Barry Bonds is a legendary baseball player. He was born and raised in Riverside California where he decided he wanted to become a professional baseball player. His father Bobby Bonds was a former Major league Giants outfielder. When Barry Bonds was in high school he also played basketball and volleyball while still exceeding in baseball. Bonds attended Arizona State University as a baseball player while achieving his major in criminology‚ which is a little ironic. After college Bonds was drafted
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Ralph Terry may be best known for giving up the home run to Bill Mazeroski in 1960 that allowed the Pittsburg Pirates to win the World Series‚ but many fail to see that he was also the MVP in the 1962 World Series and went on to have a great career in the golf world. The book Right Down the Middle written by Ralph Terry himself along with John Wooley writes out Ralph’s life from growing up in Oklahoma as a child up to him being a professional golfer on the Senior PGA Tour. The book also gives a very
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CHICAGO -- A WGN News exclusive -- Steve Bartman has received an official Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series Championship ring as a special gift from the Ricketts family and the Cubs organization. Arguably the team’s most infamous fan‚ Bartman is remembered for tipping a foul ball that left fielder Moises Alou unsuccessfully tried to catch in Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series. Now‚ 14 years later‚ Cubs owner Tom Ricketts thought it was high time to extend an olive branch. Bartman
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Yovani Gallardo is not having a particular successful season as an Oriole with his 5.18 ERA and 5.14 FIP. However‚ it seemed to me that lately he had been somewhat more successful than he was earlier in this season. This seems to be the case‚ in August he has had a 3.18 ERA in three starts and he’s improved his ERA from 5.82 in the first half to 4.50 in the second half. Neither of these numbers are particularly good‚ but the second number is a significant improvement and would be acceptable for a
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The Astros and Rangers will continue with game three of their four game series tonight at Globe Life Park‚ with the Rangers grabbing the win in two close games so far. Pucking Hockey has a free MLB pick for you with this match-up‚ with a possible prediction‚ too. Doug Fister – Starting Pitcher Fister will take the mound tonight for his 12th start of the season‚ and will try to grab his second win in a row and his sixth of the season overall. Fister is a 6-foot-8 giant that can put ‘em away with
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Barry Bonds is the best baseball player of all time. Even before people accused him of using steroids‚ Bonds accomplished things on the baseball field that most can only dream of. Bonds started his career in the National League in 1986‚ as a member of the Pittsburg Pirates. His first four years in the League started slow and his numbers were very average for an every-day MLB player. From then on out‚ there was nothing average about Bonds’ career. Throughout the next 10 years‚ from
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Woody Herman was a famous clarinet player. He was also known as Road Father. He was born on May 6‚ 1913 in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin. He died on October 29‚ 1987 In West Hollywood‚ California. He was 74 years old when he passed away. Herman was suffering from congestive heart failure‚ emphysema‚ and pneumonia. His parents were Otto and Myrtle Herman. His mother was Polish. In 1931‚ he met Charlotte Neste‚ an actress‚ who he married on September 27‚ 1936. Woody was in a band with Tom Gerun when he first
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The World Series has been kicking for over one hundred years (one hundred twelve‚ to be exact)‚ and involves the best action and plays baseball fans will ever see. It has the most colorful history of any finals round of any sport‚ with the 1919 White Sox scandal when eight players threw the game on purpose‚ and not one‚ but two player strikes occurred. There have also been many controversies. As of the 112th edition of the MLB World Series this November has just occurred‚ the accursed Chicago Cubs
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Suggested headline: Jared Ford almost got it – a 300! Trivia question: What does ABT and JBT stand for? Answer at end. This column covers October 20 through October 29. Missing a 300 game by one frame during his second game in the High Rollers league was Jared Ford. He started with a strike and then a 10 pin got him in the second frame as he continued to roll strikes for a 280. He also has the high men’s series with the only 700 – a 712 and I believe these are personal highs for him. Lynn Porovich
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Casey’s power over his fans is above all others. Casey’s fans will listen to just about anything he says without hesitation. When Casey struck his first out‚ his fans were furious over the fact and yet all he had to do was raise one hand to settle them down. I quote‚"And it’s likely they’d have killed him had not Casey raised his hand‚" and because of this one line‚ you can see that Casey’s power over his fans can stop a whole crowd from ridiculing innocent people. Fans of Casey will absolutely
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