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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...

Why Limit Super Pairings to Horses?

To Daniel Okrent -- whose identity as the inventor of rotisserie baseball is the one I'll use for this space -- the greatest baseball player ever was, unsurprisingly, Babe Ruth. It was Okrent's reasoning, which he conveyed in Ken Burns' epic television documentary "Baseball," that was refreshingly noteworthy. "He (Ruth)...

Why Are the the Washington Nationals So Bad? Blame It on a Ghost

(Sept. 15) -- As the baseball season winds down and the best teams head into the playoffs, one team -- the Washington Nationals -- has consistently played so badly that some are speculating that it may be (shudder) haunted. A Baltimore Sun article suggests the ghost of President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes...

Roto Rush: Stephen Strasburg, Meet Tommy John

Look at that elbow closely. Take a picture of it. Frame it. It'll never be the same. On Friday, the Washington Nationals revealed that phenom Stephen Strasburg has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his $15.1 million pitching arm. He'll go for a second opinion on Friday, but all signs point to Tommy John surgery and...

Field of Screams: Baseball Ghost Sightings

(Aug. 11) -- If you see a baseball game at Comerica Park in Detroit and also think you see a ghost, you may not be completely off-base. Employees who work there swear they occasionally see a shadowy apparition in the lobby, and sometimes the elevator mysteriously opens and closes as if it's carrying an invisible...

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06/01/12 Babe Ruth Thursday: Astros beat Padres in game one in... Source: The Brewton Standard - Brewton AL The Brewton Babe Ruth games Thursday night were cut short due to weather conditions in the Brewton area.
06/01/12 Babe Ruth League teams finding struggles Source: Princeton Daily Clarion - Princeton IN Tri-Kote fell to Rucker's 6-4 at Lawrenceville on Thursday night in Babe Ruth League play.
06/01/12 Babe Ruth league heating up Source: The Atmore Advance - Atmore AL Close games were the norm in Babe Ruth action over the last week as two nail biter contests on the baseball diamond ended in ties.
05/31/12 Babe Ruth roundup: Gray's Towing splits, Niners sweep Source: Havelock News - Havelock NC Gray's Towing split a pair of games in Babe Ruth competition in the 13-and-under division last week.
05/30/12 A bat 'the Babe' broke found in Kent County barn Source: Cecil Whig - Elkton MD Legendary Yankees slugger Babe Ruth uttered those words to a young boy and his brother in Syracuse, N.Y., after having broken a baseball bat during spring training.

Background on babe ruth

George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) playing for three teams (1914–1935).

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