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Dontrelle Willis on Working Negro League Tribute Game at Rickwood Field: 'It's a Cathedral'
Sports Illustrated· 2 days agoThe event will now take place two days after the passing of Willie Mays, who began his professional...
The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness by Andy McCullough
Book Reporter· 13 hours agoMore than any baseball player of his generation, Clayton Kershaw has embodied the burden of athletic greatness, the prizes and perils that await those who strive for it all. In an age when baseball ...
Under the dome and on the diamond
Fox News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoSimilarly to daily life on Capitol Hill, Republicans and Democrats recently faced off in the Congressional Baseball Game, an annual charity event that...
'Say hey,' RVA. The day Willie Mays played in Richmond.
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 2 days agoWillie Mays obviously didn’t allow an unproductive afternoon in Richmond to carry over into the 1955...
Bill Connors: Michael Jordan was most dominating athlete since Babe Ruth
Tulsa World· 4 days agoEditor’s note: This is a column by former Tulsa World Sports Editor Bill Connors. This spring and...
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San Francisco Chronicle· 1 day ago1916 — Rube Foster of the Red Sox pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the New York Yankees. Foster struck out three and walked three and pitched the first no-hitter at Fenway Park. 1938 — Pinky ...
Now 99, the oldest living Negro leaguer ‘never thought they would recognize me’
Washington Post· 1 day agoGreason roomed with another rookie, a 17-year-old high school kid nearly seven years his junior. Willie Mays was bubbling with talent and knew how good he was but never bragged. Greason recalls ...
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San Francisco Chronicle· 1 day ago1934 — Pitcher John Broaca tied a major league record by striking out five consecutive times but pitched the Yankees to an 11-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Lou Gehrig had better luck ...
MLB franchise shortstop draft: Does Witt, Henderson or Seager go No. 1?
ESPN· 3 days agoThe shortstop position is absolutely loaded in Major League Baseball. One of the biggest debates...
This Date in Baseball-Week Ahead
Houston Chronicle· 1 day ago1934 — Pitcher John Broaca tied a major league record by striking out five consecutive times but pitched the Yankees to an 11-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Lou Gehrig had better luck ...