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Fed up with this baseball season? Try my team
It's fortunate personal computers and their use for rotisserie baseball format hadn't been invented when I was growing up, otherwise I might not have made it out of grade school. Then again, most guys who grew up in the 1950s were the equivalent of...Tags: Mike Scioscia, Derek Jeter, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Minnesota Twins
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Minor league complexes a hidden gem
Special to Baltimoresun.comJim Crothers uses Cecil County as a starting point for baseball road trips, including an annual week-long outing with the Calvert Stogie and Rail Club -- a group of "otherwise normal, fat, old guys who destroy themselves by watching up to three games a...Tags: Jackie Robinson, Jacoby Ellsbury, Spring Training, Trips and Vacations, Baseball
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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: Voting, Brooks Robinson, Jim Rice, Baseball, Sports Illustrated
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Tags: Nolan Ryan, Sam Rice, Bill Klem, Bill Mazeroski, Early Wynn
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Weaver's passion a gift to game, hall
As Earl Weaver sat in the bar of the Otesaga Hotel, nursing a cold drink and a cigarette and every raw anxiety in his considerable repertoire, this village of 2,400 souls and a single traffic light seemed like any other place where 20,000 tourists...Tags: Earl Weaver, Brooks Robinson, Baseball, Eddie Mathews, Jim Palmer
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Sandy Koufax revels in his roots as he comes to help Dodgers bloom
— Shortly after noon Sunday, a black SUV pulled up at the front door of Camelback Ranch amid the breathless aura of a royal homecoming. Two Dodgers employees were waiting on the curb. Several others were staring out from inside the main building....
Tags: Jackie Robinson, Spring Training, Sandy Koufax, Baseball, Magic Johnson
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Sorry, Mr. Mantle.
To the sports fans and careful readers who called or wrote us about the Almanac item on Monday, thank you. And yes, we know that the caption about Mickey Mantle was wrong. But thanks for sharing. We appreciate hearing about such errors and ask you to keep...
Tags: Mickey Mantle, Baseball, Willie Mays, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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L.A.'s greatest sports moments No. 12: Dodgers' first game in L.A.
The Fabulous ForumWe asked you to send in your picks for the greatest sports moments in L.A. history, and 1,181 ballots later we are unveiling the top 20 vote-getters. Each weekday we will unveil a new moment until we reach No. 1....... -
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Your votes are in: The 20 greatest L.A. sports figures of all time
The Fabulous ForumIt started out as the 10 greatest L.A. sports figures of all time, but after getting 1,712 ballots, we are expanding it to the top 20. It is quite the eclectic group, a nice mix of announcers, coaches, athletes and...... -
Book Review: 'Stan Musial' by George Vecsey
Special to the Los Angeles TimesStan Musial An American Life George Vecsey Ballantine/ESPN Books: 397 pp., $26.00 Here is a theory I have: There are three kinds of baseball players — the Good, the Great and the Gods. In the first category is everybody who made it to the...Tags: Jackie Robinson, Book, Los Angeles Times, Ken Griffey Sr., Lou Gehrig
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