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John R. Hammond: May 16, 2012
John R. Hammond, 66, of Madison County, husband of Betty Holder Hammond, passed away Wednesday at the Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center in Richmond. A native of Mariemont, Ohio, he was born March 31, 1946, to the late John and Elizabeth Berling...Tags: U.S. Army
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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: Joe Medwick, Frank Robinson, Ross Youngs, Catfish Hunter, Eddie Plank
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The Black Sox
![The 1919 White Sox--the White Sox of Eddie Collins, Eddie Cicotte, Dickie Kerr, Ray Schalk, Buck Weaver and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson--are considered by baseball historians to be one of the greatest teams ever to take the field. But there were rumors about these Sox even before Cicotte's second pitch hit Morrie Rath, who was the leadoff batter for the underdog Cincinnati Reds in the first game of the World Series, played on this date. "I don't know yet what was the matter," Sox manager Kid Gleason told the Tribune's James Crusinberry the day the Reds won the Series. "Something was wrong. I didn't like the betting odds."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-08/34343650-15130044.jpg "The 1919 White Sox--the White Sox of Eddie Collins, Eddie Cicotte, Dickie Kerr, Ray Schalk, Buck Weaver and "Shoeless\" Joe Jackson--are considered by baseball historians to be one of the greatest teams ever to take the field. But there were rumors about these Sox even before Cicotte's second pitch hit Morrie Rath, who was the leadoff batter for the underdog Cincinnati Reds in the first game of the World Series, played on this date. \"I don't know yet what was the matter,\" Sox manager Kid Gleason told the Tribune's James Crusinberry the day the Reds won the Series. \"Something was wrong. I didn't like the betting odds.\"")
Tribune staff reporterThe 1919 White Sox--the White Sox of Eddie Collins, Eddie Cicotte, Dickie Kerr, Ray Schalk, Buck Weaver and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson--are considered by baseball historians to be one of the greatest teams ever to take the field. But there were rumors about...Tags: All Stars, Sports, Prosecution, Cincinnati Reds, Baseball
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Year-by-year inductees
(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: Joe Medwick, Ross Youngs, Frank Robinson, Catfish Hunter, Eddie Plank
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3,000-hit club
Player (x-active) Hits 1. Pete Rose 4,256 2. Ty Cobb 4,191 3. Hank Aaron 3,771 4. Stan Musial 3,630 5. Tris Speaker 3,515 6. Honus Wagner 3,430 7. Carl Yastrzemski 3,419 8. Paul Molitor 3,319 9. Eddie Collins 3,309 10. Willie Mays 3,283 11....Tags: Rod Carew, Tris Speaker, Carl Yastrzemski, Paul Waner, Willie Mays
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The greatest White Sox of all time
RedEyePITCHERS Eddie Cicotte (1912-1920) Four years (1913, 1916, 1917 and 1919)in which his ERA was under 2.00. Went 28-12 with league-best 1.53 ERA in 1917, 29-7 in 1919, 21-10 in 1920, his last season. Threw a no-hitter in 1917. Urban "Red" Faber (1914-...Tags: Hoyt Wilhelm, Ted Lyons, Ray Schalk, Dick Allen, Chicago Tribune
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A Sox dynasty interrupted
Tribune staff reporterChicago's sports scene hasn't always been this bleak. This week, as a reminder, we take a look back at happier days for the home teams. -------------------- The White Sox were ready to rule baseball during the second decade of the 20th Century. All the...Tags: New York Giants, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, John McGraw, All Stars, U.S. Cellular Field
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Sox win world's title, 4 to 2
This is the story from the Chicago Tribune exactly as it appeared that day. New York--With a determination that could not be denied Chicago's White Sox made themselves world's champions of 1917 and Red Faber a nation's hero today by winning the sixth...Tags: Sports, Death, Christy Mathewson, Red Faber, Chicago Tribune
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Oct 12, 2004
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Oct 16, 2017
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