Rename the Braves in Honor of Hank Aaron? Great Idea!
A wonderful movement is afoot to rename baseball’s Atlanta Braves with a name that’s less racist and also honors the team’s greatest hero, the late ‘Hammerin’ Hank’ Aaron: The #Hammers …..
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Jackie Robinson, Happy 100th Birthday!
Happy 100th birthday to Jackie Robinson, one of the true American heroes of the 20th century. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball, a racist barrier so strange and …..
Tony Gwynn, Hitter Extraordinaire
An inside look at one of baseball’s great craftsmen.
Marilyn Monroe and Her DiMaggio
Marilyn Monroe was an up-and-coming movie star when she married baseball hero Joe DiMaggio on 14 January, sixty years ago. It didn’t work out.
Jesse Owens Was (Briefly) (Really!) a Coach for the Mets
He had a short “run” with baseball’s most hapless team in 1965.
The Friendly Rivalry of the Brothers DiMaggio
Joe wasn’t the only DiMaggio playing center field in baseball’s big leagues.
Dress Like Lou Gehrig For Under a Million Bucks
At an auction of sports memorabilia last month, Lou Gehrig’s old Yankee jersey and cap fetched a goodly sum.
Ichiro Suzuki Carries His Baseball Bats in a Stradivarius Case
The Japanese baseball maestro has a custom-built bat case with a built-in dehumidifier.
Free at Last! Ichiro Suzuki is Now a Yankee
After 12 mostly losing seasons in Seattle, the superstar gets a crack at winning. How do you say “Bronx Bombers” in Japanese?
The Roger Clemens Trial Was Not a Waste of Time
Think the feds shouldn’t have left Roger Clemens alone? Ray Ratto doesn’t want to hear it.
Gregor Blanco’s Big Catch, Three Ways (Video)
Watch his perfect-game-saving grab with calls in radio English, TV English, and radio Spanish.
Mike Baxter Shows How to Save a No-Hitter
Johan Santana did the throwing, but Mike Baxter did the catching.
Sexy Photos of Gene Autry
Gene Autry was one of the greatest singing cowboy stars of all time. Going all the way back to the Pliocene Epoch.
Here’s the Zapruder Film of Mariano Rivera Tearing His ACL in Batting Practice
Watch as the “indispensible Yankee” goes down beside a grassy knoll.
Minor-Leaguer Scores a Baseball Rarity
Five strikeouts in one inning.
Roger Clemens Walks
The perjury trial of highly-decorated baseball pitcher Roger Clemens came to a halt on the second day of testimony when Judge Reggie B. Walton declared a mistrial.
Because prosecutors presented barred evidence to the jury. Oops.
As this piece from the Washington Post says: “His lawyers, unable to supress grins, declined to comment.”
Roger Clemens on Trial for Perjury
Yesterday was the first day day in the perjury trial of Major League Baseball great Roger Clemens.
Jackie Robinson Is Not Mrs. Robinson
I recently passed by a bus stop advertisement from Values.com that gave me pause:
Sadaharu Oh, You Stud, Happy 71st Birthday
Happy 71st birthday to baseball legend Sadaharu Oh.
Mordecai Brown Had More Than Three Fingers
Baseball pitching legend Mordecai Brown died on this day in 1948. He was 71.
“Couldn’t We Be More Restrained?”
A rare kinescope of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series has been found in Bing Crosby’s cellar, of all places.Why the kinescope? Crosby owned the team but couldn’t bear to watch in person.Crosby was so superstitious about hexing his Pirates that he and Kathryn listened to the game with their friends Charles and Nonie de Limur in Paris.
And Now, a Little Gambling Irony from Pete Rose
The Cincinnati Reds wanted to honor Pete “Banned for Gambling” Rose on the 25th anniversary of the day he became baseball’s all-time hit leader. They even got special permission from Major League Baseball to do so.
Bobby Thomson, Home Run Hero, Dead at 86
“Right away after I hit it I thought it was a home run. Going around the bases, I could hardly breathe. I was starting to
hyperventilate.”Bobby Thompson, the Scot who hit the 1951 home run known as “The Shot Heard ‘Round the World,” has died at age 86.
Just a Nice Photo: Dr. Dre
Throwing out the first rhyme: Rapper Dr. Dre shows off his Beats headphones — now with Red Sox branding! — at opening day in Fenway Park yesterday.Credit: Nicolaus Czarnecki/WENN.com