Was it Sunday that Baseball honored Jackie Robinson? Was it any day that Baseball really honored Jackie Robinson? Oh, they stood him out there on the mound that Sunday in Cincinnati, less than two ...
Editor’s note: The Milford Post 59 American Legion team is honoring the 1970 and 1972 state champions on “Alumni Recognition Night” prior to the team’s July 10 game (7 p.m.) against Shrewsbury at Fino ...
Richard Nixon was president. Tensions surrounding school busing for desegregation were high. “The Godfather” film was a week away from release. But one Orlando Sentinel item from the spring of 1972 ...
Dick Allen, who won the American League’s Most Valuable Player award in 1972 with the Chicago White Sox, has passed away at the age of 78, his family announced Monday. Allen hit 351 home runs and ...
Hall of Famer Rich Gossage is introduced during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2014. [Source: Getty Images] Back in 2014 while discussing the players' strikes, Hall of Famer Goose ...
In 1972, anti-war protesters were tearing up their draft cards, the women’s liberation movement was seen as a threat to the traditional family and baseball endured its first players strike. On the ...
The outfielder, who died Saturday, waited longer than most realized to debut, then became the fourth Black manager in ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Dick Allen, who won the 1972 American League MVP award with the White Sox, is one of eight Classic Baseball Era Committee finalists up for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame’s ...