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Five things I'll remember about Curt Simmons Day
Groller's Corner1. Bobby Shantz Talk about good guys. I began the day as a lifelong Curt Simmons fan and my first sports hero did not disappoint me. However, I ended the day as a fan of Shantz (pictured in the back of the limo below), who will turn 87 in September but... -
Babe Ruth's 1934 Yankees Hat Up For Auction
pix11.com | @JuliaTheWriterBabe Ruth's 1934 Yankees hat is going to auction and is expected to sell for at least $300,000, auctioneers said Monday. The Bambino's hat was famously worn by Bombers hurler David "Boomer" Wells in the June 18, 1997 game. A devoted fan, Wells wore the...Tags: Joe Torre, E-Commerce Industry, Babe Ruth, New York Yankees, Dmitri Young
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Book review: Frank Deford goes deep, as usual
Special to the Los Angeles TimesA bio on NPR's website of its commentator Frank Deford notes that the magazine GQ christened him, quite simply, "the world's greatest sportswriter." (Is he?) A story on ESPN's companion website, Grantland, referred to Deford as "a writer who had...Tags: Ted Tinling, Jimmy Connors, Bill Tilden, Newspaper and Magazine, Entertainment
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Lloyd Waters: Coffee? Tea? How about some MoviPrep?
Mickey Mantle was one of my favorite baseball heroes as I was growing up in Dargan. I still remember the exciting 1961 home run race between him and Roger Maris. As Mantle lay in his New York hospital bed dying from cancer of the liver, he famously said,...Tags: Liver Cancer, Health, Colonoscopy, The Herald-Mail, Hospitals and Clinics
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Bill 'Moose' Skowron 1930-2012
Bill "Moose" Skowron, who went from marbles, softball and dreams on the parks and playgrounds of the Northwest Side to attain fame as one of the greatest athletes from Chicago, has died. He was 81. Skowron, whose most enduring renown came as a member...
Tags: High School Sports, Baseball, Big Ten Conference, New York Yankees, Yogi Berra
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'Damn Yankees' and the passions they stir
Tribune Newspaper CriticA couple of years ago, for Father's Day, my family bought me the interactive video game MLB 2K9 for the Wii. The great thing about the game, and also its enduring frustration, is its verisimilitude — playing as the 2009 New York Yankees, I had...Tags: Baseball, New York Yankees, Catfish Hunter, Book, Father's Day
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Marjorie G. Gilbert, jewelry store owner
Marjorie G. Gilbert, a retired certified public accountant who co-owned a Baltimore County jewelry business, died of pneumonia complications Feb. 13 at Sinai Hospital. She was 88 and lived in Owings Mills.
Born Marjorie Gross in Newark, N.J., she was a...Tags: Consultancy Service, Pimlico, Dining and Drinking, Barack Obama, Adlai Stevenson
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How do you spot a fake or legit autograph?
KIAHYou will be surprised what the Fix discovered at the Houston Collectors Show. Let's begin with reputable companies that can authenticate signed memorabilia: "There are certain companies like JSA, PSA, and obviously TRISTAR [Productions, Inc.] puts on...Tags: Tiger Woods, eBay Inc., Joe DiMaggio
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Should Chipper enter Hall on 1st ballot?
A simple comparison Steve Gould Baltimore Sun All you need to do to know that Chipper Jones is a first-ballot Hall of Famer is compare his career statistics to those of other third basemen enshrined in Cooperstown. Let's start with traditional stats....Tags: Eddie Mathews, Voting, Eddie Murray, Baseball, George Kell
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Mesa Musings: Listening to the old Pacific Coast League
College football's bowl season is upon us, but it's time to talk a little Hot Stove League baseball. The year was 1957. I was 12 years old and a huge Mickey Mantle fan. We didn't have Major League Baseball in Southern California in those days. The...Tags: College Baseball, Baseball, Ernest Hemingway, Entertainment, New York Yankees
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Baseball fans meet for diamond dialogue
Talk baseball with Washington native David Paulson for a few minutes, and his obsessive lifelong fandom pours out in facts, figures and lore.
He recalls how he loved the most obscure of Washington Senators players, like outfielder Stan Spence. How he...Tags: Sociology, Memorial Stadium, J.J. Hardy, Albert Pujols, Culture
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