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Shea seats selling briskly at $869 a pair
Associated Press WriterAs a season-ticket holder, Darrell Buono spent 13 years rooting for the New York Mets in blue, loge-level seats at Shea Stadium. So he bought them. The seats cost $869 for a pair and will have a place of honor in Buono's basement in New Hyde Park when...Tags: Sales, Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals
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Shea seats selling briskly
As a season-ticket holder, Darrell Buono spent 13 years rooting for the New York Mets in blue, loge-level seats at Shea Stadium. So he bought them. The seats cost $869 for a pair and will have a place of honor in Buono's basement in New Hyde Park when...Tags: Sales, Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals
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Robinson to King to Obama, a combination for progress
Today's date, Aug.28, links two epic moments in American history and in the progress of African-Americans in this country: The Rev.Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in 1963 and Barack Obama's speech accepting...Tags: Major League Baseball, Minority Groups, Government, National or Ethnic Minorities, Branch Rickey
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Jose Lima should inspire the Dodgers
They have these marble statues of saints in the Vatican, and the folks who visit like to kiss their feet. Over the years most of the saints have had their feet kissed away -- no telling how many prayers having been answered. I mention this, because...Tags: Frank McCourt, Tourism and Leisure, Chicago Cubs, Dentistry, Jose Lima
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Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton rift persists
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe big question of the presidential election, says L. Douglas Wilder, the nation's first elected black governor, is not whether America is ready for a black president. Rather, he asks, "Are the Clintons ready?" What Democratic candidate Barack Obama...Tags: James E Clyburn, Minority Groups, Pee Wee Reese, Government, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Obama date echoes MLK, Robinson
The SwampMuch has been made of the fact that tonight's scheduled acceptance speech by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama falls on the same date as Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Our Baltimore Sun colleague David Steele also reminds readers...Tags: Major League Baseball, Branch Rickey, Political Candidates, Martin Luther King Jr., Elections
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Indians broke color line, too
Associated PressLong before Jackie Robinson endured torrents of racial taunts in breaking baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, Louis Sockalexis had a bull's-eye on his back. From the day in 1897 when he first donned a uniform for the Cleveland...Tags: Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball, Modern Pentathlon, Racism, Kyle Lohse
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September 20: The Jackie Robinson Foundation Presents the 3rd Annual JAZZ on the Grass
JAZZ on the Grass features an artist lineup of contemporary jazz performers and promises to be the premier private outdoor jazz event in Southern Calfornia hosted by a non-proft organization. JAZZ on the Grass will provide a unique platform for companies... -
07/23: Deaths in Central Florida
BREVARD THELMA WINGATE GOWER, 86, Grant-Valkaria, died Tuesday. Brownlie-Maxwell Funeral Home, Melbourne. BLANCHE D. HAYNES, 85, Rockledge, died Saturday. East Coast Cremation, Rockledge. STEPHEN T. HOWERING, 53, Melbourne, died Monday. South Brevard...Tags: Winter Park, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Ocala, David Rogers, Clermont
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Windsor Locks' 1965 Champs Played In Simpler Time
Courant Staff WriterOn a summer day in 1965, Russell Mattesen was reminded just what Little League baseball was all about. In a tie game at the East Regional tournament in Staten Island, N.Y., with a trip to the Little League World Series at stake, Windsor Locks right...Tags: Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Little League Baseball, Mickey Mantle, World Series
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Phillies notebook - August 9th
These days, teams make a big to-do when they retire a player's number. Families are called in. Time is carved out before a game for a ceremony. Camera flashbulbs are firing every second. But former Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts didn't get that...Tags: Major League Baseball, Robin Roberts, Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia Phillies, Steve Carlton
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Recalling Al Campanis' 'Nightline' nightmare
Special to The TimesApril 6, 1987. Nothing could have prepared me for what happened that spring night. I had just finished my first week as guest producer on ABC's "Nightline." And I got a quick introduction into the power of live television. Just a few words and neither...Tags: Major League Baseball, Minority Groups, Racism, National or Ethnic Minorities, Civil Rights
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