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As 90 Nears, Stan Musial Forever Worthy of Celebration

Even though Stan Musial turns 90 on Sunday, he already has one of his biggest birthday presents: the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was gift-wrapped by the White House this week for the former St. Louis Cardinals slugger. In fact, he will be honored with others early next year by Barack Obama "for (his) especially...

Bob Gibson: 'Guys Have Always Been Cheating, Period.'

During Tuesday night's All-Star broadcast, I'd be willing to bet almost anything that at some point Tim McCarver will bring up his old battery-mate Bob Gibson as an example of the good ol' days in baseball, when players didn't take steroids and there were no pitch counts. Gibson has certainly been making the rounds with...

Zack Greinke Is a Joy to Watch

Fletch already mentioned it in the Starting Five this morning, but on Monday night in Kansas City Zack Greinke was once again absolutely dominant in going the distance and pitching a shutout against the White Sox. It was the type of pitching performance that you couldn't help but enjoy watching, even if you happened to be...

Daily Jolt: Numbers Always Need Context

The Daily Jolt is a dose of baseball reality every weekday morning.It's all too easy in the wake of Alex Rodriguez's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs to throw up our hands and say the numbers mean nothing. If you listen to the echo chamber of hysterical pundits, this is the dawn of a new age of baseball...

The Denny McLain Quartet, With Special Guest Bob Gibson on Guitar

I always knew Denny McLain was big in 1968, but I guess I didn't know how big. As if winning 31 games, leading the Tigers to a World Series title and earning every first-place vote for the American League MVP and Cy Young awards wasn't enough, he also appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show performing "The Girl from Ipanema" on...

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05/22/12 High Liner Foods: A good catch for dividend lovers Source: Globe and Mail For High Liner Foods Inc., HLF-T things have been going rather swimmingly.
05/21/12 Boro News: Ben Gibson in Wembley double delight with... Source: GazetteLive.co.uk - North Yorkshire - UK BEN Gibson is celebrating after completing a remarkable Wembley double.
05/20/12 Nothing Is Certain but Justin Verlander Source: The Wall Street Journal Verlander has gone at least six innings in 51 consecutive regular-season starts, a streak that puts him in an exclusive club alongside some of the greatest pitchers in history.
05/20/12 MLB Notebook: Morrow nearly unhitable, again Source: MLB In 1968, when Bob Gibson had 13 shutouts -- the most for any pitcher in the live-ball era -- the breakdown of those 13 by hits allowed went as follows: one on seven hits, two on six hits, three on five hits, five on four hits, one on three hits and one on two hits.
05/17/12 MLB: Red Sox bring World Series trophies to Togus Source: Portland Press Herald - Portland ME Wilbert Kelly remembers the day in October 1975 when patients on his floor at the VA hospital voted whether to watch the Boston Red Sox battle the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series.