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Sharing greatest stage
Sun StaffCOOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Eddie Murray's first major league mentor had a seat close to the stage at yesterday's Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. So did the guy who lost his position when Murray took over as Orioles first baseman late in his rookie season....Tags: Cal Ripken, Jr., Religious Texts, Jim Palmer, Weather, Baseball
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Gwynn limps to the finish
Times Staff WriterThe toughest time, San Diego Padre General Manager Kevin Towers suspects, wasn't Thursday, when Tony Gwynn made his retirement at the end of the season official. Nor, Towers said, will it be in September or whenever Gwynn makes his final plate appearance....Tags: Qualcomm Inc., Cal Ripken, Jr., Pete Rose, National League, San Diego Padres
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At shortstop, a glove story
Sun StaffJim Palmer and Mark Belanger did a double take the first time they saw Cal Ripken the potential major-leaguer hustle out to third base at Miami Stadium. It was nothing like their encounters with Ripken the toddler, Ripken the teen-ager or Ripken the...Tags: Punishment, Jim Palmer, Earth Day, Texas Rangers, Heavyweight
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Umpire McClelland growing accustomed to 'strange bats'
Tribune staff reporterWhen Tim McClelland called his umpiring crew into a conference Tuesday night at Wrigley Field, his mind flashed back 20 years to Yankee Stadium. The Kansas City Royals' George Brett had hit a home run against the Yankees, and New York manager Billy...Tags: Sports, Sammy Sosa, Wrigley Field, Kansas City Royals, U.S. Cellular Field
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Cleveland slugger suspended 10 games
Tribune staff reporterRarely has a piece of cork sparked such a firestorm. It was a midsummer mystery that has turned baseball fans into amateur sleuths. There was a botched theft worthy of any Watergate burglar. There were further revelations that major-league baseball...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Golf, U.S. Cellular Field, National League, Lee MacPhail
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From outside, Frank Robinson still sees plenty of locked doors
Sun columnistFifty years after Jackie Robinson, you need only four fingers to count the number of minority managers in major-league baseball. Not embarrassing enough? Fifty years after Jackie Robinson, you also can count the number of minority general managers,...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Jackie Robinson, Tampa Bay Rays, Hank Aaron, Willie Stargell
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