Apr
30
Is Global Warming Causing More Home Runs in Baseball?
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Fox baseball commentator Tim McCarver is a retired baseball catcher whose work as a TV analyst recently got him inducted into the announcers#39; wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He occupies the top TV perch in the sport, and fans either love him or hate him. [More]
Apr
20
Honus Wagner Baseball Card From 1909 Auctioned for $1.23 Million
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The trading card that the National Baseball Hall of Fame calls the sport’s “most famous collectible” was sold today for $1.23 million in an online auction, according to the dealer handling the sale.
Apr
15
‘Baseball Fantography’ pulls fans into the bigger picture
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Andy Strasberg#39;s book spotlights hundreds of photographs taken by spectators. Homer Osterhoudt was born and raised in Cooperstown, N.Y., site of the Baseball Hall of Fame since 1939. Every summer, when the immortals of the diamond visited for the annual induction ceremony, the longtime mail carrier was waiting on Main Street, camera at the ready.
Apr
12
Baseball players’ union chief: steroid allegations shouldn’t keep players out of Hall of Fame
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WASHINGTON - Steroid use shouldn#39;t keep baseball#39;s best sluggers and pitchers out of the Hall of Fame, the head of the players#39; union said Wednesday. Michael Weiner told the National Press Club he thinks the Hall quot;is for the best baseball players that have ever played.quot;
Apr
12
Weiner: Baseball’s Hall of Fame should accept steroid use
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Steroid use shouldn#39;t keep baseball#39;s best sluggers and pitchers out of the Hall of Fame, the head of the players#39; union said Wednesday, adding the Hall quot;quot;is for the best baseball players that have ever played.quot;