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The quiet pioneer
Sun StaffHe was a tiny left-handed pitcher whose major league career was composed of two appearances, one in Chicago and the other in Baltimore. Most of his baseball life unfolded in the game's fringes, on minor league diamonds from Canada to Cuba. Yet Jehosie...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Minority Groups, American League, Chicago White Sox, Memorial Stadium
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'I feel unbelievable. I've definitely been blessed.'
Excerpts from Eddie Murray's speech yesterday at Cooperstown: A nice, little sea of black and orange out there. It's a wonderful thing. I'm thankful to be here today. It's a dream, one of the few things I never dreamed. The game, I knew I was going to...Tags: Cleveland Indians, Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles, Jackie Robinson, Family
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Excerpts from Eddie Murray's speech
Sun StaffExcerpts from Eddie Murray's speech at Cooperstown: A nice, little sea of black and orange out there. It's a wonderful thing. I'm thankful to be here today. It's a dream, one of the few things I never dreamed. The game, I knew I was going to do. It's a...Tags: Cleveland Indians, Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles, Jackie Robinson, Family
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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: Nap Lajoie, Cy Young, Harmon Killebrew, Pie Traynor, Mike Schmidt
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Opening act
Sun StaffThe day the Orioles arrived in Baltimore, trolleys clanged down cobbled streets. Kids rushed to see Pinocchio at the Hippodrome. Banana boats dumped their bushels onto weathered wharves where the Inner Harbor now stands. On April 15, 1954, Baltimore...Tags: Cy Young, Lacrosse, Music Theater, The New York Times, Bernard Malamud
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Who will sell the most stamps? DiMaggio, Stargell, Williams or Doby?
Responding to what it called "overwhelming demand," the U.S. Postal Service will sell individual stamps commemorating the baseball careers of Joe DiMaggio, Larry Doby, Willie Stargell and Ted Williams.
Previously, the Postal Service said it would produce...Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Joe DiMaggio, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, Government Postal Delivery
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Big leaguers honor baseball pioneer
NEW YORK - LaTroy Hawkins has heard the stories from his 87-year-old grandfather, about his days of picking cotton in Mississippi, about the times when there were no black players in big league baseball.
And about what it meant when Jackie Robinson...Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Jackie Robinson, Reggie Jackson (basketball), Chone Figgins, Robinson Cano
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Stamp honors San Diego baseball great
SAN DIEGO -- A stamp honoring San Diego native Ted Williams will be issued in 2012 as part of a set of four stamps depicting members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, the U.S. Postal Service announced Friday.
Williams, a graduate of Hoover High School who...Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Joe DiMaggio, American League, Mail Order Industry, San Diego Padres
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Taken For Granted: Remembering a ballgame renegade
A World Series championship banner will fly above Dodger Stadium on March 31. No, I’m not delusional; I sadly recall the Dodgers’ miserable finish last season. The banner proclaiming the Giants World Series victory will be streamed...Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Minority Groups, Cleveland Indians, American League, Chicago White Sox
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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: Pie Traynor, Mike Schmidt, Chicago White Sox, Bob Lemon, Billy Herman
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This date in Chicago White Sox history
Source: Associated PressJuly 20 1973 -- Wilbur Wood of the White Sox lost both ends of a doubleheader to the New York Yankees, 12-2 and 7-0. July 22 1962 -- Floyd Robinson of the White Sox had six singles in six at-bats in a 7-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox. July 24...Tags: Cy Young, Oakland (Chicago, Illinois), Jose Valentin, American League, Chicago White Sox
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Jackie Robinson can't sub for Barry Bonds
ZEV CHAFETS is the author of "A Match Made in Heaven: American Jews, Christian Zionists and One Man's Exploration of the Weird and Wonderful Judeo-Evangelical Alliance."April 15, by decree of Major League Baseball, will be Jackie Robinson Day. On Sunday, a player on each big league team will be designated to wear Robinson's uniform number, 42. The Dodgers, Robinson's club in its Brooklyn incarnation, intend to go one...Tags: Cool Papa Bell, Minority Groups, Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson, Barry Bonds
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