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mysportsrumors.com - 7/14/2008
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With all of the history being celebrated this
week at Yankees Stadium, so I've decided to give...
you the player I consider to be the All-Time All-Star MVP. The players being considered are Cal Ripken Jr, Ken Griffey Jr, Steve Garvey, Willie Mays and Gary Carter. Who do you think I've selected?
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The All-Time MLB All Star MVP
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sports.espn.go.com - 9/9/2007
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Tigers center fielder Curtis Granderson joined Willie Mays
and Frank "Wildfire" Schulte as the only players in...
major league history with 20 stolen bases, 20 homers, 20 triples and 20 doubles. Granderson stole his 20th base Sunday in the first inning against the Seattle Mariners, and received a rousing, standing ovation from fans in the stands and teammates in the dugout at Detroit's Comerica Park
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Granderson joins exclusive 20-20-20-20 club
sports2debate.com - 5/4/2009
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The MLB All-Defensive Team :: MLB 's Best
Defenders :: Most Gold Gloves :: Best at each...
Position in the History of Major League Baseball
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The MLB All-Defensive Team
dugoutcentral.com - 7/15/2008
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Great article on clutch hitting! Don weighted several
catgories and concluded that ... Rusty Staub ... was...
the greatest clutch hitter in the modern era. Jim Rice and ARod don't fare well.
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Ranking the Greatest Clutch Hitters
seamheads.com - 4/24/2008
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Roberto Clemente called the 1960 N.L. MVP voting
an "injustice," but was it really? The other night...
I was watching a documentary about Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame outfielder Roberto Clemente, which stated that Clemente was bitter about not being named N.L. MVP after the 1960 season
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Was Clemente Really Slighted by MVP Voters in 1960?
bizofbaseball.com - 5/15/2008
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It was announced today that MSNBC anchor, SABR
member, and all-around baseball fanatic, Keith Olbermann will tell...
the inside story of three decades' worth of Topps proof cards in a five-part, serialized feature to debut with the May 30 issue of Sports Collectors Digest on newsstands May 15. Readers will be treated to a narrative of nearly 30 years of baseball card lore told by Olbermann, an ...
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Keith Olbermann to Pen 5-Part Series on Topps Cards
sports2debate.com - 4/28/2009
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Albert Pujols, The Greatest Baseball Player Ever. If
you are not a fan of Albert Pujols you...
certainly aren’t against him. He defines “going about your business.” His first major league season was 2001. He did not come in under the radar.... MORE>>
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Albert Pujols, The Greatest Baseball Player Ever
sports.espn.go.com - 8/22/2007
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The all-time Rawlings Gold Glove team was released
Wednesday on the 50th anniversary of the awards. Wes...
Parker at 1st Base? WTF?
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All-time Gold Glove team named by Rawlings
hardballtimes.com - 6/29/2007
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Two baseball historians, THT co-founder Matthew Namee and
Steve Treder (who has been writing for THT since...
our inception), play with history.
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Rewriting history: What if the Braves had signed Willie ...
joeposnanski.com - 1/11/2009
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I think it’s probably fair to say that
Adam Dunn, for all his obvious talents, can be...
a remarkably frustrating player to watch. He is a dreadful left fielder, a designated hitter in outfielder’s clothes. He’s slow*. He strikes out a ton. He hits .225 ...
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Willie, Bloomquist and the Dunn
seamheads.com - 5/5/2008
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The Kid and The Mick Two Fridays ago
in San Francisco, Ken Griffey Jr. played in the...
2,402 nd major league game, passing Mickey Mantle for 74 th on the all-time leaderboard. If he can play in 140 games this season, he'll pass Zack Wheat at 69 th with 2,410*.
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The Kid and The Mick
bizofbaseball.com - 6/6/2008
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Geddy Lee , the legendary bassist, vocalist and
keyboardist for the Canadian prog rock band Rush has...
donated 200 signed baseballs by former players or backers, marking the single largest donation to the Negro Leagues Museum to date, according to director of marketing, Bob Kendrick.
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Geddy Lee of Rush Donates 200 Signed Negro League Baseballs
bizofbaseball.com - 5/14/2009
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MLB Network tonight will unveil the finale in
the series of video vignettes that “re-create” classic moments...
in baseball history, imagining how those moments may have looked with camera angles that did not exist at the time. The last of these vignettes, a look at Willie Mays' famous catch ...
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MLB Network to Air Video Vignette Recreation of Mays' ...
seamheads.com - 4/1/2008
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Here are the 25 center fielders who had
the best careers during the 20 th century (as...
measured by the NEWS HOF Gauge). For a center fielder, a NEWS score of 270 is required to say that he has obvious HOF numbers . There are eleven center fielders who posted these numbers.
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The 25 Center Fielders With the Best Careers
bizofbaseball.com - 1/14/2009
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MLB Network announced Monday that it will televise
live the 51st annual Caribbean World Series from February...
2 through February 6, 2009 scheduled to be played in Mexicali, Mexico.
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MLB Network to Televise Caribbean World Series
thefeed.blogs.com - 5/14/2007
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I just checked the calender and it's still
2007, not 1957 or 1857 so I'm wondering how...
Paul Finebaum's getting away with calling Hank Aaron Bud Selig's "House Boy" in print and on the radio in Alabama.
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Hank Aaron a "house boy"?
epiccarnival.com - 7/18/2007
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Currently, Ken Griffey Jr. has 2,500 career hits,
589 Home runs and 13 Gold Gloves, but missed...
much of 4 seasons in his prime due to injury. Where would Griffey stand if he was healthy those 4 years? Let's take a look: In 2001, Griffey played in 111 games, hitting 22 homers with 104 hits and 65 RBI. Extrapolated to 160 games, Griffey would have hit 32 homers with 150 hits and 97... In ...
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Where Would Griffey Stand?
dugoutcentral.com - 8/17/2008
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I'm in complete agreement. Sadaharu Oh deserves to
be in the Hall. Same with Roger Maris and...
Buck O'Neil.
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Hall of Fame is About “Fame” – And These Men Deserve ...
baseball-reference.com - 5/6/2009
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Year Age Tm League AL - American League
(1901-present) NL - National League (1876-present) AA - American...
Association ( UA - Union Association (1884) PL - Players League (1890) FL - Federeal League (1914-1915) NA - National Association ...
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Willie Mays Statistics and History - Baseball
slanchreport.com - 5 days ago
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My second favorite actor to play Willie Mays
Hays, Omar Epps, has forged a lucrative acting career...
for himself, with his work on Fox’ hit House really taking off. It has long been noticed that Epps and Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin share quite the resemblance . They’re ...
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House Calls Out the Mike Tomlin Resemblance









