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Dear Reader: Show up, and make your mark in history

Former Cannon Street YMCA Little League players Vermort “Pop” Brown, center, and Carl…

  • September 7, 2022
  • Author TWC
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Mayor Welch signs 5,000 autographed baseball in honor of Jackie Robinson Day

Mayor Ken Welch signed the 5000th baseball for the St. Petersburg Museum of…

  • April 15, 2022
  • Author TWC
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Don’t burst our bubble

BY FRANK DROUZAS, Staff Writer Like so many other baseball fans in dire need of a respite…

  • August 21, 2020
  • Author TWC
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Baseball and pandemics

Photo of the 1916 St. Louis Giants with Ted Kimbro standing on the back row, third person…

  • May 5, 2020
  • Author TWC
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Baseball and the black community

Trevor Mallory BY FRANK DROUZAS, Staff Writer PETERSBURG — As a former…

  • January 17, 2019
  • Author TWC
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Memorable moments in World Series history

BY FRANK DROUZAS, Staff Writer As the 114th edition of the Fall Classic is upon us, we…

  • October 25, 2018
  • Author TWC
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Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray’s MLB Draft decision, explained by one of the few players who’s been in his shoes

By Alex Kirshner | SBNation Soon, Kyler Murray will have a decision to make. ESPN’s…

  • May 10, 2018
  • Author TWC
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Despite a Racist Past, Dixie Youth League Still Dominates Southern Baseball

By Dan Friedell, Fatherly In 1955, an all-black Little League team from the Cannon…

  • April 27, 2018
  • Author TWC
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Ed Charles, member of 1969 ‘Miracle Mets,’ dead at 84

By Bill Madden, New York Daily News | Source: MSN Sports Ed Charles, a beloved Met, poet…

  • March 22, 2018
  • Author TWC
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Former MLB star Darryl Strawberry opens up about taking drugs during his career

By MOLLIE CAHILLANE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Four-time World Series winner Darryl Strawberry…

  • October 27, 2017
  • Author TWC
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The long decline – and possible revival – of the African American baseball star

by Allen Barra, The Guardian In 1954, a young black man from Alabama, Willie Mays, took…

  • August 31, 2017
  • Author TWC
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Orioles’ Adam Jones berated by racist taunts at Fenway Park

Bob Nightengale | USA TODAY Sports (Source MSN) BOSTON — Baltimore Orioles All-Star…

  • May 2, 2017
  • Author TWC
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MLB suspends Marte 80 games for positive test

USA Today Sports // Source, MSN Sports Starling Marte, an All-Star outfielder emerging as…

  • April 20, 2017
  • Author TWC
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Griffey elected to Hall of Fame with highest percentage, Piazza in

NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Griffey Jr. was considered Mr. Clean during 22 years in the…

  • January 7, 2016
  • Author TWC
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Roberto Clemente Day at the Trop

BY SKYLA LUCKEY, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG —Every September, Roberto Clemente Day is…

  • September 24, 2015
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Lawyer: A-Rod admitted steroids use to DEA

BY CURT ANDERSON, AP LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER MIAMI (AP) — A lawyer for the University…

  • November 6, 2014
  • Author TWC
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13-year-old baseball phenom first Little Leaguer to score Sports Illustrated cover

If female Little League phenom Mo’Ne Davis needed any further proof she’s…

  • August 21, 2014
  • Author TWC
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Chicago’s Jackie Robinson west creating LLWS buzz

BY FRED GOODALL, AP SPORTS WRITER Win or lose, youngsters from Chicago will leave a…

  • August 15, 2014
  • Author TWC
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