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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: Vic Willis, Bill McGowan, Larry MacPhail, Pop Lloyd, Johnny Bench
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Was Houston QB Jacky Lee leased to another pro football team?
FOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND: A professional football team once leased a quarterback to another team. Strange trades have long been a part of professional sports history. Heck, just recently in Sports Legends Revealed I've featured a quarterback that the New...
Tags: American League, National League, Superman (fictional character), Hockey (music group), George Blanda
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Did Babe Ruth play a role in the origin of the MLB trade deadline?
The Fabulous ForumBASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: Babe Ruth played a part in the institution of Major League Baseball's first trade deadline. As we get closer to the July 31 Major League Baseball trade deadline, thoughts generally turn to where players like Carlos Beltran...... -
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: Larry MacPhail, Jake Westbrook, Johnny Bench, J.J. Putz, Eddie Plank
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'Bottom of the Ninth: Branch Rickey, Casey Stengel, and the Daring Scheme to Save Baseball From Itself'
It was Bill Veeck, a true maverick among the sport's moguls, who once declared that "[B]aseball must be a great game, because the owners haven't been able to kill it." Serious fans know they've given it a pretty good try over the years, with a...Tags: American League, Bill Veeck, Major League Baseball, National League, Foods and Beverages
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Cubs-Sox World Series: 100 years later
Cubs Then: Second baseman Johnny Evers and center fielder Jimmy Slagle are the first to report for spring practices, meeting with club president Charles Murphy. Now: SLUG White Sox Then: Club president Charles Comiskey announces that he has every...Tags: American League, Bars and Clubs, Chicago White Sox, Johnny Evers, Dining and Drinking
Jan 7, 2003
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May 10, 2012
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Jul 27, 2011
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Jan 6, 2011
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Jun 15, 2009
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Feb 15, 2006
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