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Frank Robinson had deep impact on Orioles' first title team
Ask him for the highlight of his Hall of Fame career and Frank Robinson jumps on it like a high fastball. "The '66 season," he told The Baltimore Sun last month. "I couldn't have scripted the first year [with the Orioles] any better. That's winning the...
Tags: Cincinnati Reds, American League, Yankee Stadium, Oakland Athletics, World Series
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He had their number in '66 — zero
It was no thanks to Larry Jaster that the Dodgers made a second consecutive trip to the World Series in 1966. The rookie left-hander from the St. Louis Cardinals pitched five shutouts in 1966 — all, remarkably, against the National League...Tags: Cincinnati Reds, World Series, Grover Cleveland, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minor League Baseball
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Season to Savor
Sun ReporterHe can't remember the author or the name of the book, but Darrel Chase can recall a key element of the plot: A baseball fan journeys back in time with a plan to make himself some quick cash. "The first thing he does," said Chase, a retired engineer...Tags: Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, Sandy Koufax
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McGwire spurned
Sun ReporterMark McGwire came far closer yesterday to dropping off the ballot than entering the Hall of Fame. In an apparent repudiation of baseball's so-called steroid era, just 23.5 percent of Hall of Fame voters endorsed McGwire, the seventh-leading home run...Tags: Cal Ripken, Jr., Brooks Robinson, ESPN (tv network), Billy Williams, The Washington Post
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All-time Hall of Fame voting percentages
The Associated PressPlayer, Year, Cast, Votes, Pct. Tom Seaver 1992 430 425 98.84 Nolan Ryan 1999 497 491 98.79 Cal Ripken Jr. 2007 545 537 98.53 Ty Cobb 1936 226 222 98.23 George Brett 1999 497 488 98.19 Hank Aaron 1982 415 406 97.83 Tony Gwynn 2007 545 532 97.61...Tags: Lou Boudreau, Hank Greenberg, Honus Wagner, Joe Medwick, Robin Roberts
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35 years later, O's still swept up in joy
Special to the SunSave for Cal Ripken's emotional farewell tour, the recently completed Orioles season was definitely a year to forget for hometown fans. But 35 years ago, it was truly a festive time in Baltimore. The youthful 1966 Orioles had just breezed to their...Tags: World Series, Robin Roberts, Frank Robinson, Cal Ripken, Luis Aparicio
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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: Hank Greenberg, Honus Wagner, Frank Selee, Earle Combs, Roberto Clemente Jr.
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Left-handed pitching trio is all right for Dodgers
The world is stacked against them, an unspoken prejudice against the poor left-hander. It's not a good thing to have two left feet, to receive a left-handed compliment. Go down the left-hand path and you're into black magic, or maybe just reality shows....
Tags: Don Sutton, Chris Capuano, Chad Billingsley, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners
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Hard-luck Halos: Santana, Ryan and 40 years of cryin'
Ervin Santana could use a support group. He has a chance this year to become the hardest-luck pitcher in the history of Angels’ baseball — but he’s not even in the ballpark yet. Santana enters Wednesday's start at Minnesota with a...
Tags: Scott Diamond, Ervin Santana, Jered Weaver, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, New York Yankees
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Nationals' Bryce Harper to make big league debut at Dodger Stadium
Teenage phenom Bryce Harper will make his major league debut at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, and Dodgers utilityman Jerry Hairston Jr. has some advice for fans attending the game: Get there in time to watch the Washington Nationals take batting practice....
Tags: Bryce Harper, Seattle Mariners, Major League Baseball, Dodger Stadium, Washington Nationals
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Southern California Close-Ups: Los Angeles' park neighborhoods
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFirst published on March 20, 2011. Revised and expanded in January 2012. It's not easy being the lungs of Los Angeles. But Griffith Park, the foremost green space in a city notorious for meager parkland and abundant smog, endures bravely, maybe even...Tags: Research, Natural Resources, Walt Disney, Architecture, Forestry and Timber
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Harry Wendelstedt dies at 73; baseball umpire also ran school
Harry Wendelstedt, a retired 33-year Major League Baseball umpire who also nurtured a new generation of the game's arbiters for more than 30 years, died Friday at a hospital in Daytona Beach, Fla. He was 73 and had brain cancer. Wendelstedt, who...Tags: San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cancer, Walter Johnson, World Series
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