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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: New York Yankees, Mickey Mantle, Atlanta Braves, Mike Scioscia, Chicago Cubs
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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: Carl Yastrzemski, Jacoby Ellsbury, Grapefruit League, Boston Red Sox, Spring Training
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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, Don Drysdale
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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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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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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: Norman Rockwell, Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, Major League Baseball, Earl Weaver
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Poll: What are the 10 greatest moments in Dodger Stadium history?
On Monday, Times Dodgers reporter Dylan Hernandez will unveil his choices as the 10 greatest moments in Dodger Stadium history in honor of its 50th anniversary. From now until Monday, we ask you to vote for your top 10 choices from our poll below. A...
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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....... -
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...... -
Hair's to you, Mike the Barber
This is to let you know that Mike the Barber — aka Mike Fenimore — is hanging up his scissors and comb, calling it quits after 41 years to chase softball glory in a Florida retirement village.
That's the plan, anyway. One of Fenimore's...Tags: Flatbush, Coopersburg, Retirement, Personal Service, Pee Wee Reese
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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: 2010 Census, Reese Witherspoon, Mickey Mantle, Andruw Jones, Los Angeles Times
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