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Baseball Hall of Fame Has Five New Members

The 2008 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot was released last week but the results of that voting, done by the Baseball Writers Association of America, won't be announced until early next year. While the next month will see much debate about the credentials of Mark McGwire, Goose Gossage and Jim Rice, there was nary a peep about...

Former Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn Dead At 80

Bowie Kuhn, MLB's Commissioner from 1969-84, is dead today at the age of 80.Kuhn died at St. Luke's Hospital following a short illness, his spokesman, Bob Wirz said. Kuhn's tenure, from 1969-84, was the most tumultuous economically in Major League history. His name will be forever linked with Marvin Miller, the first...