So here we go - Team Foohey (teams captains were the oldest player(s) for each team) batted first, while Team Farrucci (a combination of Farris/Lucci) took the field. Steve Langone ’96 was on the mound and Coach Mosc behind the plate to start. It turned out to be REALLY good gam...
I think Allen is a Hall of Famer. And my research on veteran candidates over the years has taught me that those who fall just short tend to later get in, such as Leo Durocher, Leon Day and Bill Mazeroski, who all missed by a vote before they got their plaques. I think the same t...
A special pre-game ceremony will see the four plaques revealed above the left field wall. OutfielderNorman “Turkey” Stearnesleft his home of Nashville to serve as the shining star atop the Detroit Stars’ lineup from 1923-1931. Stearnes led his Major Negro League in home runs seven times...
When the Hot Springs Historical Baseball Trail was opened in 2012, it was planned that more plaques would be added as research continued and additional qualified honorees were identified. So, it is with great pride that the City of Hot Springs announces its two newest inclusions in “The Tra...
Rivera's induction could challenge the record crowd of 82,000 that saw Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. receive their plaques in 2007, with Derek Jeter's certain election in 2020 figuring to do the same.Dec 20, 2013 · 2:52 Yankees: Mariano Rivera, No. 42FIRST-BALLOT INTRIGUERoy Halladay...
Appel, for over two decades a collaborator on the plaques that hang in Cooperstown, was also co-author of books with Thurman Munson, Lee MacPhail, Bowie Kuhn and Tom Seaver. Through his public relations company, he handles Yogi Berra and the Yogi Berra Museum, as well as Topps, Leland’...
But there are three plaques in particular that speak for Sukeforth. If not for him, Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente might never have been waved home to Cooperstown. And then there's Branch Rickey, who always wanted "Sukey" by his side. ...
Randy Johnson is second all-time, with five Cy Young plaques. 2004: Lance Armstrong wins sixth Tour de France Doug Pensinger // Getty Images 2004: Lance Armstrong wins sixth Tour de France Four cyclists have five Tour de France victories, but there was a time when one man surpassed them ...
I generally favor a larger, more inclusive Hall of Fame for the sake of history, but by that same token, I recognize Cooperstown could lose half its plaques and not be hugely worse off. That doesn’t go for players like Babe Ruth. The Hall of Fame wouldn’t be the Hall of Fame with...
-- Saturday, Aug. 10, 1968 -- when he and his father took a four-hour drive from their upstate New York home to the Bronx to watch their favorite team play at Yankee Stadium. He was 9."It was the first game I ever saw in my life," he says. "I remember how I felt walking ...