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Hall of Fame year-by-year inductees
The Associated Press(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: Willie Keeler, Jesse Burkett, Bill Klem, Don Sutton, Ernie Lombardi
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Tampa focal point of spring training baseball trip
TAMPA, Fla. — It's as much a part of spring training as workouts and exhibition games: Visitors from the chilly Northeast, Midwest, Canada and elsewhere enjoying the sport while sitting in the Florida sun in short-sleeved shirts and Bermudas....Tags: American League, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, World Series
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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: Willie Keeler, Denver Nuggets, Don Sutton, Ernie Lombardi, Johnny Bench
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Valley Cats place 3rd in tourney
Bits and pieces from the local sports scene. Baseball team impresses at tournament: The Valley Cats 12-and-under baseball team enjoyed its share of success this past season. However, the squad might have enjoyed its biggest accomplishment...Tags: Connie Mack Jr, Ice Hockey, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Colorado Rockies, World Series
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Spring training memories: Nothing but pleasant recollections of White Sox at Payne
SARASOTA — The year is 1960. A rising pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization pulls up to the player's parking lot at Payne Park. Gary Peters has just driven up from Miami after playing winter ball in Venezuela. He looks behind him and sees a...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Fishing, Football, Boston Red Sox, Tennis
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Preston Gomez dies at 86; consultant was with Angels for 27 years
Preston Gomez, the longtime Angels scouting consultant who had been third-base coach for the Dodgers when they won the 1965 World Series, died Tuesday, nine months after being seriously injured in a freak accident at a Blythe, Calif., gas station. He...Tags: Head Injuries, Chicago Cubs, Family, World Series, Baseball
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White Sox Joke About Coliseum Screen
The Daily MirrorOct 4, 1959: The screen. The White Sox got their first real look at the Coliseum and were less than impressed. Puzzled might be a better description. "I wonder how a fellow ever gets the side out. I guess you gotta be a positive thinker," said Dick... -
Sox Face Sudden Death Against Dodgers
The Daily MirrorOct. 6, 1959. Two Rembrandts, a Rubens and a Renoir are among stolen paintings recovered by Canadian authorities. The Dodgers were one win away from a World Championship, their 5-4 victory over the White Sox in front of another record Coliseum crowd... -
Matt Weinstock, April 8, 1960
The Daily Mirror“And When You Go Up to the Front Desk, the Librarian Looks at You With Her Great Big Eyes, and She….” The Fourth at State A crew of painters has been working on the sixth floor of the Hall of Justice, where the district attorney's offices are... -
Cubs finally get All-Star manager
Associated PressFor the first time in more than a half-century, a Chicago Cub is in line to be an All-Star manager. New Cubs manager Dusty Baker is expected to get the honor at next year's game at Comiskey Park in Chicago as reward for leading the San Francisco...Tags: Management Change, Chicago Cubs, Fenway Park, World Series, Yogi Berra
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Sox's hitless victory a real wonder
Tribune staff reporterOutlined against the squinty sunshine and swirly winds of Chicago's great South Side, the Hitless Wonders were resurrected Sunday. In baseball history, the Hitless Wonders were the 1906 Chicago White Sox. They won the pennant and beat the hated Cubs in...Tags: Ozzie Guillen, Chicago White Sox, Lance Johnson, Robin Ventura, Baseball
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