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The Coliseum was no 'real baseball'
Special to The TimesThe crowds that welcomed the Dodgers to Los Angeles and continued to respond to their historic presence were enormous -- 78,652 for the first game in 1958, 93,103 for a 1959 exhibition with the New York Yankees saluting Roy Campanella, and more than 92,...Tags: All Stars, Roy Campanella, Boston Red Sox, World Series, Willie Mays
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Finally, I felt the tingle
Sun ReporterIt was a sensation I'd experienced while touring plantations in South Carolina and walking the Forum in Rome, that feeling that because I was standing in a certain place, I was linked intimately with the span of human history. I stared at the bronzed...Tags: Tris Speaker, John McGraw, Willie McCovey, All Stars, World Series
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Baby Birds learn to fly in Bluefield
Sun reportersThe handshake, a quaint form of sealing a deal, has worked for the Baltimore Orioles and their Rookie-level team for half a century, an affiliation unmatched in organized baseball. "We've never had a contract," says Bluefield Orioles general manager...Tags: Photography, Spring Training, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
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99 things every real Cubs fan should know
What's the Curse of the Billy Goat?
It started during the 1945 World Series, which pitted the Cubs against the Detroit Tigers. The Cubs refused to let Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis bring his lucky goat inside Wrigley Field for Game 4. An angry...Tags: Johnny Evers, The Beach Boys, Twiggy, Edgar Renteria, WGN
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Sosa sticks it to White Sox—again
Tribune staff reporterAside from Jim Thome's home run, the numbers are looking uglier for the White Sox after a feeble 8-1 loss to the Rangers. In losing their third consecutive game for the first time this season, the Sox's offensive woes took another dip Tuesday night...Tags: Jon Garland, Jim Thome, Willie Stargell, Tampa Bay Rays, Mark Teixeira
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Palmeiro's evolution as slugger cast in doubt after suspension
Sun StaffWhen Rafael Palmeiro was starting out with the Chicago Cubs, he seemed more likely to become the next Wade Boggs than to pass Reggie Jackson on the all-time home run list. His smooth swing sent singles and doubles skittering through gaps in the defense,...Tags: Career and Workplace, Carl Yastrzemski, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire, Plastic Surgeons
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A neighborly weekend at the old ballpark
Tribune staff reporterIt is 9:30 on a Friday morning. The first game of the series won't start for almost 10 hours. But the man who calls himself "the Atlanta Scalper" is already on a street corner midway between the old courthouse where Dred Scott sued for his freedom and...Tags: Basketball, Lou Brock, Hotels and Accommodations, Boston Red Sox, Hamburgers
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ESPN promotes South Dakota tourism or something
WatchdogESPN's latest "Mt. Rushmore of Sports" release doesn't make much more sense to me than the last one. It appears Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Joe Namath and Manhasset's own Jim Brown will represent New York in this feature. I'm not......Tags: Tom Osborne, George Brett, Bob Gibson, Adam Vinatieri, Joe Gibbs
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Delgado: 'I've never done anything illegal.'
On the Mets beatIn the wake of A-Rod's stunning admission, and the steroid cloud still hanging over baseball, Carlos Delgado was asked today if he was worried about the public perception of sluggers like himself -- especially with 103 unnamed players on that......Tags: Willie Stargell, Alex Rodriguez, Carlos Delgado
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Cal grabs All-Star moment
Sun StaffSEATTLE - The Safeco Field crowd stood at 6:19 p.m., almost too late to force Cal Ripken from the batter's box to acknowledge its welcome as he led off the third inning of a scoreless All-Star Game. A tip of his helmet, a wave of the bat. Then a swing....Tags: Career and Workplace, Mike Hampton, Mike Piazza, Texas Rangers, Troy Glaus
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End of a long Orioles line
Sun StaffAnd so it draws to a close. No more "big, round numbers" to chase, no more seasons to anticipate. One more time, the reception he has come to know and many of the faces he has come to recognize during the past 21 years will touch Cal Ripken tonight at...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Brooks Robinson, Carl Yastrzemski, Career and Workplace, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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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: Amos Rusie, Ross Youngs, Paul Waner, Addie Joss, Willie McCovey
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