Scott Brosius

1960 - Aug. 24: Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. is born in Havre de Grace, Md. 1978 - June 13: Ripken is selected in the second round of the amateur draft by the Orioles, the team's fourth pick. He begins pro career with Bluefield (W.Va.) in the rookie...

— Into the gloom the Yankees players walked, trying to make as quiet and solemn an entrance as they could. They had stopped to visit and offer encouragement to the volunteer workers at the Javits Center, and it seemed comfortable. Now, they were...

Kelson Brown had his dream came true last summer when he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Players Draft. This year, the former Spartan has been working on taking his dream to the next level. "Being...

Last week, as the controversy over Joe Torre and Tom Verducci's "The Yankee Years" was ratcheting up, I got an e-mail from my brother, who, like me, is a lifelong New York Yankees fan. "As I understand it," he wrote, "Torre is saying NYY is a tough...

Sixteenth of a series recounting Cal Ripken's 20 full major-league seasons. The 1997 season brought a confession from Cal Ripken. It came in Oakland before an early August game, and it illustrated just how deeply the dents had begun to form in baseball's...

Harold Baines Albert Belle Dante Bichette Bert Blyleven Bobby Bonilla Scott Brosius Jay Buhner Ken Caminiti Jose Canseco Dave Concepcion Eric Davis Andre Dawson Tony Fernandez Steve Garvey Rich Gossage Tony Gwynn Orel Hershiser Tommy John...

Candidate, Votes, % of Votes Cal Ripken Jr. 537 98.5 Tony Gwynn 532 97.6 Rich Gossage 388 71.2 Jim Rice 346 63.5 Andre Dawson 309 56.7 Bert Blyleven 260 47.7 Lee Smith 217 39.8 Jack Morris 202 37.1 Mark McGwire 128 23.5 Tommy John 125 22.9...

La Cañada native Kelson Brown has been bouncing around the country the past four years playing baseball. He has gone from Oregon to Iowa and now to Pennsylvania, as a new journey is about to begin. In 2006, Brown left his hometown of La Cañada after...

Ideally, I should rewrite ESPN's news release about its plans for the final game at Yankee Stadium in my own words. But after all that Mike Francesa transcription and answering 113 questions in my live chat, I don't feel like......

Lots of news items from Joe Torre's Safe At Home Foundation gala tonight, which brought back the 1998 World Series Championship team. No giant headliners but plenty of items. *Andy Pettitte said he's not trying to get a two-year deal.......