Sports
Edd Roush, a two-time National League batting champion for the Cincinnati Reds who was the oldest living member of the Hall of Fame, died Monday at age 94.
March 22, 1988
California
Avakian, Siranoush, 84, of Van Nuys, homemaker. Forest Lawn Mortuary, Hollywood Hills.
Aug. 26, 1992
Dodgers
Road Warriors: The Dodgers will leave town again Thursday with baseball’s best road record, 42-27, and a chance to produce their best road mark since going 50-31 in 1974.
Sept. 11, 1988
Books
Baseball has inspired writers since the earliest days of the game. Here are nine great works of fiction and nonfiction: a literary all-star team.
April 2, 2006
Golf Digest reports that Canuck’s Sportsman’s Memorials Inc. of Des Moines, Iowa, will place the cremated remains of dearly departed hackers into the shaft of the deceased’s favorite golf club, or clubs.
April 25, 1993
(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 Wagner. 1937 -- BBWAA: Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker, Cy Young.
Jan. 4, 2005
In 1919, a sign reading “No Gambling Allowed” hung outside Comiskey Park.
Sept. 3, 1989
The Reading Life: The nine best baseball books
March 31, 2011
‘You Know Me Al,’ ‘The Natural’ and ‘Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?’ are in the starting lineup.
Awards
May 19, 2016