Long after his Negro Leagues career ended, he became the game’s ambassador in Charlotte
During his career, Eddie G.G. Burton barnstormed across the country with such all-stars as Satchel Paige, Minnie Miñoso and Josh Gibson.
Baseball Hall of Fame only has one unanimous selection. What’s the deal with that?
Those 117 gentlemen should have joined Mariano Rivera as unanimous selections to the None of them did. If anything, I undercounted. I do allow for some honest difference of opinion. Nor am I including ...
Predicting each MLB team's next retired number: Miguel Cabrera, Yadier Molina, Sammy Sosa, more due honors
Seeing the number featured in the ballpark with the rest of the retired numbers is cool and it's always an opportunity to ...
Around the Valley: Budding Allentown female baseball standout is in a league of her own
Nadielis Caban, a 7th-grader at South Mountain Middle School in Allentown, was selected by MLB to participate in a trailblazer series April 10-13 at Vero Beach, Florida. The program is designed to ...
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Baseball Hall of Fame Year-by-Year Inductees
Year-by-year inductees to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame: BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; TGE: Today’s Game Era (1998-present) committee; VC: Elected by ...
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It's spring training, and time to remember baseball's rich history on the Treasure Coast
In 1947, World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker ... Girls Professional Baseball League. Notable autographs include Shoeless Joe Jackson, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson, Nolan Ryan, Ted Williams ...
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He became ‘Mr. Baseball’ but Bob Uecker always stayed true to his Milwaukee roots
He was born here, raised here, played his first major-league baseball here and continued ... well as the permanently retired number of Jackie Robinson. The Brewers further honored Uecker on ...
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Phillies Black player history
Allen will be posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27. Being included in the fraternity of ...
Local author’s first book honors a former childhood baseball idol
As a teenager, Jim Bark would wait outside the visiting teams clubhouse at County Stadium in Milwaukee hoping to get an autograph from some of his favorite baseball players. The Racine, Wisconsin ...
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Baseball Hall of Fame: Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, Clayton Kershaw, more active players on track for Cooperstown
The dust has settled on the election process of the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ... Harper, Frank Robinson, Ken Griffey Jr., Trout, Andruw Jones, Eddie Mathews, Miguel Cabrera and Mickey Mantle.