'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
It is more rare than a perfect game and about as uncommon as an unassisted triple play.
Miguel Cabrera won baseball's first Triple Crown in 45 years Wednesday night, achieving one of the game's greatest feats.
Ron Santo was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Monday, chosen by the Veterans Committee nearly a year to the day after the Chicago Cubs third baseman died hoping for this honor.
Harmon Killebrew's Hall of Fame career as one of the most powerful sluggers baseball has known was merely a subplot to his story as family and friends gathered to say goodbye.
Harmon Killebrew announced Friday that he no longer plans to fight his esophageal cancer and has settled in for the final days of his life, saddening friends and fans of the 74-year-old Hall of Fame slugger.
It didn't take long for Bert Blyleven to feel at home in the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. As soon as he sat down in the Grandstand Theater, the notorious prankster was in high gear.
Hall of Fame slugger Harmon Killebrew has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer.
Hall of Fame slugger Harmon Killebrew has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer.
"The service was beautiful," Oliva said afterward. "It touched all the points, because that was the man."
Former Twins teammate Tony Oliva said he planned to visit Killebrew in Arizona this weekend, too.
