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History shows baseball will bounce back
Sun reporterBaseball is no stranger to scandal and unsavory history. One of its earliest superstars, Cap Anson, perpetuated a culture of fierce segregation that scarred the game for decades. Another early great, "Shoeless Joe" Jackson, was one of eight Chicago...Tags: Roger Clemens, Arts, Oscar Charleston, Lotteries, Steroids
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3,000-hit club
Player (x-active) Hits 1. Pete Rose 4,256 2. Ty Cobb 4,191 3. Hank Aaron 3,771 4. Stan Musial 3,630 5. Tris Speaker 3,515 6. Honus Wagner 3,430 7. Carl Yastrzemski 3,419 8. Paul Molitor 3,319 9. Eddie Collins 3,309 10. Willie Mays 3,283 11....Tags: Roberto Clemente Jr., Honus Wagner, Rickey Henderson, Robin Yount, George Brett
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Cal moves up hit list, but slowly, with bad leg
Sun StaffNineteenth of a series recounting Cal Ripken's 20 full major-league seasons. On Nov. 1, 2000, Cal Ripken signed a one-year contract that assured his return for another season. But what kind of player would the Orioles be getting? He was guaranteed to be...Tags: Roberto Clemente Jr., Brady Anderson, Hector Carrasco, Dining and Drinking, Dave Winfield
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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: Morgan Bulkeley, Ned Hanlon, Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese, Carlton Fisk
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It's hard to top Ingmar Bergman
The other day, after I watched Ingmar Bergman's "Through a Glass Darkly," the 1961 best-foreign-film Oscar winner, I brooded over my list of best movie directors of all time. Bergman is No. 1 because he and I are Swedish (!) and because of his writing,...Tags: Pat Sajak, Robin Yount, George Brett, Eddie Collins, Cal Ripken, Jr.
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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: Morgan Bulkeley, Dizzy Dean, Ned Hanlon, Carlton Fisk, George Brett
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Insult Latinos? What's the Big Deal?
GUSTAVO ARELLANO is a staff writer for the OC Weekly, where he writes the "ĦAsk a Mexican!" column.THOUGH STEVE LYOns probably doesn't think so right now, sometimes it pays to insult Latinos. Take, for instance, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's description of Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia (R-Cathedral City) as "very hot," followed by this ramble: "I mean,...Tags: American League, Executive Branch, Journalism, ESPN (tv network), Ozzie Guillen
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The Great Steroids Debate: How have drugs changed baseball?
All week long, Mat "Halos Heaven" Gleason and New York Sun baseball writer Tim Marchman are debating steroids in baseball. Yesterday's installment probed the possibilities and duties of Angels owner Arte Moreno in disciplining suspected Human Growth...Tags: Major League Baseball, Barry Bonds, Sandy Koufax, Emergency Incidents, Wrestling
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A Baker's thousand
Tribune staff reporterIt took Cubs manager Dusty Baker fewer than 12 seasons to garner 1,000 career victories, a milestone he reached Monday night with a 5-2 win over Montreal at Olympic Stadium. "It's special, because not everybody gets to 1,000," Baker said. "It lets you...Tags: Tony Batista, San Diego Padres, Greg Maddux, National League, Baseball
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Cubs supreme in baseball world
This is the story from the Chicago Tribune exactly as it appeared that day. Detroit, Mich.--When Overall shut out Detroit's Tigers 2 to 0 today in the fifth and final game of the 1908 world's series he drove the final nail into the greatest honors that...Tags: Billiards, Snooker and Pool, Chicago White Sox, Dining and Drinking, Baseball, Chicago Cubs
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Aug 11, 2011
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May 25, 2011
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May 25, 2011
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Jan 6, 2011
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Oct 21, 2006
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Mar 13, 2007
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Aug 30, 2004
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Oct 15, 2008
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