seem to have at least one foot in the 1970s, when all but one of these writers was coming of age. Free agency and player lockouts, Astroturf and “ashtray” domes, the designated hitter and the save as...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Culture, Sports, Arts and Culture, Hair and Nails
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Burns' 'The Tenth Inning' hits it out of the park on PBS
Zap2ItMost topics can be explained in 18.5 hours, but not baseball. It's so much more than a game with a winner and loser; it's the hope, philosophy and history of a nation's spirit played out on a diamond. Persisting into the bottom of the ninth, with...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Philosophy, Health, History, Buddhism
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Langerhans HR Rallies M's Past Rays
Staff reporterNever has coming off the bench felt - or tasted - so good for Ryan Langerhans. Seattle's reserve pinch-ran in the seventh inning after sitting for two-plus hours, then stayed in the game. In the 11th, Langerhans hit a 2-2 pitch from closer J.P. Howell...Tags: Ice Cream, Pat Burrell, Jack Wilson, Tampa Bay Rays, Rob Johnson
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