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Baseball Card Artist a Real Cut-Up

(April 8) -- Some folks will do anything in the name of art -- even cut up valuable baseball cards. That's the vision of San Diego-based artist LaVern Brock, who is, so far, the only known artist specializing in the medium of cut-up baseball cards. Brock, 43, takes old baseball cards and cuts them up into collage...

The Dugout: Luncheons Are for Mortals

On Friday, the Braves celebrated Greg Maddux's election into their Hall of Fame by throwing a luncheon in his honor. Baseball fans, of course, recognize him as one of the greatest pitchers of all time. However, he's about as much of a pop-culture presence as Hideki Irabu (Maddux pieced together a shoo-in Hall of Fame...

Feds Want Collection of Boras Clients to Pay Back Millions in Stanford Scam

Federal authorities have asked seven Major League Baseball players -- Greg Maddux, Bernie Williams, Johnny Damon, J.D. Drew, Andruw Jones, Carlos Pena and Jay Bell -- to return millions of dollars that they received from investor R. Allen Stanford as part of a payout in his alleged Ponzi scheme, according to a report in...

From the Windup: Booing Your Own

From the Windup is Matt Snyder's extended look at some aspect of America's pastime each Thursday.We're getting close to having three full weeks of baseball in the books. Astute fans know that it's definitely not enough to reveal the outcome of the season, but it's certainly enough of a sample to start drawing preliminary...

Five Stolen Base Sources Sitting on Your Waiver Wire

We all know that chicks dig the long ball, but in today's day and age fantasy baseball owners want speed to go along with home run potential. It's crazy to think that you're going to find any hitters on the waiver wire with 20/20 potential for 2009. So, let's do Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine a favor and forget about the long...

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05/18/12 Chipper's friends to attend Saturday's game Source: MLB - Atlanta Braves Chipper Jones said he would have 100 "mostly friends" in attendance at Tropicana Field on Saturday in what will be his last scheduled series in St. Petersburg.
05/18/12 Beachy joins rare group in Braves history Source: MLB - Atlanta Braves Brandon Beachy joined some elite company after his start on Thursday, when he lowered his ERA to a Major League-best 1.33 to become just the third pitcher in Atlanta Braves history to post an ERA under 1.50 through the first eight starts of the season.
05/11/12 MLB Notebook: CC in legendary company Source: MLB - New York Yankees Jim Palmer's 362nd career appearance, on June 9, 1977, was probably a rather memorable one for the Hall of Fame right-hander, albeit for the wrong reasons.
05/08/12 My lucky son got baseball from Hall of Famer Source: The Eagle-Tribune - North Andover MA Growing up in Lawrence I was able to go to Fenway Park on occasion.
05/06/12 Friend of Seau's says NFL doing better at injury care Source: Austin American-Statesman - Austin TX Former San Diego Charger defensive tackle Louie Kelcher considered Junior Seau a friend and one of the best linebackers ever to play the game.