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The emigrants: Departures for U.S. weaken baseball in Japan
Bud Selig would love to see a series between the World Series and Japan Series champions. But among the realities is that as problematic as that idea seems now, it might become even less viable in the future. Major League Baseball is lowering the talent...
Tags: High School Baseball, Elvis Andrus, Bud Selig, San Francisco Giants, Curtis Granderson
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Rosenthal: Economist Marvin Miller changed the salary game for professional athletes
Ernie Banks, coming off successive seasons as the National League Most Valuable Player in 1958 and '59, earned $65,000 in 1960 with the Chicago Cubs, the team for whom he played his entire 19-season career. That was good money then — more than...
Tags: Free Agency, College Baseball, Baseball, Hank Aaron, National Hockey League
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In search of 'Jewish Jocks'
Mention the phrase "Jewish sports legends" and you'll probably conjure up familiar suspects: Sandy Koufax, Mark Spitz, maybe that joke from "Airplane." You're more likely to omit Sidney Franklin, a matador from Brooklyn (real last name: Frumpkin), or...Tags: Buzz Bissinger, Joel Silver, Sandy Koufax, Baseball, Sid Luckman
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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...... -
Question of the day: Would Marvin Miller or George Steinbrenner have been a better choice than Pat Gillick for the baseball Hall of Fame? [Updated]
The Fabulous ForumWriters from around Tribune Co. weigh in on the topic. Please check back throughout the day for more responses, and feel free to leave a comment of your own. Juan C. Rodriguez, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Neither Marvin Miller nor George...... -
A former Phils GM elected to the Hall
The Phillies FilesThe man who stood and cried as he handed out the 2008 World Series rings in April of 2009 to the Phillies was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Expansion Era Committee. Pat Gillick, the man behind the......
Mar 16, 2013
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Dec 7, 2010
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