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Take a swing at these
WASHINGTON -- As the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball's return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta Manager Dave Bristol who said, "Only trouble I ever had with chewing tobacco was that the...
Tags: Bob Gibson, Stan Musial, Awards and Prizes, Lefty Grove, Rogers Hornsby
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Baseball's Back -- Take A Swing At These
The Hartford CourantAs the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball's return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta Manager Dave Bristol who said, "Only trouble I ever had with chewing tobacco was that the orthodontist said my...Tags: Stan Musial, Bob Gibson, Awards and Prizes, Don Drysdale, Rickey Henderson
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Column: Take a swing at these questions
WASHINGTON — As the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball’s return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta manager Dave Bristol who said, "Only trouble I ever had with chewing tobacco was that...Tags: Stan Musial, Texas Rangers, Awards and Prizes, Gary Sheffield, Don Drysdale
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Sculpting life lessons
It took hundreds of hours for Chicago sculptor Oscar Leon to create the life-sized statue of White Sox great Nellie Fox, which graces the sidewalk in front of U.S. Cellular Field. Leon is helping students at his alma mater, Oak Terrace Elementary School...
Tags: Chicago White Sox, Teaching and Learning, United Center, Students, Education
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Sosa, Bonds, Clemens rejected; no one elected to Baseball's Hall
NEW YORK (AP) — Steroid-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and former Chicago Cub Sammy Sosa were denied entry to baseball's Hall of Fame, with voters failing to elect any candidates for only the second time in four decades. Bonds received...
Tags: Orlando Cepeda, Barry Bonds, Bud Selig, Voting, Mark McGwire
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Reader Q&A: Mark Gonzales' White Sox mailbag
Ken Williams has the enviable position of seemingly being the only Chicago executive immune from the pressure to win and perform. In recent years we have seen all the Chicago franchises clean house. The Chairman needs to pocket his loyalty and let...Tags: Mike Stanton (baseball), A.J. Hawk, Barry Bonds, Mark Buehrle, Bobby Jenks
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Frank Thomas honored, proud of new statue
Frank Thomas, considered the best hitter in White Sox history, gave a smiling approval for his statue that was unveiled on the left field concourse at U.S. Cellular Field Sunday.
The likeness has Thomas on the follow-through of a one-handed swing....Tags: Baseball, Sculpture, Carlton Fisk, Sports, Arts and Culture
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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: Orlando Cepeda, Jim Rice, Warren Giles, Miguel Cairo, Sports
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Sidewalks: Dreams of fields
With the hockey season having come to its joyful conclusion, it is time to turn our attentions to those other professional athletes laboring in sunshine on spacious green fields on the city's North and South sides.
These would be baseball players, and if...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Luis Aparicio, Ernie Banks, Baseball, Walt Whitman
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Scenes from Cooperstown
Californian has always had eyes for Ripken It was way back in 1983 when a 15-year-old California girl and her baseball fanatic father were watching the World Series on television and she became smitten with the ice-blue eyes of the Orioles' young...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Earl Weaver, Harry Potter (fictional character), Weather, Sports
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Mark Gonzales' White Sox mailbag
The Tribune's White Sox reporter answers reader questions each week during the season. This week, Nick Masset impresses and a point-counterpoint on whether the White Sox should have bunted in the top of the ninth of the first game of the Wrigley version...Tags: Barry Zito, Esteban Loaiza, Baseball, Wrigley Field, Basketball
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The 1959 'Go-Go' White Sox and the air-raid sirens
Chicago TribuneThey were known as the "Go-Go Sox," hustlers who scraped together a 94-60 record less with bat-popping might than clutch pitching, flawless defense and jack rabbit speed on the base paths. There was Luis "Little Looie" Aparicio, the Venezuelan shortstop...Tags: Bill Veeck, Sports, Early Wynn, Chicago White Sox, U.S. Cellular Field
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Feb 26, 2012
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Jun 13, 2010
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Jul 28, 2007
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Jun 30, 2008
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Dec 19, 2007
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