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  • August 2008

    • Yaz OK After Triple Bypass

      Boston Herald  |  Aug 19, 08 8:00 PM CDT

      Yaz OK After Triple Bypass

      (Newser) - Red Sox Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski underwent heart bypass surgery today after going to the hospital for chest pains, reports the Boston Herald. The beloved Yaz, who turns 69 on Friday, had a triple bypass and "everything's fine," said spokesman at Mass General. "The operation was a success." More »

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      baseball  • Boston Red Sox  • Baseball Hall of Fame  • heart surgery  • baseball's triple crown

  • July 2008

    • Golden Goose Hits Hall of Fame

      ESPN  |  Jul 28, 08 2:37 AM CDT

      Golden Goose Hits Hall of Fame

      (Newser) - Former Yankee closer Goose Gossage was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown yesterday along with Dick Williams and, posthumously, Walter O'Malley, Bowie Kuhn, Billy Southworth and Barney Dreyfuss. It was an emotional affair with Gossage weeping for Yankees catcher Thurman Munson, who died in a plane crash in 1979, while recalling his own odyssey from Yankee fan to legend. More »

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      New York Yankees  • George Steinbrenner  • Baseball Hall of Fame  • Brian Cashman  • Goose Gossage  • Bowie Kuhn

  • June 2008

    • Seaver Trades Curve Balls for Cabernets

      Bloomberg  |  Jun 5, 08 8:40 PM CDT

      Seaver Trades Curve Balls for Cabernets

      (Newser) - You might think baseball Hall of Famers might be content to rest on their laurels, but not so Tom Seaver, Bloomberg reports. The three-time Cy Young winner spent some time as an announcer after his retirement in 1987, but his interest in wine led to the founding GTS Vineyards in California's Napa Valley in 2001. Now, his labor is starting to bear fruit. More »

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      California  • New York Mets  • wine  • Baseball Hall of Fame  • Napa Valley  • vineyard

  • February 2008

    • Marichal, Mets' Martinez Shown at Cockfight

      New York Post  |  Feb 7, 08 3:46 PM CST

      Marichal, Mets' Martinez Shown at Cockfight

      (Newser) - Video of Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez and Hall of Famer Juan Marichal at a cockfight in their native Dominican Republic—where the practice is legal—was briefly available on YouTube today, the New York Post reports. The pair is seen enjoying themselves and even throwing the chickens into the ring as honorary soltadores . Martinez's rooster appears to die on the tape. More »

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      baseball  • New York Mets  • animal cruelty  • Dominican Republic  • Baseball Hall of Fame  • cockfighting

  • January 2008

    • Goose Gets Nod for Cooperstown

      New York Daily News  |  Jan 8, 08 2:45 PM CST

      Goose Gets Nod for Cooperstown

      (Newser) - Legendary closer Goose Gossage will enter the Baseball Hall of Fame this year by himself, the Hall announced today, making the grade after nine previous appearances on the ballot. The impressively mustachioed Gossage, who toiled for the Yankees, Padres, and seven other franchises, is only the fifth relief pitcher to be voted into Cooperstown. He said getting the news felt "like an anvil just fell on my head." More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • Baseball Hall of Fame  • Goose Gossage

  • December 2007

    • Ex-Commish Kuhn Headlines HOF Class

      Associated Press  |  Dec 3, 07 9:59 PM CST

      Ex-Commish Kuhn Headlines HOF Class

      (Newser) - Former commissioner Bowie Kuhn was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the overhauled Veteran’s Committee, along with former owners Walter O’Malley and Barney Dreyfus and ex-managers Dick Williams and Billy Southworth. Noticeably rejected from the hall was former players’ union head Marvin Miller, who vigorously fought Kuhn over benefits for players such as free agency during the 1960's and '70s, reports the AP. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • Boston Red Sox  • Los Angeles Dodgers  • Pittsburgh Pirates  • Baseball Hall of Fame  • MLBPA  • Bowie Kuhn

  • November 2007

    • A New Window Into BlackSox Scandal Opens

      Chicago Tribune  |  Nov 26, 07 4:13 AM CST

      A New Window Into BlackSox Scandal Opens

      (Newser) - A previously unseen series of documents related to the 1919 Black Sox scandal, in which players were accused of plotting to fix the World Series, goes up for auction this week, reports the Chicago Tribune . The papers, appearing to date from the criminal trial of eight Chicago White Sox players who were banned from baseball, have historians excited, with one saying, "this could be a treasure trove." More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • Chicago White Sox  • gambling  • Baseball Hall of Fame

  • August 2007

    • Yankees Legend Rizzuto Dies

      New York Post  |  Aug 14, 07 2:02 PM CDT

      Yankees Legend Rizzuto Dies

      (Newser) - Phil Rizzuto, who filled the annals of the New York Yankees as both a shortstop and a broadcaster, is dead today at 89. The Scooter tended the infield for 13 years with the Bombers, alongside Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio, and took home seven World Series titles. After being cut he became one of baseball's most iconic broadcasters, thrilling fans with his trademark "Holy Cow"-laden color for 40 years. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • obituary  • New York Yankees  • Baseball Hall of Fame  • Mickey Mantle  • Joe DiMaggio

  • July 2007

    • Ripken, Gwynn Deck the Hall

      ESPN  |  Jul 30, 07 6:31 AM CDT

      Ripken, Gwynn Deck the Hall

      (Newser) - Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken, Jr., were inducted to baseball's Hall of Fame today; both were notable for their remarkable consistency over careers spanning three decades, and both spent those careers with single teams. Their loyalty was repaid by circa 75,000 fans who came to see them inducted, the most in Cooperstown history. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • Baseball Hall of Fame  • Cooperstown  • Tony Gwynn  • Cal Ripken Jr.

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