Al Kaline

Many Hall of Famers seem glad Clemens, Bonds were snubbed

2013-01-10 12:00:00

Al Kaline, Dennis Eckersley and Mike Schmidt have a few things in common. One, they are all members of baseball's Hall of Fame. Two, they are all glad no one was elected to join them this year. “I’m kind of glad that nobody got in this year,...

Harmon Killebrew dies at 74; Hall of Famer was one of baseball's premier home-run hitters

2011-05-18 00:00:00

Harmon Killebrew, a Hall of Fame slugger who became one of baseball's premier home-run hitters with the Minnesota Twins, has died. He was 74. Killebrew died Tuesday of cancer at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz., the Twins announced. He said in December that...

Ernie Harwell dies at 92; longtime Detroit Tigers announcer

2010-05-05 00:00:00

Ernie Harwell, the Hall of Fame voice of the Detroit Tigers whose decision to leave the Brooklyn Dodgers' radio booth played a role in the hiring of Vin Scully, died Tuesday. He was 92. Harwell died at his home in Novi, Mich., the Tigers said. He had...

Hunter, Lowell among Hutch Award nominees

2009-10-09 04:32:20

Wells is one pitcher who can always get loose

2007-08-31 00:00:00

SAN DIEGO -- Forget the perfect game, the three All-Star teams, the two World Series championships and the 236 career victories. Mention the name David Wells to Buck Martinez and it conjures memories of a meaningless midseason exhibition game in 1986,...

Royals like way they are trending

2013-03-30 13:18:00

The Royals expect James Shields to be a difference maker. But were they close enough to being a playoff team before they added him? That's the question about the deal in which the Royals sent future All-Star Wil Myers to the Rays. It's too early to...

Howard T. Sachs, Crown Cork and Seal manager

2013-02-27 12:38:21

Howard Thomas "Has" Sachs, a retired Crown Cork and Seal manager and a coach, died of Alzheimer's disease complications Feb. 24 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. He was 77 and lived in Pasadena. Born in Baltimore and raised on Sidney Avenue in Westport, he...

Dungy headlines Michigan Sports Hall of Fame class

2013-02-19 05:29:00

DETROIT (AP) — Tony Dungy had much of his success in football far from his hometown of Jackson, Mich., turning around the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and becoming the first black coach to win a Super Bowl with the Indianapolis Colts. Dungy, though, was...

The Sun remembers: Jan. 27-Feb. 2

2013-01-27 11:18:00

Feb. 2, 2005: "I'm here in Baltimore, and I'm going to win the crowd," slugger Sammy Sosa says after being traded to the Orioles. A seven-time All-Star outfielder, the 36-year-old Sosa disappoints, mustering only 14 home runs, 45 RBIs and a .221 batting...

Hall of Famers happy to see Bonds, Clemens denied

2013-01-10 05:44:00

NEW YORK (AP) — Nobody was happier about the Hall of Fame shutout than the Hall of Famers themselves. Goose Gossage, Al Kaline, Dennis Eckersley and others are in no rush to open the door to Cooperstown for anyone linked to steroids. Barry...

Phillies nominee for Roberto Clemente Award announced

2012-09-18 16:26:44

Cabrera wears the crown —the Triple Crown

2012-10-04 00:00:00

Now I've seen it all. Miguel Cabrera just completed my collection of baseball memories, and probably yours too, unless you were watching closely in 1967. I was following baseball that fall, and that meant admiring the greatness of Carl Yastrzemski. I...

"Numbers are important, but so is integrity and character," baseball Hall of Famer Al Kaline says.

2013-01-10 09:13:19

Tigers Hall of Famer Al Kaline and ace Justin Verlander pose together after the former Detroit outfielder threw the ceremonial first pitch before Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday night at Comerica Park.

2012-10-27 00:00:00

His old maroon letterman's jacket has an "S," for Southern, where Kaline batted .488 as a senior, stole 52 bases in 53 attempts and caught the eye of the Detroit Tigers.

2012-04-30 00:00:00