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The Polo Grounds
The Polo Grounds was once synonymous with sports and interwoven in America's fabric. It was here, not the Bronx, where the seeds of the...

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Ebbets Field
Very few ballparks have claimed a city's heart like Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. Perhaps it was Charles Ebbets continued investment in the...

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Metropolitan Stadium
For a stadium with such a short life span, Minnesota's Metropolitan Stadium certainly had its fair share of memories. Memories such as...

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Columbia Park
When Ben Shibe and Connie Mack were granted a team in Philadelphia for the inaugural season of the American League, they stumbled upon a...

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Apr 153 min read
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The Baker Bowl
Not all state-of-the-art ballparks are home to the best teams in the game. Although Philadelphia's Baker Bowl was the crown jewel of...

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Apr 117 min read
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Forbes Field
Behind the University of Pittsburgh's Wesley W. Posvar Hall stands an old brick wall from a glorious era, an era when America truly...

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Apr 26 min read
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Marv Owen
Marv Owen was a baseball lifer. While he did very little statistically, he contributed in some very memorable ways in two World Series....

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Apr 16 min read
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Duane Kuiper
Every summer, Giants fans from all over swoon of the popular radio broadcast show Kruk & Kuip . But while many are fascinated with their...

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Mar 275 min read
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Veterans Stadium
Visiting teams were loath to come there but isn't that the entire point of having a home-field advantage? For 33 years, Philadelphia's...

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Mar 257 min read
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Oriole Parks I-V
Before Baltimore's Memorial Stadium pulled at America's heartstrings and even before Baltimore Municipal Stadium was built, the Charm...

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Mar 197 min read
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Gene Clines
Barry Bonds was nothing short of a beast. From 1997 through 2002, he lit the baseball world on fire by bashing 279 home runs. As his body...

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Mar 136 min read
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Mickey Cochrane
"I didn't want to be a catcher. It was thrust upon me, as they say in the classics." - Mickey Cochrane Wherever Mickey Cochrane went, he...

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Mar 76 min read
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Joe Cronin
Born in a San Francisco basement just months after the devastating 1906 earthquake, Joe Cronin rose to prominence in America's pastime by...

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Feb 286 min read
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Don Drysdale
Few in baseball could compare to Don Drysdale in the 1960s. From his record five All-Star Game starts to his 58.2 consecutive scoreless...

David Hegler
Jul 8, 20247 min read
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Cleveland's Three Great Pitchers
For nearly a decade, the city of Cleveland enjoyed the rare privilege of having three future Hall of Famers taking the pitcher's mound....

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May 16, 20246 min read
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Gene Conley
The list of men who have won both the World Series and an NBA championship is short. Very short. But in the annals of great athletic...

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May 11, 20244 min read
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Ted Williams' Military Service
"I was no hero. There were maybe 75 pilots in our two squadrons and 99% of them did a better job than I did" -Ted Williams While the...

David Hegler
Apr 20, 20244 min read
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Bobby Doerr
Few fielders could compare to Bobby Doerr in the 1940's. In 14 years with the Boston Red Sox, the second baseman from Los Angeles,...

David Hegler
Apr 18, 20244 min read
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Tom Yawkey
The Res Sox were in a chaotic state. Years after selling off Babe Ruth and the rest of a championship roster, the team's books were in...

David Hegler
Apr 15, 20246 min read
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The 10 Longest Home Runs in MLB History
Few things in sports compare to a massive home run, the kind that can either ignite a stadium ablaze or take the air out of the facility....

David Hegler
Apr 9, 20245 min read
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