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Baseball and Knitting a Hot Double-Play Combo

(April 19) -- Considering the controversy over baseball players injecting steroids with needles, it's ironic if needles are the very things bringing people back to the ballpark. Especially sewing needles. www.meredithknitting.com Astrophysicist Meredith Wills-Davey spent the 2007 season knitting socks dedicated to her...

Aaron on Glavine: 'You Have to Be Gracious Enough to Step Aside'

It happens. Guys such as Tom Glavine spend much of their baseball careers shining brighter than the sun. Then, when nearly everything surrounding their stardom begins to dim near the end, they just won't leave.They don't want anybody to push them, either.Hank Aaron wasn't one of those guys."Believe me, I was ready to...

Starting Five: Ian Kinsler Goes Nuts

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a nod to what's ahead.You Oughta Know ...That Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler had a pretty good night, rolling all sorts of rare feats into one ballgame. The headline is that he hit for the cycle, the first Rangers player to do that since Gary...

Is Major League Baseball Too Damaged to Relight Romance?

Isn't it laughable how everyone has an opinion now? For years, baseball people were hush about steroids, protecting their dirty little secret as if the masses were morons when, in fact, a lot of these men are the uneducated rockheads. One such creature is Ozzie Guillen, manager of Barack Obama's Chicago White Sox, who went...

Ozzie Guillen Wants 1-Year Suspension For Performance-Enhancing Drug Use

With baseball finding itself stuck in the steroids muck again thanks to Barry Bonds' trial and Alex Rodriguez's admission last Monday, the sport once again finds itself trying to find the right public relations move to make it look like it cares. Bud Selig was floating around the idea of stripping the home run record from...

HankAaron News From the Web

02/21/12 Baseball on radio, is this heaven? Source: Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg MS ONLY OLD-TIMERS like me will remember the glory days of baseball on radio, when that was the best way to keep up with your favorite teams.
02/16/12 Aaron will be MU's commencement speaker Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee WI Hall of Famer Hank Aaron will be the commencement speaker at Marquette University's spring graduation.
02/15/12 Milo Hamilton, broadcaster who called Hank Aaron's... Source: The Mississippi Press - Pascagoula MS Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster Milo Hamilton, who had the memorable call on Henry Aaron's 715th home run, will retire as the radio voice of the Houston Astros after the 2012 season.
02/06/12 Braves unveil another alternate home uniform Source: The Garden Island - Lihu'e HI The Atlanta Braves unveiled a new alternate home uniform Monday that is based on the attire worn when the team moved from Milwaukee in 1966, with Aaron as its biggest star.
02/06/12 Famous Boy Scouts List; Baseball all-time No. 2 home... Source: The Post Chronicle - Denville NJ February 8 is Boy Scouts Day, which marks the founding of the Boy Scouts of America.