Gaylord Perry

World Series: Willie Mays to throw out first pitch

2010-10-27 16:33:09

<![CDATA[World Series: Willie Mays to throw out first pitch]]>

Phillies' Roy Halladay wins NL Cy Young award

2010-11-16 16:32:47

<![CDATA[Phillies' Roy Halladay wins NL Cy Young award]]>

Great pitchers have downs with their ups

2009-11-02 16:32:48

<![CDATA[Great pitchers have downs with their ups]]>

A first-rate topic

2007-05-26 00:00:00

Jayson Stark of ESPN.com is out with a book about the most overrated and underrated baseball players of all time, which sounds like the beginning of a cottage industry to me. Soon to follow: "The Stark Truth 2.0: Guys Who Were Underrated Before Everybody...

Jackie Robinson can't sub for Barry Bonds

2007-04-14 00:00:00

April 15, by decree of Major League Baseball, will be Jackie Robinson Day. On Sunday, a player on each big league team will be designated to wear Robinson's uniform number, 42. The Dodgers, Robinson's club in its Brooklyn incarnation, intend to go one...

Bonds' legacy is safe at home

2007-11-16 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- At Joe DiMaggio playground in the North Beach neighborhood near Fisherman's Wharf, the same park where DiMaggio learned to play baseball as a youngster, Jesse Smith spent Thursday afternoon practicing his free-throw shooting technique...

A-Rod, get back on the 'roids

2009-02-12 00:00:00

If it is true that Alex Rodriguez stopped using steroids in 2003, before he came to New York, the Yankees have been swindled. A-Rod hasn't been trying his hardest to win and help his team. In A-Rod's defense, it could be argued that there is no...

Jim Palmer says HOF results are 'a shot across the bow of the whole Steroid Era'

2013-01-09 15:12:00

One of the perks of covering the Orioles is that we have easy access to Jim Palmer, a Hall of Fame pitcher who, unlike some other great players, has no problem speaking his mind. I talked to Palmer on Wednesday after he deplaned in Southern California...

No Bonds, no Clemens on my Hall ballot

2012-12-12 16:42:00

The thick, white envelope arrives every year at this time, full of rules, names and numbers, but just one question. And it's a question heavier than history on this year's baseball Hall of Fame ballot. Who is worthy? The answer merits more than a...

Steroid era clouds Baseball Hall of Fame voting

2012-12-22 13:06:00

We live in a world of sports that is broadcast in full color and high definition. We try to view it through a prism of moral and ethical absolutes. And still, when faced with the great issues of our time, everything ends up being cast in shades of gray....

Mariners Vargas Shines, Mariners Beat A's

2012-06-26 22:34:00

Mariners shortstop Brendan Ryan singled home Casper Wells with the winning run in the eighth inning Tuesday as Seattle ended its recent scoreless drought with a 3-2 victory over the A's at Safeco Field. Reliever Charlie Furbush picked up the victory...

Did UConn Football Opener Really Have To Be Postponed?

2011-09-01 00:00:00

Signing at the table adjacent to Jenkins were Hall of Famers Rollie Fingers and Gaylord Perry, along with former outfielder Jay Johnstone and former Cub Jody Davis. Pictured here are Fingers, Johnstone and Perry.

2013-01-21 15:48:00

Richard Zitzmann, age 55, is the President of Sport Classics, Inc. based in St. Louis , Missouri . For the past 20 years, Sport Classics, Inc. has acted as the exclusive business agent for Baseball Hall of Famer's Stan Musial , Bob Gibson , Lou Brock , & Red Schoendienst . Dick Zitzmann also works

2010-12-07 16:01:30

San Diego Padres pitcher Gaylord Perry is shown in this September 1978 photo.

1978-08-31 00:00:00