Rose was 44 and the team's player-manager. Batting left-handed against the San Diego Padres' Eric Show in the first inning, he smacked a 2-1 slider into left field, a clean single. The crowd of 47,000-plus stood and yelled. The game was halted to celebrate. Rose was given the bal...
Despite his outstanding on-field achievements, including three batting titles, aWorld Series MVP award, and 17 All-Star selections, Rose's career was overshadowed by a lifetime ban from baseball due to betting on the sport, including games involving his own team. ...
Maine, who found his way to the majors by chance and ended up batting .354 for the Reds in 1929. He overcame a hunting accident that left him with diminished vision in his right eye, and he suffered a personal tragedy that he took with him to his grave. ...
Eligible for the ’95 Draft, Prieto was picked fifth overall by Oakland, and after signing in late June, the 6-foot-3 right-hander bypassed the Minor Leagues to make his big league debut on July 2 at the age of 25. Prieto pitched two hitless innings of relief that day, then joined t...
Bader was batting .403 (29 for 72) with 10 homers against lefties at Triple-A Memphis this year. He slid across the plate to score the winning run on Jedd Gyorko's short sacrifice fly, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals over the Colorado Rockies 3-2 on Tuesday night. ...
The story came out that we never had won a national championship in any sport, and the city adopted us.” 3B coach Mike Jirschele (Triple-A Omaha manager 1995-97, 2003-2013) Jirschele led the Royals’ Triple-A club to Pacific Coast League titles in 2011 and 2013, and the Triple-A...
brushes Trout to the No. 2 spot, which by the way is still really, really good. It is not that anyone is dumping Trout toLuis Valbuenaterritory. Trout is awesome. Altuve has just been a bit more awesome, as he has compiled a .334 batting average -- with three ...
the way to a 73–57 win over UCLA, who have more NCAA men’s basketball championships than any other school. This would be the beginning of a brief dynasty, as the Gators also won the2007 championship, becoming the first school to win back-to-back titles since Duke in the early 1990s...
For the first and only time in history, the American League and National League both had triple crown winners (leading in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in). Jimmie Foxx socked 48 home runs, drove in 163 runs, and batted .356 for the Philadelphia A's, while Chuck ...
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