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Jerry Hairston Jr.'s bid to join Baseball's Hall of Shame [Video]
Utility man Jerry Hairston Jr., who had been out over the weekend with a sore quad, is scheduled to return against the Indians on Monday, this time as a shortstop.
Last time he was seen -- Thursday, playing third base -- he brought back memories of...Tags: Manny Ramirez, Baseball, New York Mets, Jeff Kent, Kansas City Royals
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Fifty years ago, Maury Wills made crime pay off for the Dodgers
In the good old days, say 50 years ago, the Dodgers' heroes were actual players, not equity fund executives and magical former basketball stars. Case in point: Maurice Morning Wills. Maury Wills, now 79, first stepped onto the field in Dodger blue on...
Tags: Major League Baseball, Joe Torre, St. Louis Cardinals, Mickey Mantle, Chicago Cubs
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Q&A: Frank Howard recalls early days of Dodger Stadium
Fifty years ago, the biggest man inside Los Angeles' biggest new landmark was 6-foot-7, 255-pound Frank Howard, the National League rookie of the year in 1960 who helped break in Dodger Stadium by slugging 31 home runs, batting .296 and driving in 119...Tags: Clayton Kershaw, Steve Garvey, Cy Young Award, Don Drysdale, Mark McGwire
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They have a love affair solidified by music and Dodgers baseball
The show tune unfurls grandly from the Roland Super Spinet organ out across antique Dodger Stadium, momentarily and splendidly turning a game of baseball into a ride on a calliope. You hear the familiar melody and think of one person, the composer of...
Tags: Los Angeles Times Columnists, Music, Entertainment, Frank McCourt, Heart Attack
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L.A.'s greatest sports moments No. 12: Dodgers' first game in L.A.
The Fabulous ForumWe asked you to send in your picks for the greatest sports moments in L.A. history, and 1,181 ballots later we are unveiling the top 20 vote-getters. Each weekday we will unveil a new moment until we reach No. 1....... -
Duke Snider dies at 84; Dodger Hall of Famer
Duke Snider, one of the Brooklyn Dodgers' "Boys of Summer" and among a celebrated trio of New York center fielders in the 1950s, died Sunday. He was 84.
Snider died at Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, the Dodgers announced. No cause was...Tags: Baseball Statistics, Walter Alston, Mickey Mantle, Don Drysdale, Roy Campanella
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Danny McDevitt dies at 78; pitched Brooklyn Dodgers' last game at Ebbets Field
Danny McDevitt, who left his imprint on baseball history by pitching the last game for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in 1957, died Saturday, two days after his 78th birthday.
McDevitt, who lived in Social Circle, Ga., died at Newton Medical Center...Tags: Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Homes, Hospitals and Clinics, Minor League Baseball
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The surprising shortstop weakness in Dodger history
Dodger ThoughtsPlease welcome this guest post by Eric Enders, author of "The Fall Classic: The Definitive History of the World Series." * * * In filling out my all-time Dodger lineup card, something occurred to me that I???d never thought about...... -
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Dodger ThoughtsFocusing on the pixels instead of the big picture: The Dodgers Media Network, or what they've boldly acronymed as DMN, launched a bunch of new content this week. The leadoff batter is a piece on a day in the life...... -
The Coliseum was no 'real baseball'
Special to The TimesThe crowds that welcomed the Dodgers to Los Angeles and continued to respond to their historic presence were enormous -- 78,652 for the first game in 1958, 93,103 for a 1959 exhibition with the New York Yankees saluting Roy Campanella, and more than 92,...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Wrigley Field, Science and Technology, Don Drysdale, Roy Campanella
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Hair's to you, Mike the Barber
This is to let you know that Mike the Barber — aka Mike Fenimore — is hanging up his scissors and comb, calling it quits after 41 years to chase softball glory in a Florida retirement village.
That's the plan, anyway. One of Fenimore's...Tags: Coopersburg, Politics, Allentown, Career and Workplace, Leesburg
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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: Dizzy Dean, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, Central Division (NHL), Mark McGwire
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