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La implacable maldición que atormenta a los Angelinos
Previo al arranque de la temporada de 2012 lancé una maldición a los Angelinos de Los Angeles —y en particular a Albert Pujols— que aún sigue atormentando a los serafines y al slugger dominicano. Entonces, un sábado 24 de diciembre de...
Tags: Dennis Rodman, David Robinson, Yankee Stadium, Miami Hotels, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Punkin Milller would have loved this ceremony
One of the last things Punkin Miller wanted to do as manager of the MetLife Orioles in the Blue Mountain League was get a scoreboard dedicated at his team's Curt Simmons Field at Egypt Memorial Park. On Sunday afternoon, that scoreboard was dedicated,...Tags: Springfield Falcons, National League Championship Series, Reggie Jackson, High School Sports, United States Naval Academy
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How Sam Lacy helped integrate Major League Baseball
Like most films depicting historic accounts of real-life events, the bio-epic "42" carries the immediate disclaimer that it is based on a true story, leaving room for interpretive analysis and creative license. Consequently, dramatic interpretations are...
Tags: Racism, 42 (movie), Major League Baseball, World Series, Yankee Stadium
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Jose Rosado: Too many athletes belong in the hall of shame
Unfortunately, many of us have had that difficult conversation with young children regarding their sports heroes and cheating. Usually at the end of the conversation, we remind them that winners never cheat and cheaters never win. We tell them this even...
Tags: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, International Cycling Union, Lance Armstrong, Mark McGwire, Laws
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Others may be concerned about Darin Ruf's slow start, but Phillies not among them
Since signing with the Phillies in 2009, Darin Ruf has never hit more than two home runs in the first month of a season. So seeing a one in the home run column on his stat line at this point of the season isn't all that unusual. Then again, Ruf didn't...
Tags: Lehigh Valley IronPigs, International League, Sports, Philadelphia Phillies, Baseball
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Jackie Robinson's Legacy As 'The Greatest'
The Hartford CourantYears ago, sportscaster Howard Cosell was asked to name his all-time favorite athlete. Obviously, the most prominent sports journalist of his era would name the man who made Cosell famous: Ali. Wrong. "That's an easy one,'' Cosell said, spacing...Tags: Racism, 42 (movie), Culture, Sociology, Baseball
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Going, going ... Barry Bonds' home run plaque at AT&T Park gone
A commemorative plaque honoring Barry Bonds’ record-breaking 756th home run hanging at the San Francisco Giants’ AT&T Park has vanished. CBS and other Bay Area media affiliates are reporting the plaque vanished sometime in the last few days....Tags: AT&T Park
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S.F. Giants to replace Barry Bonds home run sign that 'disappeared'
Things vanish and are replaced at the San Francisco Giants’ AT&T Park all the time, so a lost Barry Bonds commemorative plaque shouldn’t be a big deal, a team spokeswoman said Wednesday. “It’s a stadium with 41,000 people, things...Tags: Sports, Auction Service, Baseball
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Puerto Rico reclaiming lost glory with WBC run
SAN FRANCISCO — Roberto Clemente was baseball royalty long before dying on a relief mission at the height of his Hall of Fame career. Ernie Banks knew the kid had something as soon as he saw the young Puerto Rican play right field for the Pirates....
Tags: Carlos Beltran, Edwin Rodriguez, Major League Baseball, World Series, Baseball
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Take a swing at these
WASHINGTON -- As the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball's return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta Manager Dave Bristol who said, "Only trouble I ever had with chewing tobacco was that the...
Tags: Eddie Murray, Boston Red Sox, Ted Lyons, World Series, Sandy Koufax
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Baseball's Back -- Take A Swing At These
The Hartford CourantAs the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball's return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta Manager Dave Bristol who said, "Only trouble I ever had with chewing tobacco was that the orthodontist said my...Tags: Eddie Murray, Boston Red Sox, World Series, Sandy Koufax, Baseball
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Column: Take a swing at these questions
WASHINGTON — As the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball’s return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta manager Dave Bristol who said, "Only trouble I ever had with chewing tobacco was that...Tags: Eddie Murray, Boston Red Sox, World Series, Gary Sheffield, Joe Morgan (football)
May 18, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 13, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 22, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 29, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 28, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 25, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
Apr 24, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 24, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 18, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 1, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Apr 1, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
Mar 31, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
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