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From the Stacks -- 'The Long Season'
The Daily MirrorI haven’t read a baseball book since my mother gave away my trading cards of the Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Braves. No, I’m not quite that old. I got them from a neighbor lady who was surreptitiously cleaning out...... -
Roberto Alomar, Bert Blyleven elected to baseball Hall of Fame
The Fabulous ForumRoberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven were chosen to the baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday, in an election in which voters again rejected candidates closely identified with baseball's steroid era. Alomar got 523 votes and Blyleven 463, with 436 of...... -
Edsel Award winners: Kanye West, LeBron James, Jeff Zucker and others
The Big PictureWhen Ford rolled out the Edsel in 1957, the launch was accompanied by tons of marketing hoopla, including a Ford-sponsored CBS TV special. It was all downhill from there. After two years of critical ridicule and consumer indifference, Ford put...... -
Book review: 'The Last Boy' by Jane Leavy
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe Last Boy Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood Jane Leavy Harper: 456 pp., $27.99 As a young girl growing up in the Bronx, Jane Leavy was enthralled not only by Mickey Mantle's amazing ability — at his best, he was as great as any...Tags: Jackie Robinson, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Health, Mickey Mantle, Athletes
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San Bruno burn victim recalls explosion
L.A. NOWSan Bruno resident Gayle Masunu, 59, sat in a friend's driveway on a hill above her smoldering neighborhood thinking about the home she had lost. News helicopters circled overhead, a constant reminder of the explosion. "I don't like that sound,"...... -
World Series: Willie Mays to throw out first pitch
The Fabulous ForumThe San Francisco Giants will honor arguably the greatest player in franchise history Wednesday, when Hall of Famer Willie Mays throws out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 1 of the World Series against the Texas Rangers. Mays will be...... -
The bible of baseball cards
Long ago, when children were allowed to wander from their parents' side for more than 15 minutes, I spent much of my free time accumulating baseball cards.
After school, my buddy Adam Rogers and I would stroll to the candy store and buy multiple packs....Tags: Honus Wagner, Jackie Robinson, Los Angeles Kings, Sports, Don Drysdale
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Los Angeles Times bestsellers (hardcover) for March 21, 2010.
++++++++++++++++++++ || Fiction || Weeks on list || || 1. || The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined as they change a Mississippi town. || 41 || || 2. || Abraham Lincoln:...Tags: Tim Burton, Murder, Ozzy Osbourne, Robert Mapplethorpe, Abraham Lincoln
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Los Angeles Times bestsellers (hardcover) for March 28, 2010.
++++++++++++++++++++ || Fiction || Weeks on list || || 1. || The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined as they change a Mississippi town. || 42 || || 2. || House Rules by Jodi...Tags: Asperger Syndrome, Murder, Ozzy Osbourne, Karl Rove, Robert Mapplethorpe
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Want this fan's World Series tickets? Give Manny what for
Anybody out there want my World Series tickets? For free?
I've got two of them for Game 4, should the Dodgers make it through the playoffs, which begin with today's opener against the St. Louis Cardinals. I'm talking about some pretty good seats too....Tags: Juan Pierre, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Rickey Henderson, Manny Ramirez
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Dusty Rhodes dies at 82; pinch-hitting hero of 1954 World Series
Dusty Rhodes, a light-hitting, hard-drinking outfielder who was at his best on baseball's biggest stage, died of cardiopulmonary arrest Wednesday at a Las Vegas hospital. He was 82. Rhodes, whose left-handed swing was tailor-made for the short right-...Tags: Jackie Robinson, Chicago Cubs, Health, Career and Workplace, Sports
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Los Angeles Times bestsellers (hardcover) for Feb. 28, 2010
++++++++++++++++++++ || Fiction || Weeks on list || || 1. || The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined as they change a Mississippi town. || 38 || || 2. || Point Omega by Don...Tags: Henry Paulson, Dan Brown , Dave Eggers, James Patterson , Ozzy Osbourne
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