By Rand Paul
Obama acts as though we no longer have a Constitution
Be it down on a baseball field or up in the broadcast booth, whether he was pinch-hitting for Johnny Carson or looking at pooches, Joe Garagiola could always tell a story.
Stan Musial was remembered during a funeral and memorial outside Busch Stadium on Saturday as a Hall of Famer and a St. Louis icon embraced by generations of fans who never had the privilege of watching him play.
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Stan the Man won seven National League batting titles, was a three-time MVP and helped the Cardinals capture three World Series championships in the 1940s.
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I didn’t know Richard Ben Cramer when Bill Schulz, then the Washington editor of the Reader’s Digest, called me at the beginning of the 1988 presidential campaign to say that Mr. Cramer was writing a book about the candidates and their campaigns, but couldn’t get the access to Bob Dole he needed.
Mike Trout and Bryce Harper were teammates on the Scottsdale Scorpions last fall. The outfielders arrived in the major leagues on the same April day this year, both played in the All-Star game and they won Rookie of the Year awards a half-hour apart Monday, the vanguard of baseball's next generation.
Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels was a unanimous winner of the AL Rookie of the Year after a season that put him in contention for the MVP award, too.
Here are a few things you won't find among the many items Bob Knight is putting on the auction block over the next two months in New York:
Washington Nationals center fielder Bryce Harper is 19 and looks and sounds the part, from his Mohawkish haircut to his tattoos and well-documented "clown question" `tude.
Miguel Cabrera had just achieved baseball immortality, and everyone around him knew it.
Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers became just the 15th player _ and the first in 45 years _ to win baseball's Triple Crown, joining an elite list that includes Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Lou Gehrig.
Miguel Cabrera had just achieved baseball immortality, and everyone around him knew it.
It is more rare than a perfect game and about as uncommon as an unassisted triple play.
Miguel Cabrera received a standing ovation after flying out and striking out in his only two at-bats Wednesday night, and leaving the Tigers' game against the Kansas City Royals in the fourth inning with the Triple Crown in sight.
“Heck,” I told Mr. Dole, “if he liked Williams, you’ll be fine.” Mr. Dole grumbled, agreed and let him in.
“I spent a lot of time with him, got to know him, and fished with him,” he told me. “It was like hanging out with the real John Wayne, and I’ll never forget it.
