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Pro Players Missing Body Parts
Pro Players Missing Body Parts
Pro Players Missing Body Parts
Oh my, what a horrible title to a post. Professional athletes should be, but often are not, good role models for young people. Baseball's spring training season is underway and here's a look back at some old-time and some not so far back Major League Baseball players who overcame the obstacle of missing a body part...
Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees
Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees
Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees
The Major League Baseball Writers of America announced Wednesday that Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez, Jeff Bagwell and Tim Raines would be the players in 2017 inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. I was driving home from calling the Carleton Knights sweep over the St...
Baseball Hall of Fame
Baseball Hall of Fame
Baseball Hall of Fame
Later today the National Baseball Hall of Fame announces its class of 2017. Individuals were selected in a vote last month by the eligible members of the Baseball Writer's Association of America. As many as six candidates could be elected...
Rose in Hall of Fame?
Rose in Hall of Fame?
Rose in Hall of Fame?
Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert Manfred Jr. announced Monday baseball's all-time hits leader was denied reinstatement. The Hall of Fame does not consider for induction any person on baseball's restricted list. In a four-page written decision, Manfred said Rose applied for reinstatement in a letter asking for the chance to show he had reconfigured his life since he was banned for betting
It's Time For The Boys Of Summer
It's Time For The Boys Of Summer
It's Time For The Boys Of Summer
I know the girls state high school basketball tournament is this week, and I don't want to slight the ladies, but with the high temperatures of the last week I can't help but think of baseball season. We have spring training reports beginning at 4:25 each afternoon this week, and I stopped by for a peek at Target Field when I was covering the boys high school basketball tournament last week... Rea
Happy Birthday, Honus Wagner!
Happy Birthday, Honus Wagner!
Happy Birthday, Honus Wagner!
Honus Wagner (John Peter Wagner) may have been the greatest all-around baseball player to wear a professional uniform. He was born Feb. 24, 1874, in Pennsylvania and died Dec. 6, 1955, in Pennsylvania. Hall of Fame skipper John McGraw called Wagner, "The nearest thing to a perfect player no matter where his manager chose to play him...