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Busway Needs A Salesman Like Bill Veeck
The Hartford CourantThe deal is done, most of the contracts are let, the construction is under way — and some politicians are still bashing the New Britain-to- Hartford busway. This potentially transformative project has become a punching bag for some of the candidates...Tags: Central Connecticut State University, American League, Apple iPad, Baseball, Dunkin' Donuts
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Former McCarthy star Nick Castellanos shines in Futures Game
Two summers ago, Nick Castellanos made the life-changing decision to bypass a college career at Miami and begin playing professional baseball. Today, the former Archbishop McCarthy standout is in Kansas City, basking in the limelight after an...
Tags: Minor League Baseball, Major League Baseball, Miguel Cabrera, Baseball, Detroit Tigers
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Big leaguers honor baseball pioneer
NEW YORK - LaTroy Hawkins has heard the stories from his 87-year-old grandfather, about his days of picking cotton in Mississippi, about the times when there were no black players in big league baseball.
And about what it meant when Jackie Robinson...Tags: Roy Campanella, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Thomas Robinson, Reggie Jackson (basketball), Michael Bourn
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Stamp honors San Diego baseball great
SAN DIEGO -- A stamp honoring San Diego native Ted Williams will be issued in 2012 as part of a set of four stamps depicting members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, the U.S. Postal Service announced Friday.
Williams, a graduate of Hoover High School who...Tags: U.S. Postal Service, World War II (1939-1945), Joe DiMaggio, High School Sports, American League
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Taken For Granted: Remembering a ballgame renegade
A World Series championship banner will fly above Dodger Stadium on March 31. No, I’m not delusional; I sadly recall the Dodgers’ miserable finish last season. The banner proclaiming the Giants World Series victory will be streamed...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), American League, San Francisco Giants, Satchel Paige, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Frankie Frisch, Bid McPhee, Rube Marquard, Ernie Lombardi, Rube Foster
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Jackie Robinson can't sub for Barry Bonds
ZEV CHAFETS is the author of "A Match Made in Heaven: American Jews, Christian Zionists and One Man's Exploration of the Weird and Wonderful Judeo-Evangelical Alliance."April 15, by decree of Major League Baseball, will be Jackie Robinson Day. On Sunday, a player on each big league team will be designated to wear Robinson's uniform number, 42. The Dodgers, Robinson's club in its Brooklyn incarnation, intend to go one...Tags: Crimes, Football, Roy Campanella, All Stars, Willie McCovey
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This date in Chicago White Sox history
Source: Associated PressJuly 20 1973 -- Wilbur Wood of the White Sox lost both ends of a doubleheader to the New York Yankees, 12-2 and 7-0. July 22 1962 -- Floyd Robinson of the White Sox had six singles in six at-bats in a 7-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox. July 24...Tags: Cy Young, Washington (U.S. state), American League, Hoyt Wilhelm, New York
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The opening Opening Day
The day the Orioles arrived in Baltimore, trolleys clanged down cobbled streets. Kids rushed to see Pinocchio at the Hippodrome. Banana boats dumped their bushels onto weathered wharves where the Inner Harbor now stands. On April 15, 1954, Baltimore...
Tags: Cy Young Award, National League, Bob Boyd, Dining and Drinking, Newspapers
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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: Frankie Frisch, Bid McPhee, Willie McCovey, Bob Lemon, Tim Keefe
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The quiet pioneer
Sun StaffHe was a tiny left-handed pitcher whose major league career was composed of two appearances, one in Chicago and the other in Baltimore. Most of his baseball life unfolded in the game's fringes, on minor league diamonds from Canada to Cuba. Yet Jehosie...Tags: History, World War II (1939-1945), Basketball, U.S. Cellular Field, All Stars
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'I feel unbelievable. I've definitely been blessed.'
Excerpts from Eddie Murray's speech yesterday at Cooperstown: A nice, little sea of black and orange out there. It's a wonderful thing. I'm thankful to be here today. It's a dream, one of the few things I never dreamed. The game, I knew I was going to...Tags: New York Mets, Ted Williams, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians
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