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10 things you might not know about Wrigley Field
Amid all the wrangling over renovations and increased signage at Wrigley Field, we'd like to explode a few myths about the 99-year-old ballpark. As Ernie Banks might put it, let's play 10: 1 The ballpark you know as Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs, used...
Tags: Grantland Rice, Chicago Mayor, New York Yankees, Customs and Tradition, Soldier Field
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Giants 1 win from 2nd World Series title in 3 years
DETROIT — The Giants are one victory from winning their second World Series in three years. And they have their best pitcher in Matt Cain going for the kill Sunday. Proving they could win on the road, in a foreign American League ballpark and in...
Tags: Barry Zito, Melky Cabrera, Tim Lincecum, New York Yankees, Red Ruffing
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Small-town Jimmie Foxx brought big-time power
Sixty miles east of Babe Ruth's birthplace, in the drowsy town of Sudlersville (population 497), stands a statue of the other great slugger from Maryland's past. But you'll have to stop at the town's only red light, corner of Church and Main, to view...
Tags: Oakland Athletics, Baltimore City College, New York Yankees, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Arts
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On Faith: Baseball and religion
I am pleased to respond to a special request from the features editor for a column timed with the start of the 2012 Major League Baseball season. I want to begin with a favorite story about my beloved Chicago Cubs: A 7-year-old Chicago boy challenged...Tags: Religious Events, Major League Baseball, Baseball, Justice System, San Francisco Giants
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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: Bret Boone, Edd Roush, Bill McKechnie, John Jay, Joe McCarthy
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Year-by-year inductees
(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...Tags: Edd Roush, Bill McKechnie, Joe McCarthy, George Wright, Hank Greenberg
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Oct 27, 2012
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Mar 30, 2012
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