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AL wins marathon midsummer classic
Sun reporterOn a perfect summer evening for baseball, in the sport's most venerable cathedral, with nearly 50 of its all-time greats looking on, the 79th All-Star Game simply didn't want the good times to end. The longest midsummer classic, time-wise, in history...Tags: George Sherrill, Hospitals and Clinics, George Steinbrenner, J.D. Drew, David Wright
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O's get blown away by Pettitte
Had New York Yankees third baseman Jerry Hairston Jr. been able to field Adam Jones' routine ground ball in the seventh inning Monday night, Andy Pettitte's dominating performance might well have been a historic one.
It's impossible to know whether...Tags: Boston Red Sox, Tennis, New York Yankees, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Nick Markakis
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Stadium-hopping in Florida
Special to Baltimoresun.comWelcome to paradise. Well, welcome to a baseball fan's version of it. I am on Florida's Gulf Coast on a tour of several spring training venues, known informally as the Grapefruit League. I've been to spring training in Florida twice before and to...Tags: Memorial Stadium, Spring Training, Philadelphia Phillies, Dining and Drinking, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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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: Duke Snider, Rogers Hornsby, Harmon Killebrew, Ty Cobb, Sandy Koufax
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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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Weaver's passion a gift to game, hall
As Earl Weaver sat in the bar of the Otesaga Hotel, nursing a cold drink and a cigarette and every raw anxiety in his considerable repertoire, this village of 2,400 souls and a single traffic light seemed like any other place where 20,000 tourists...Tags: Duke Snider, Mike Flanagan, Major League Baseball, Richie Ashburn, Eddie Mathews
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John Eisenberg: Real comeback at spring training is Flanagan's
Baltimore SunHe was the first player out of the Orioles' dugout at the start of the seventh inning, walking slack-shouldered on a hot, indolent afternoon at a tumbledown ballpark near the ocean, maybe a thousand fans scattered around the bleachers. "Whoozat? Kevin...Tags: Memorial Stadium, Spring Training, Foods and Beverages, Hamburgers, Mike Flanagan
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The Times' baseball rankings
Ricky Nolasco etched his name in the record book of the Miami Marlins last week passing Dontrelle Willis to become the Marlins' all-time leader in victories. He tops a list on which Josh Johnson ranks third, A.J. Burnett fourth and Brad Penny fifth....
Tags: Josh Johnson (baseball), Bob Gibson, Kansas City Royals, Cy Young Award, Brad Penny
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Preview: Cubs at Pirates
ReutersSportsDirect Inc. Preview: Cubs at Pirates The Chicago Cubs will try to avoid their longest skid in 15 years when they begin a three-game road series against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday. Entering with a nine-game losing streak, Chicago has not...Tags: New York Yankees, Baseball Statistics, National League Central, Chicago Cubs, Ryan Dempster
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Moose Skowron big winner in game of life
The final out is in. Moose Skowron won. William J. Skowron the son of a Depression-era garbage collector from Chicago's Northwest Side, died after a series of illnesses Friday at 81. But his baseball legend and gift for friendship and good will long...
Tags: Ed Sullivan, Chicago Cubs, Joe DiMaggio, Radiation Therapy, Ralph Terry
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Did the Yankees leave Mickey Mantle unprotected in the 1968 expansion draft?
BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: The Yankees left Mickey Mantle unprotected in the 1968 expansion draft. Major League Baseball (MLB) has held six expansion drafts in its history (1960, 1961, 1968, 1976, 1992 and 1997) , where incoming expansion teams can draft...
Tags: Spring Training, Lou Piniella, Joe Cronin, Kansas City Royals, Hoyt Wilhelm
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Phillies have limited history with Buehrle
The Phillies FilesThe Phillies may be familiar with the Marlins, but they’re not so familiar with pitcher Mark Buehrle. And it many ways, that doesn’t make things easy for the Phillies. Buehrle has faced the Phillies just three times in career, with......
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