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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...

Joey Votto's Triumph Stretches Far, Wide

Grab your moonshine jars, Reds fans, and raise a toast from Southern Ohio across Kentucky and into West Virginia. Your guy Joey Votto is Most Valuable Player of not only Flyover Land but the entire National League. Let's hear it, Canada. A peppy rendition of "Oh, Canada" is in order. True, citizen Votto is no lover of...

Enjoy Marilyn Monroe Landmarks -- No Charge

(July 15) -- The house where Marilyn Monroe died may have just been listed for $3.6 million, but that doesn't mean there aren't other places where fans of the iconic starlet can enjoy some history -- for free. The greater Los Angeles area is a virtual stomping ground for fans of the voluptuous blond bombshell. It's just a...

Always an Adventure Covering 'The Boss'

Covering George Steinbrenner was a beat unto itself. It could switch from the absurd to the surreal to the insane, sometimes in the space of nine innings. There was that crazy afternoon in Tampa, on the last day of spring training in 1999, when for the second time sluggish, chubby Yankee pitcher Hideki Irabu failed to...

Derek Jeter May Have a Bridge Named After Him

New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has achieved many things since beginning his career in the Big Apple. He's won four World Series championships -- and is only a win away from his fifth -- a World Series MVP in 2000, three Gold Gloves and is a 10-time All Star. He's also a New York institution and Yankee legend with...

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D. Sidney Potter: Stories From the Frontline: Don't Drink the Yellow Kool-Aid

For the past three to four years, Americans have become familiar with the cast of players for the off-Broadway hit -- playing worldwide, by the way -- How American Avarice and Stupidity Almost Ended the World.

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06/01/12 June schedule for Marlins filled with tough opponents Source: Miami Herald - Miami FL First baseman Logan Morrison knows that when the Marlins return home from this road trip, their first opponent will be the Atlanta Braves.
06/01/12 USPS Honors Joe Dimaggio With a Stamp Source: NBC - NBC 11 - San Francisco CA Now you can take a lick of one of San Francisco's brightest stars.
06/01/12 B&C Morning Show: Joltin' Joe DiMaggio To Be Honored... Source: CBS - WCBS 2 - New York NY When Craig heard that 'The Yankee Clipper' Joe DiMaggio's likeness will appear on a stamp to be issued this July but the US Post Office, he thought of someone in his life who would be very happy about the news.
06/01/12 Here Now, the Joe DiMaggio Stamp: San Francisco native... Source: Curbed - San Francisco San Francisco native (well, he was born in Martinez, but spent most of his youth in San Francisco) and one of baseball's greatest Joe DiMaggio will be gracing the front of some envelopes.
05/31/12 D-Day: An American Gift to the Free World Source: San Clemente Times - Capistrano Beach CA Exactly 68 years ago next week, on June 6 at 6 a.m. American troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, beginning the liberation from Nazi Germany's brutal occupation and destruction of Europe.

Background on joe dimaggio

Giuseppe Paulo "Joe" DiMaggio ( or ; November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper", was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees.

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