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Hall of Fame baseball manager Dick Williams dead at 82
The Associated PressBy taking over a ninth-place team and leading it to the pennant in his first year as a big-league manager in Boston, Dick Williams earned the reputation of being a turnaround artist that he built on later in Montreal and San Diego. By taking over an...Tags: American League, Texas Rangers, Physical Conditions, Baltimore Orioles, Reggie Jackson
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Scenes from Cooperstown
Californian has always had eyes for Ripken It was way back in 1983 when a 15-year-old California girl and her baseball fanatic father were watching the World Series on television and she became smitten with the ice-blue eyes of the Orioles' young...Tags: Nolan Ryan, George Brett, Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Orioles, Weather Warnings
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Finally, I felt the tingle
Sun ReporterIt was a sensation I'd experienced while touring plantations in South Carolina and walking the Forum in Rome, that feeling that because I was standing in a certain place, I was linked intimately with the span of human history. I stared at the bronzed...Tags: John McGraw, Wrigley Field, Taj Mahal, Don Sutton, World Series
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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: Nolan Ryan, Juan Marichal, Joe Cronin, Rabbit Maranville, Brooks Robinson
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From Aase to Zito
Cal Ripken's first major-league hit came against Dennis Lamp of the Chicago White Sox on Aug. 16, 1981. His last hit came against Frank Castillo of the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Oct. 5, 2001. Ripken finished his career with 3,184...Tags: Randy Wolf, David Weathers, Ron Villone, Mike Trombley, Paul Byrd
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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: Al Kaline, Joe Kelley, Duke Snider, Ray Schalk, Herb Pennock
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Weaver treats Hall vote like a missed putt
Sun StaffThere was no good news for Earl Weaver on the 18th green at the Bonaventure Country Club yesterday. A 15-foot birdie putt made Weaver and his partner go deeper into their pockets -- and then the former Orioles manager found out he did not make the Hall...Tags: American League, Golf, Detroit Tigers, Bill McGowan, Baseball
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Números fascinantes --y decepcionantes-- en las Grandes Ligas
Robinson Cano, un pelotero que parece hacerlo todo en cámara lenta, tuvo un mal día la semana pasada ante los Angelinos de Los Angeles.
El segunda base dominicano de los Yankees de Nueva York se fue en blanco en cinco turnos y se ponchó dos veces con las...Tags: American League, Pat Riley, Dennis Rodman, Denver Broncos, College Football
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Preview: Indians at Athletics
ReutersSportsDirect Inc. Preview: Indians at Athletics After snapping the Athletics' three-game winning streak Friday, the Indians are in position to start 7-1 on the road for the first time since 1988. The Indians have won five of their last six against the...Tags: Johnny Damon, Oakland Athletics, Jeanmar Gomez, Mike Moustakas, Jack Hannahan
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BLOWN SAVE GUIDELINES NEED TO BE CHANGED ...
The Hog BlogIf you look at the official boxscore from the Phillies spring training opener with the Yankees on Saturday, you'll see that Dave Bush was charged with a blown save in the 8-5 loss. That's because the likely IronPigs starter "failed" to protect the 2-1... -
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: Tuskegee Airmen, Mariano Rivera, Roy Campanella, College Baseball, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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In the Pipeline: Ham radio to the rescue
A recent headline on Reuters read: "Subculture of Americans prepares for civilization's collapse." The subsequent story documented a subculture of Americans who refer to themselves as "preppers." As the story stated, "Some are driven by a fear of imminent...Tags: Boeing Co., Libraries, Baseball, Entertainment Events, FBI
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