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'Viva Le Brooks!'
Sun reporterTwenty-four years ago, the Baseball Hall of Fame welcomed an Oriole known simply by his first name - a balding infielder who defined his position and bled orange all his life. Next week, Cooperstown, N.Y., will do this again. And like Brooks Robinson...Tags: Joe DiMaggio, Juan Marichal, Bill Terry, Cool Papa Bell, Brooks Robinson
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No news in rehash of O's '66 Series run
Sun reporter>>>Black And Blue: The Golden Arm, the Robinson Boys, and the 1966 World Series That Stunned America Tom Adelman Little, Brown and Company/288 pages My grandfather opened the dresser drawer and pulled out a newspaper, a tad yellowed but not so much...Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Frank Robinson, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Baltimore Orioles, World Series
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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: Jesse Burkett, Candy Cummings, Larry MacPhail, Red Faber, Richie Ashburn
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Another title for Weaver: Manager in Hall of Fame
Sun StaffEarl Weaver, the umpire-baiting, dirt-kicking, tomato-growing manager who led the Orioles to four American League pennants and a world championship, was elected yesterday to the Baseball Hall of Fame. "I'm elated," said Weaver. "There are so many...Tags: Spring Training, Frank Robinson, Willie Keeler, John McGraw, Clubs and Associations
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Dodgers get nod they wanted: Vin Scully bobblehead night
Dodgers BlogDodgers score big marketing coup by announcing they have added a Vin Scully bobblehead night for 2012. They also add Kirk Gibson and Eric Karros bobblehead nights.... -
La Russa To Manage 2012 National League All-Stars
Tony La Russa, the longtime manager of the St. Louis Cardinals who retired following his Club’s 2011 World Series Championship, will serve as the manager of the National League All-Star Team for the 2012 Midsummer Classicat Kauffman Stadium in...Tags: Chicago Cubs, John McGraw, MLB Manager of the Year Award, Baseball, ESPN Radio (tv network)
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Greatest sports figures in L.A. history, No. 11: Tommy Lasorda
The Fabulous ForumFormer Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda was voted the 11th greatest sports figure in Los Angeles history by online readers.... -
Our Laguna: Honoring those for their skills, service
I read Monday in the L.A. Times that Gino Cimoli had died. Gino was the first major league player to bat on the West Coast when the Dodgers and Giants moved to California from New York in 1958. He wasn't the Dodgers usual lead-off batter, but Manager...Tags: Windsurfing, Galileo Galilei, AIDS, Obituaries, Christianity
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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: Jesse Burkett, Yorvit Torrealba, Mariano Rivera, Richie Ashburn, Bret Boone
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Duke Snider dies at 84; Dodger Hall of Famer
Duke Snider, one of the Brooklyn Dodgers' "Boys of Summer" and among a celebrated trio of New York center fielders in the 1950s, died Sunday. He was 84.
Snider died at Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, the Dodgers announced. No cause was...Tags: Duke Snider, Athletes, Baseball Statistics, Sandy Koufax, Punishment
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'Jews and Baseball': Ron Howard's a-ha moment with Sandy Koufax
The Big PictureAs a Jew who has been a baseball fan his entire life, I guess I'm the perfect target audience for "Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story," which opens Friday at the Music Hall Theater in Beverly Hills and the...... -
Golden Knights hoping health is wealth against Eagles
SOUTHEAST GLENDALE — The Glendale YMCA Quarterback Club, in its 68th year, meets Tuesday's at the Elk's Lodge. The following are odds and ends from the sixth meeting of the year. GOLDEN KNIGHTS SEEKING GOOD HEALTH Mired in a rare three-game losing...Tags: Athletes, News Corp., Clubs and Associations, Peter O'Malley, Baseball
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