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MLB All-Star Countdown: Atlanta musicians to headline Celebrity Softball game
And there’s more. ESPN’s Elle Duncan and NBC’s Maria Taylor, both of whom have connections to the metro Atlanta area will be ...
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World Series Champion, Two-Time MLB All-Star Dies At Age 44
Bobby Jenks, the flame-throwing closer who helped deliver Chicago’s first World Series title in 88 years, has died. The ...
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Son of former Tennessee baseball head coach selected to All-Star Game
Raleigh is the son of former Tennessee head coach Todd Raleigh.
Today in Chicago History: Comiskey Park hosts major league baseball’s 1st All-Star Game
1933: Comiskey Park hosted baseball’s first All-Star Game, conceived by Tribune sports editor Arch Ward. Vintage Chicago ...
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10 worthy candidates to make their first All-Star Game
When you reach an All-Star Game, you have accomplished something that can never be taken away from you. You can write a ...
This Date in Baseball - Travis Hafner 1st player in MLB history to hit 5 grand slams pre All-Star
1959 — At Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, the first of two All-Star games played that season went to the NL, 5-4. The NL scored the tying and winning runs in the bottom of the eighth when Hank Aaron ...
Former MLB All-Star Tom Gordon's 10 pieces of advice for sports parents
Former major-league pitcher Tom "Flash" Gordon also spoke to USA TODAY Sports about Mariano Rivera, Bo Jackson and George ...
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Olson bolsters case to play in hometown All-Star Game with torrid stretch for Braves
Matt Olson was just six when his parents took him to Turner Field to watch Sammy Sosa put on a show in the 2000 Home Run ...