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Sports Legend Revealed: Did Vladimir Nabokov work an actual baseball headline into his novel 'Pale Fire'?
The Fabulous ForumBASEBALL LEGEND: Vladimir Nabokov worked an actual baseball headline into his acclaimed novel Pale Fire. STATUS: I'm Going With False. Vladimir Nabokov was one of the most acclaimed writers of the 20th Century, both as a novelist (with his most...... -
Sports Legend Revealed: Ted Williams has a cocky response when told he could learn from watching Jimmie Foxx hit
The Fabulous ForumBASEBALL LEGEND: Ted Williams had an infamously cocky response as a rookie when told how he could learn from watching the great Jimmie Foxx hit. STATUS: I'm Going With False. As the story goes, when Ted Williams went to the...... -
Lee MacPhail dies at 95; former American League president and Hall of Fame member
Lee MacPhail, a former American League president who was the oldest member of baseball's Hall of Fame and part of one of the sport's foremost families, has died. He was 95. MacPhail, who with his father forms the only father-son duo in the baseball...
Tags: Larry MacPhail, George Brett, Cleveland Indians, Sports, Minnesota Twins
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Johnny Pesky dies at 92; beloved member of Boston Red Sox
Johnny Pesky, who spent most of his 60-plus years in pro baseball with the Boston Red Sox and was beloved by the team's fans, died Monday at a hospice in Danvers, Mass. He was 92. Pesky appeared at Fenway Park on April 20 when the Red Sox celebrated...
Tags: St. Louis Cardinals, Sports, Detroit Tigers, Enos Slaughter, Nomar Garciaparra
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Old-timers fete oldest of ballparks on 100th b-day
ASSOCIATED PRESSBOSTON (AP) — For one more afternoon, Yaz had the Fenway fans cheering, Pedro had them celebrating and Johnny Pesky brought tears to their eyes. Scenes from Fenway Park's first 100 years played out on the major leagues' oldest ballfield again on...Tags: Caroline Kennedy, Green Monster, Jackie Robinson, Economy, Business and Finance, Arts and Culture
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A family that makes art together
tiffanya@herald-mail.comA new exhibit at the Washington County Arts Council promises to be mini-monumental. Scaled-down versions of public monuments created by sculptor Antonio Tobias Mendez will be part an upcoming WCAC “Triptych: The Mendez Artists,” which opens...Tags: Entertainment, Ben Affleck, Athletes, Chicago White Sox, Arts
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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: Randy Choate, Gerald Laird, Pedro Feliciano, Adam Dunn, Pop Lloyd
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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: Pop Lloyd, Jackie Robinson, George Kell, Luis Aparicio, Pee Wee Reese
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At home in the Hall
sun reporterThe record-setting crowd shouted out its love of Cal Ripken Jr. at yesterday's Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony. But it was when Ripken was expressing love for his family that the usually stoic Orioles great lost his composure. Speaking of his...Tags: Earl Weaver, Arts, Eyewear, Family, Cal Ripken, Jr.
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Schmuck: VIP reception allows greats to again hear fans' cheers
Sun ReporterThey rolled out the red rug last night at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, but for the fans who lined the barricades to cheer the sport's greatest heroes, it might as well have been a magic carpet. The pending induction of likeable...Tags: Bob Feller, Earl Weaver, Willie Mays, George Brett, Eyewear
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Latest Alabama News
SOLDIER DEATHS 1 soldier from Fla., 1 from Alabama died in Afghanistan FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) -- The Department of Defense says a soldier from central Florida and another from Alabama died of injuries sustained when a helicopter they were in...Tags: History, Afghanistan, Trials, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Arts and Culture
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Revered Yankees Announcer Bob Sheppard Dies At 99
Bob Sheppard, whose elegant introductions of stars from Joe DiMaggio to Derek Jeter at Yankee Stadium for more than a half century earned him the nickname "The Voice of God," died Sunday. He was 99.
The revered public address announcer died at his Long...Tags: Phil Rizzuto, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Frank Gifford, New York Giants, National Football League
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