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WooSox Foundation Writers Series to hit it out of Polar Park with award-winning authors
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo Sports· 1 month agoWORCESTER — The Knights of the Keyboard, as Ted Williams once called writers, will hit it out of the...
First Black pro football player is subject of new biography | Book Talk
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWhy isn’t Charles Follis in the Pro Football Hall of Fame? One might think the first Black...
Where was Willie Mays from? Late MLB legend was Alabama native who began career in Birmingham
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo Sports· 21 hours agoOn Tuesday night, the baseball and broader American sports world lost a giant — literally and figuratively. Former New York and San Francisco Giants star Willie Mays, perhaps the greatest player ...
Whitey Herzog, Hall of Fame manager who led Cardinals to 3 pennants, dies at 92
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 months agoHall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog, who led the St. Louis Cardinals to the 1982 World Series title,...
Meet the Drakes: Marysville's newest pro baseball team
Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJun. 16—Once again, Marysville has invited players from all across the country to invade Bryant Field for a summer in the inaugural Independent professional baseball season involving the Marysville ...
Baseball's magical numbers might be losing their luster | Opinion
The News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 14—For those who grew up in the 1980s or anytime before, baseball's magical numbers were always a hot topic. When numbers such as 60, 61, 714, 755, 56 and .406 were brought up, baseball ...