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Lloyd Waters: Baseball, apple pie and heroes
Back in the late 1950s and early ’60s, the school ground in Dargan was the place to be if you wanted to play a little baseball. All the kids in the community would enjoy their summer vacations from school by playing the most popular sport....Tags: Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Apples
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Lee MacPhail, former Orioles general manager, dies at 95
The Baltimore SunLee MacPhail, a Hall of Fame baseball executive who served as the Orioles' general manager from 1959 to 1965, died Thursday evening at his home in Delray Beach, Fla. He was 95. Mr. MacPhail, who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1998, represented the...Tags: George Steinbrenner, Mickey Mantle, George Weiss, Peter G. Angelos, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Orioles even ALDS series against Yankees with 3-2 win
The Baltimore SunFor the second consecutive night, Orioles fans streamed into Camden Yards wearing their orange, twirling their “BUCKle Up” towels and surviving a first-pitch rain delay in hopes their Orioles could beat the bullies of the American League East....Tags: Wei-Yin Chen, Robert Andino, J.J. Hardy, Baseball Statistics, Yankee Stadium
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Guillen could be Marlins' fall guy
Ozzie Guillen is getting what he asked for when he left one of the most loyal owners in sports to work for one of the quirkiest. His job is in jeopardy only one season into a four-year deal, and few will be sad if he is swept out alongside longtime player...
Tags: Mickey Mantle, Ozzie Guillen, Triple Crown, Atlanta Braves, Miami Marlins
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The Orioles -- and Baltimore -- reawaken
It thoroughly confounds the pundits that the Baltimore Orioles, separated by 15 years from their last winning season, and with a roster dominated by the young and unknown, would host the New York Yankees in a September series with first place on the line....
Tags: Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, World War II (1939-1945), Memorial Day, Labor Day
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Manuel has radical vision for 2013 bullpen
PHILADELPHIA — Let me make one thing clear right now: This idea Charlie Manuel has is out there. Nonetheless, it goes to show you how desperate he is, how discouraged he is and how much he wants to avoid a repeat performance of the mess that is the...
Tags: David Herndon, Atlanta Braves, Chad Qualls, Colorado Springs Sky Sox, Henry Rodriguez
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60 Years Of Memories For The Travelers Championship
The Hartford CourantCROMWELL — The first PGA Tour stop in Connecticut was 60 years ago with the Insurance City Open at Wethersfield Country Club. Now called the Travelers Championship, it has gone through some name and sponsor changes through the years. But for...Tags: Michael Jordan, Boomer Esiason, Geno Auriemma, Brad Faxon, FedEx Corporation
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Phillies have limited history with Buehrle
The Phillies FilesThe Phillies may be familiar with the Marlins, but they’re not so familiar with pitcher Mark Buehrle. And it many ways, that doesn’t make things easy for the Phillies. Buehrle has faced the Phillies just three times in career, with...... -
From the archives: Skowron revels in storytelling as he battles lung cancer
Special to the TribuneThis story was first published in the Tribune on May 22, 2011. The voice is softer now but as affable and entertaining as ever. Moose Skowron still has many, many tales to tell. Like the night Marilyn Monroe was flirting -- only not with Skowron, nor...Tags: Mickey Mantle, Atlanta Braves, Northwestern Wildcats, Casey Stengel, Roy Campanella
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John Eisenberg: Real comeback at spring training is Flanagan's
![He was the first player out of the Orioles' dugout at the start of the seventh inning, walking slack-shouldered on a hot, indolent afternoon at a tumbledown ballpark near the ocean, maybe a thousand fans scattered around the bleachers. "Whoozat? Kevin Hickey?" said a man behind the backstop.Mike Flanagan reached the mound and began to warm up. His left-handed pitches cracked into Chris Hoiles' glove, the sound the only sharpness among round, dull circumstances. It was a "B" game against the Expos, not a damn bit important, the Orioles down four after another middling performance by Bob Milacki.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-08/64219816-24174804.jpg "He was the first player out of the Orioles' dugout at the start of the seventh inning, walking slack-shouldered on a hot, indolent afternoon at a tumbledown ballpark near the ocean, maybe a thousand fans scattered around the bleachers. "Whoozat? Kevin Hickey?\" said a man behind the backstop.Mike Flanagan reached the mound and began to warm up. His left-handed pitches cracked into Chris Hoiles' glove, the sound the only sharpness among round, dull circumstances. It was a \"B\" game against the Expos, not a damn bit important, the Orioles down four after another middling performance by Bob Milacki.")
Baltimore SunHe was the first player out of the Orioles' dugout at the start of the seventh inning, walking slack-shouldered on a hot, indolent afternoon at a tumbledown ballpark near the ocean, maybe a thousand fans scattered around the bleachers. "Whoozat? Kevin...Tags: Andres Galarraga, Memorial Stadium, Spring Training, Cy Young Award, Hamburgers
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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: George Mason, John Clarkson, Hank Aaron, Melvin Mora, Bob Lemon
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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: John Clarkson, Harry Heilmann, Hank Aaron, Lou Boudreau, Bob Lemon
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