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 ...
Dodgers Dugout: One elected to our Hall of Fame
Don Sutton, 75.7% (70.1): Leads or is in top three in many all-time Dodgers pitching categories, but always seems to struggle to get respect. It took him five tries to get into the real Hall of Fame, ...
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Deacon Jones set a Midwest League record -- then made history as a Black manager
A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2008. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.
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Remembering Bob Uecker, Mr. Baseball
Uecker ended his major league playing career with a 200 batting average in 297 games. He had some big moments, including a hit off Sandy Koufax. And he could boast that he caught two of the best pitch ...
Hall of Fame mailbag: Stark on closers’ cases plus King Félix, Pedroia, Edmonds and Rose
Did Billy Wagner's election just kick open the door for Kenley Jansen and Craig Kimbrel (and possibly Aroldis Chapman, too)?
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Former Dodgers catcher Jeff Torborg dies at age 83
Torborg signed with the Dodgers out of Rutgers prior ... His first no-hitter behind the plate was Sandy Koufax’s perfect game in 1965. “I didn’t do anything but catch the ball, but what ...
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Jeff Torborg, Catcher of Three No-Hitters and a Manager, Dies at 83
Rosenwald Jeff Torborg, an unassuming baseball lifer who caught three no-hitters, including Sandy Koufax’s perfect game ... and the Dodgers signed him in 1963 with a $100,000 bonus (the ...
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Former Mets, White Sox Manager, Accomplished MLB Catcher Passes Away
Jeff Torborg, who managed five major league teams after a 10-year career as a catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Angels, has passed away. He was 83. The Baseball Hall of Fame was first to ...
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Beloved Brewers Broadcaster Bob Uecker, ‘Mr. Baseball,’ Dies at 90
Bob Uecker, the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career earned the moniker “Mr. Baseball”, has died at 90. The team announced Uecker died Thursday, […] ...
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'Mr. Baseball' Bob Uecker passes away at 90
Bob Uecker was a famously mediocre Major League hitter who discovered that he was much more comfortable at a microphone than home plate. And that was just the start of a second career in entertainment ...
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'Mr. Baseball' Bob Uecker, Brewers announcer and sitcom star, dies at 90
Bob Uecker, the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career earned the moniker “Mr. Baseball” and honors from the Hall of Fame, has died.