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Top 175 athletes list left a few out
Congrats to Mike Klingaman and staff at The Sun for the job they did in compiling the top 175 greatest athletes in Maryland history. I noticed several glaring omissions, however. Y.A. Tittleplayed two years for the All-American Football Conference...Tags: New York Giants, Baltimore Colts, Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Orioles, Football
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Players mentioned in Mitchell Report
The Associated PressChad Allen 2007 team: Played in Japan An outfielder who played with four teams in Major League Baseball between 1999 and 2005, the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, Florida Marlins, and Texas Rangers. In the report: Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk...Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Benito Santiago, Arizona Diamondbacks, Periodicals, Hank Aaron
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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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Maese: With speech, Ripken fields tough chance
It's not that Cal Ripken Jr. is at all ungrateful, but you've got to understand, over the past few months, virtually everyone he encounters goes through the same two-step greeting. First, they want to congratulate him. Tell him he's the greatest, how...Tags: Major League Baseball, Eddie Murray, Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Orioles, Carlton Fisk
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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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Gather 'round while we sing you the legend of Dodger A.J. Ellis
And so the legend of A.J. Ellis grows yet again. By the time this is over, they won’t be singing songs comparing him to Roy Campanella, but to Davy Crockett. Ellis is the great surprise of the Dodgers’ 2012 season, a career minor leaguer...
Tags: Folklore and Mythology, A.J. Ellis, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baseball, Don Mattingly
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Some things never get old, like baseball's purity, and Vin Scully
SAN DIEGO — Every so often I get an email suggesting Vin Scully has lost it, and I smile.
I wish I had just what he's lost.
There is no accounting for some people in this world.
The same miserable cusses who might respond "Sam Gilbert" when...Tags: Los Angeles Times Columnists, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baseball, John Wooden, Jackie Robinson
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Dodgers take early 1-0 lead in home opener
Vin Scully couldn’t be there and the Dodgers decided to play the home opener anyway. And early on Tuesday, things were going well enough. Through 4˝ innings, the Dodgers held a 1-0 lead while Scully remained at home batting a bad cold. The Dodgers...
Tags: Casey McGehee, Flu, Los Angeles Dodgers, Vin Scully, Pittsburgh Pirates
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Ethier's HR sets off celebration at Dodger Stadium
AP Sports WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates faced four of the NL's elite starting pitchers in their first four games of the season, yet still emerged with a split. That impressive result didn't feel particularly comforting to the Pirates after...Tags: Brian Wilson, Andre Ethier, Kenley Jansen, Jason Grilli, Matt Kemp
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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: Tuskegee Airmen, Mariano Rivera, College Baseball, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Tony Perez
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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....... -
L.A.'s greatest sports moments No. 11: Lakers win first title in L.A.
The Fabulous ForumReader picks for the greatest sports moments in L.A. history: No. 11: Lakers win first title in L.A....
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