Bob Watson, an All-Star slugger who became the first black general manager to win a World Series with the New York Yankees in 1996, has died. He was 74. The Houston Astros, for whom Watson played his first 14 seasons in a baseball career spanning six decades, announced his death...
Larsen, Who Threw Only Perfect World Series Game, Dies at 90
NEW YORK — Don Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory when he threw a perfect game in 1956 with the New York Yankees for the only no-hitter in World Series history, died Wednesday night. He was 90. He died of esophageal cancer while in hospice...
Visalia Rawhide's Play-by-Play Voice Breaks Cal League Barrier
While rosters in the California League are in flux, the broadcast booths in the eight-team league are relatively stable. Before Jill Gearin stepped to the mic this year for the Visalia Rawhide, the other seven teams in the High-A league had the same set of announcers since 2014. It’s not...
Former Major Leaguer Wetteland Charged With Child Sex Abuse
DENTON, Texas — Former major league pitcher John Wetteland has been charged in Texas with continuous sex abuse of a child under age 14. Denton County jail records show the 52-year-old Wetteland was arrested Monday and freed on $25,000 bond. Authorities have not released details of the investigation into Wetteland,...
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Top 10 Photos of the Week
Busboy Who Comforted Robert Kennedy After He Was Shot Dies A Hero’s Return for Central Valley Veterans McMaryion Is ‘McMarvelous’ in Bulldogs’ Body Slam of Toledo Melania Trump Visits School in Malawi Denzel Washington and The Boys & Girls Clubs of America The New York Yankees Ready for Playoffs President Trump...
Red Sox, Yankees Ready to Rumble Again in Playoffs
NEW YORK — Fans have been waiting for another one of these rumbles: baseball's most-bitter rivals set to tangle again, this time as 100-win heavyweights in the playoffs. Munson vs. Fisk, Pedro vs. Popeye , A-Rod vs. Varitek (shown) and earlier this year Brock Holt vs. Tyler Austin. The Boston Red Sox and New...
NJ Man, Brother Find 5 Mickey Mantle Cards in Old Collection
Most people who collect sports cards when they are kids usually end up storing them in boxes for years and years. That's where they stay until something prompts the desire to go through them. For a 76-year-old man from New Jersey who asked to be identified only by his first...