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Baseball history repeats itself
Listening to the Sox/Twins game on the radio tonight brought back memories of days spent listening to Bob Elson as we cheered Minnie Minoso, Luis Aparicio, and Luke Appling. The names of the heroes change but the game remains as riveting as ever....Tags: Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball, John Danks, A.J. Pierzynski, Luke Appling
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Historic October baseball on both sides of Chicago
Wednesday's editorial "Chicago vs. Chicago?" hit it out of the park. Perhaps all Chicagoland baseball fans can now teach the Washington politicians how to resolve their partisan differences and root for a Cubs vs. Sox World Series for the good of Chicago....Tags: Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, John Danks, A.J. Pierzynski
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Ken Griffey Jr. in a Sox uniform? I'm stoked
I zipped over to the Web sites as fast as my fingers could type Thursday to find out if it was fiction or fact. Cincinnati Enquirer, 9:47 a.m.: "Reds trade Griffey." Not might trade. No "trade Griffey?" with a question mark. Did trade. And to the White...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Reggie Jackson, Mark McGwire, ESPN, Bobby Jenks
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Pinch Hitters: "The Crowd Sounds Happy" is Nicholas Dawidoff's memoir of growing up in a troubled family with baseball as his anchor
One evening recently I took my 3-year-old son to his first baseball game. The complexities of the sport are beyond him at this point, which means any lingering memories of our outing will likely be limited to the post-home-run fireworks and our attempts,...Tags: Major League Baseball, Illnesses, Mental Illness, Ted Williams, Fenway Park
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Schmuck: VIP reception allows greats to again hear fans' cheers
Sun ReporterThey rolled out the red rug last night at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, but for the fans who lined the barricades to cheer the sport's greatest heroes, it might as well have been a magic carpet. The pending induction of likeable...Tags: Major League Baseball, Bob Feller, Reggie Jackson, Dave Winfield, Robin Roberts
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Manager 'was like a father'
Sun ReporterOn Aug. 1, 1966, the Orioles led the American League by a whopping 13 games and the media proclaimed manager Hank Bauer a genius. Baloney, said Bauer, a gnarly ex-leatherneck: "I just crank [the team] up and turn 'em loose," he said. Seven weeks later,...Tags: Major League Baseball, Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Eddie Fisher
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All-time Hall of Fame voting percentages
The Associated PressPlayer, Year, Cast, Votes, Pct. Tom Seaver 1992 430 425 98.84 Nolan Ryan 1999 497 491 98.79 Cal Ripken Jr. 2007 545 537 98.53 Ty Cobb 1936 226 222 98.23 George Brett 1999 497 488 98.19 Hank Aaron 1982 415 406 97.83 Tony Gwynn 2007 545 532 97.61...Tags: Johnny Bench, George Sisler, Eddie Collins, Joe DiMaggio, Ernie Banks
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McGwire spurned
Sun ReporterMark McGwire came far closer yesterday to dropping off the ballot than entering the Hall of Fame. In an apparent repudiation of baseball's so-called steroid era, just 23.5 percent of Hall of Fame voters endorsed McGwire, the seventh-leading home run...Tags: Referenda, Major League Baseball, Don Drysdale, Political Candidates, Jim Rice
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Sox addiction
We're just guessing, but there might be a sudden spike in absenteeism in offices around the city, now that baseball season is in full swing. If you're headed to U.S. Cellular Field (don't worry, we won't blow your cover), follow these guidelines to make...Tags: Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, U.S. Cellular Field
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Where are they now?
Player, Pos., Home, Occupation Jerry Adair, 2B, Deceased Luis Aparicio, SS, Maracaibo, Venez., Owner of insurance company Steve Barber, P, Henderson, Nev., School bus driver Mark Belanger, SS, Deceased Frank Bertaina, P, Santa Rosa, Calif., Profession...Tags: Major League Baseball, Washington Nationals, Bob Johnson, Eddie Fisher, Milwaukee Brewers
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O's took memorable route to bring first World Series title to Baltimore
Sun reporterForty years ago last week, the Orioles bagged a pennant and threw themselves a party. For three hours, the new American League champions whooped and hollered and turned the visitors' clubhouse in Kansas City into Lake Champagne. Players sloshed through...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Political Candidates, AAA, Vehicles
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O's Series hero was prankster, too
Sun ReporterFormer pitcher Moe Drabowsky, a fun-loving prankster who became an Orioles World Series hero, died yesterday at the University of Arkansas Medical Center in Little Rock of complications from multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. Drabowsky, 70,...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball, Medical Conditions, Government, Diseases
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