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NJ Gymnast, 7, Balances Religious Faith, Sports

NEWARK, N.J. -- When 7-year-old Amalya Knapp took the beam at the New Jersey state gymnastics finals last month, her excellent performance symbolized a far more complicated balancing act. Although she would have ranked fifth in her age group, eligible for a medal, her individual scores were discounted. She was unable to...

Braves' Tim Hudson Adds to Big Offseason With Hutch Award

Statistics make it easy to judge the player who's had the best season. Judging which player has had the best offseason can be tougher, but this winter there can't be many players who have had a better time of it than Atlanta starting pitcher Tim Hudson. Hudson was in Seattle Wednesday to accept the 46th Hutch Award,...

Strange, True Realities of Hall Voting Push Blyleven, Alomar Over Top

The strangest things happened Wednesday. Roberto Alomar, who was judged not ready for the Hall of Fame a year ago, was resoundingly pushed into Cooperstown. And Bert Blyleven, who was judged not ready for induction 13 times in 13 years, finally made it on try No. 14. All of which underscores the uneven process that is...

Marvin Miller's Continued Exclusion From Cooperstown a Travesty

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The biggest travesty in the Hall of Fame was perpetuated again Monday. Marvin Miller, the first director of the players' union, came up one vote shy of being elected into the Hall of Fame by the Expansion Era Committee. All Miller did in his almost two decades at the helm of the union was to...

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...

Sandy Koufax News From the Web

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.
05/16/12 Nat Fein's Babe Bows Out Original Photo, Sandy Koufax... Source: TMCnet Grey Flannel Auctions' Summer Games Auction 2012 is now under way with collectors placing early bids on Premier Lots including the June 13th, 1948 "The Babe Bows Out" Nat Fein's Original & Actual Wire Photograph Published in the NY Herald Tribune, 1965 Sandy Koufax Dodgers Game-Used Home Flannel Jersey from his Championship & Cy Young Season, 1972 Roberto Clemente Pirates Signed Final Career Contract and 1981 Robert Parish Boston Celtics Championship Ring originating from Parish himself.
05/07/12 Cole Hamels Followed in the Tradition of Bob Gibson,... Source: Bleacher Report Cole Hamels continued the old baseball tradition by deliberately throwing at Bryce Harper.
04/24/12 This Day in Baseball: The Dodgers from Sandy Koufax to... Source: Bleacher Report On Monday night, the Dodgers improved their record to 13-4, including 7-0 at home, with a victory over the Atlanta Braves (and Jair Jurrjens, a very good bet to be placed on a disabled list near you sometime in the near future--late edit: he's been demoted, and if I had to guess, he'll ultimately end up on the Triple-A DL).

Background on Sandy Koufax

Sanford "Sandy" Koufax (; born Sanford Braun, December 30, 1935) is an American former left-handed baseball pitcher who played his entire 12-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (1955–1966).

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