Ralph Kiner

Ryan Braun wins NL MVP award; Matt Kemp second

2011-11-22 16:33:47

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Bob Feller dies at 92; Cleveland Indians pitcher was one of baseball's greats

2010-12-16 00:00:00

Bob Feller, an Iowa farm boy who became one of baseball's most enduring stars as an overpowering pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, died Wednesday. He was 92. Feller, who was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, died at a Cleveland-area hospice,...

Robin Roberts dies at 83; Hall of Fame pitcher

2010-05-07 00:00:00

Robin Roberts, the Hall of Fame pitcher who led the Philadelphia Phillies to the 1950 National League pennant as part of the famed "Whiz Kids," has died. He was 83. Roberts died Thursday of natural causes at his home in Temple Terrace, Fla., the Phillies...

Take a swing at these

2013-04-01 15:17:00

WASHINGTON -- As the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball's return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta Manager Dave Bristol who said, "Only trouble I ever had with chewing tobacco was that the...

Baseball's Back -- Take A Swing At These

2013-04-01 17:14:00

As the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball's return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta Manager Dave Bristol who said, "Only trouble I ever had with chewing tobacco was that the orthodontist said my...

Column: Take a swing at these questions

2013-03-31 22:15:00

�WASHINGTON — As the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball’s return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta manager Dave Bristol who said, "Only trouble I ever had with chewing tobacco was that...

Halladay hampered with spasms near his shoulder blade

2012-09-22 16:25:55

Wood tough in Cubs' 5-1 victory

2012-09-12 21:20:00

HOUSTON — There was no fanfare Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park when the Cubs and Astros began their final game in Houston as National League opponents. Truth be told, the two teams never had much of a rivalry, even though they have played...

Baseball was start of good life for Cole

2011-10-27 20:12:00

Many leave their hometowns looking for fame and fortune. Dave Cole had that chance and found out that fame was a relative thing. He didn’t have to go far to live a successful life. After a small fraction of his life as a professional baseball...

Elizabeth Taylor's death evokes local memories

2011-03-24 10:09:00

SO YOU KNOW Elizabeth Taylor’s star blazed brightly in Danville during the summer of 1956, when she came to town with fellow stars Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint, Lee Marvin and Rod Taylor for the filming of the Civil War epic “Raintree...

Scoreboard

2011-01-06 01:30:42

TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Michigan at Purdue, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Penn State at Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Idaho at Nevada, 10 p.m. (ESPNU) Men's College Basketball-Xavier at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Villanova at...

Wayne Block will retire after 27 years as CNU's sports publicist

2010-05-15 12:45:00

- Wayne Block has been at CNU for more than a quarter of a century - He and his wife will retire to Arizona - Block feels the addition of football energized the campus Wayne Block was a big-city kid steeped in big-city sports. He was a ballboy for the...

Number: 4 Player: Ralph Kiner, LF/RF, 1953-54 Comment: After hitting 40-plus homers five times with the Pirates, he came to Chicago in a 10-player deal in June 1953 and fell off to 35 and 22 as a Cub. Did drive in 116 runs in '53, however.

2008-06-18 00:00:00

Baseball Hall of Fame members Ted Williams and Ralph Kiner sing the National Anthem at the beginning of the 1997 Hall of Fame inductions in Cooperstown, N.Y.

1997-08-03 00:00:00