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 Yaz OK
 After
 Triple
 Bypass


Boston Herald Boston Herald Aug 19, 08 8:00 PM CDT
(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 »

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

 Golden Goose Hits Hall of Fame

Emotions high as Yankee closer inducted

ESPN ESPN Jul 28, 08 2:37 AM CDT
(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 »

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

 Seaver Trades 
 Curve Balls
 for Cabernets 

'The name should not sell it,' he says of his Napa-produced vintages under GTS label

Bloomberg Bloomberg Jun 5, 08 8:40 PM CDT
(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 »

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

Marichal, Mets' Martinez Shown at Cockfight

Pitchers were honorary starters of event in Dominican Republic

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

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

Goose Gets
Nod for Cooperstown

Gossage flies solo
as Rice, Dawson
wait by the phone

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

More about:  MLB • baseball • Baseball Hall of Fame • Goose Gossage

Ex-Commish Kuhn Headlines HOF Class

Former adversary and players' union head Miller rejected, again

Associated Press Associated Press Dec 3, 07 9:59 PM CST
(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 »

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

A New Window Into BlackSox Scandal Opens

Historians intrigued by emergence of newly uncovered documents

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Nov 26, 07 4:13 AM CST
(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 »

More about:  MLB • baseball • Chicago White Sox • gambling • Baseball Hall of Fame

Yankees Legend Rizzuto Dies

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

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

Ripken, Gwynn Deck the Hall

75,000 fans show up for induction of loyal franchise centerpieces

ESPN ESPN Jul 30, 07 6:31 AM CDT
(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 »

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

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