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Baseball Hall of Fame
Blogging with Bill WhiteI'm several weeks away from entering my own Hall of Fame season, where I begin accepting nominations to my Hall of Fame of the area's most colorful characters. I've never had a year in which no one was inducted. Then...... -
Barry Bonds appeals his obstruction of justice conviction
A lawyer for Barry Bonds has urged a federal appeals court in San Francisco to toss out the single-season home run leader's 's obstruction of justice conviction. Dennis Riordan appeared before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday and...
Tags: Prosecution, Justice System
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Spring training: NL West preview
Will we ever see the Giants coming? The team Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy put together since saying goodbye to Barry Bonds is the only National League team to win the World Series twice within three seasons since the Big Red Machine, yet the Giants...
Tags: Chris Young (baseball, outfielder), Madison Bumgarner, National League, Ryan Vogelsong, Brian Wilson
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Steinberg: The lying needs to stop
There was a time, not so long ago, when members of the athletic community were viewed as pillars of honesty and integrity. The public gave them trust ratings much higher than those of elected representatives (not surprising) and even physicians. Those...Tags: Mark McGwire, Baltimore Ravens, Lance Armstrong, Ray Lewis, Testicular Cancer
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Ravens' Flacco carries on the 'I'm going to Disney World' tradition
Win the Super Bowl, and head to Disney. It's a tradition now since Phil Sims uttered the words, "I'm going to Disney World" after winning Super Bowl XXI with the New York Giants in 1987. Now, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco gets the free trip...
Tags: Orlando Magic, Baltimore Ravens, Boston Red Sox, Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger
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Barry Bonds tries to hit one out of Beverly Park
Perhaps hoping to hit a home run of a different sort, former baseball outfielder Barry Bonds has listed his Italian-inspired estate in Beverly Park for sale at $25 million. Designed to function as both a place to host large-scale events and as a family...
Tags: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Baseball
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Lloyd Waters: Baseball, apple pie and heroes
Back in the late 1950s and early ’60s, the school ground in Dargan was the place to be if you wanted to play a little baseball. All the kids in the community would enjoy their summer vacations from school by playing the most popular sport....Tags: Bob Lemon, Lou Gehrig, Apples, Whitey Ford, World Series
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Slugger Frank Thomas chastises baseball's steroid users
Former major league slugger Frank Thomas, who is eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame next year, let it be known that he's glad he thrived through hard work rather than taking the easier route and using performance-enhancing drugs. During the...
Tags: Tom Glavine, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Roger Clemens, American League, Chicago White Sox
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Many Hall of Famers seem glad Clemens, Bonds were snubbed
Al Kaline, Dennis Eckersley and Mike Schmidt have a few things in common. One, they are all members of baseball's Hall of Fame. Two, they are all glad no one was elected to join them this year. “I’m kind of glad that nobody got in this year,...
Tags: Mike Schmidt, Mark McGwire, Frank Robinson, Mike Piazza, Freedom of the Press
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Baseball Hall of Fame: Steroid users not welcome here
Users of performance-enhancing drugs have not been forgiven by Hall-of-Fame-voting members of the Baseball Writers' Assn. of America. That much became clearer than ever on Wednesday. Roger Clemens was named on only 37.6% of ballots; home run king...
Tags: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Mike Piazza, Roger Clemens, Jose Canseco, Baseball
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If the phone doesn't ring, Sammy, it's the Cubs
Sammy Sosa said during a video website interview that he thinks the Cubs should retire his number. This comes after another year in which the Cubs retired Sosa from their annual fan convention. But still, the Sosa question persists like an infection...
Tags: Sammy Sosa, Voting, Dusty Baker, Wrigley Field, Thomas Ricketts
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Mike Piazza, Dodger, and the Hall of Fame vote
Wonder what our Mike Piazza is really thinking right now? Not all that surprised, I’d imagine. Not exactly thrilled, either. The 2013 Hall of Fame vote was announced Wednesday without a single player garnering the required 75% of the vote to...
Tags: Tom Glavine, Mike Piazza, Tommy Lasorda, MLB Rookie of the Year Award, Matt Treanor
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