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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This season‚ the Philadelphia Eagles issues at wide receiver were well-documented. From Nelson Agholor dropping passes and Dorial Green-Beckham not seeing the field as much and reportedly valuing the Philadelphia nightlife over football‚ it left Jordan Matthews being the only consistent option for quarterback Carson Wentz. With that being known‚ there have been rumors floating around about a possible reunion with former Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson in free agency as he would provide them
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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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Trailing by two in the ninth‚ fourth-seeded West Virginia University came from behind to defeat No. 1 Texas Tech 12-7 in extra innings during the quarterfinals of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. Darius Hill doubled to begin the ninth and scored on Jackson Cramer’s single. But a fielding error by the Red Raiders’ Ryan Long resulted in Cramer scoring and tying the game at 6-6. Braden Zarbnisky struck out the side and forced extra innings. In the 10th‚ the Mountaineers’ (34-23) bats exploded
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O. J. Simpson robbery case The O. J. Simpson robbery case (officially called the State of Nevada v. Orenthal James Simpson‚ et al.) was a criminal case prosecuted in 2007-2008 in the U.S. state of Nevada‚ primarily involving the retired American football player O. J. Simpson. On the night of September 13‚ 2007‚ a group of men led by Simpson entered a room in the Palace Station hotel in Las Vegas‚ Nevada. A sports memorabilia dealer‚ Bruce Fromong‚ testified that the group of men broke into
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Derek Lucente Professor Allen English Comp 1 December 16th‚ 2013 Sabermetrics Sabermetrics is the mathematical analysis of baseball records and data. Sabermetrics uses its own unique statistical categories to measure player performance instead of the more orthodox categories including: runs batted in (RBI)‚ home runs (HR)‚ and wins (W) for a pitcher. The theory behind sabermetrics produces data using complex formulas to determine the value of a player for the team as a whole rather than what
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Babe Ruth’s Farewell to Baseball speech was delivered on April 27th 1947 at the Yankee Stadium in New York. Babe Ruth at the time was 52 years old and dying of throat cancer‚ his speech was directed towards his dedicated fans. He wanted to thank everyone for their kind words throughout the years and he knew he wasn’t going to be around much longer. He began by speaking about how horrible his course voice sounded and how it felt just as bad. That statement I’m not quite sure if it could be construed
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Baseball free agency One of the most confusing things for baseball fans is free agency. Free agency is a complicated set of rules that has been negotiated in labor agreements between owners and players for more than 30 years. In major league baseball‚ a free agent is a baseball player with six or more years of major league service whose contract has expired for the following season‚ or is an amateur player who was not drafted by a team in the annual draft. The type of baseball player is now
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Ty Cobb could be easily called the greatest baseball player of all time. His determination and persistence is what made him the best. Through the lessons and morals of hard work that his father had taught Ty Cobb as a boy‚ he was able to become a great hard-working baseball player. His personal life was hard at times‚ but nonetheless he earned astonishing achievements in the 24 season playing career in the American league. A batting record for runs scored of 2‚245‚ runs batted in of 1‚937‚ a record
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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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