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The Pittsburgh Pirates made an offer to acquire perhaps the greatest hitter who ever lived, Ted Williams, in 1937. They may have gotten “The Splendid Splinter,” too, were it not for a dispute over a light bill.

He also won the American League MVP award twice, in 1946 and 1949 ... The journey introduces Nowlin’s book, Ted Williams: The First Latino in the Baseball Hall of Fame, published in 2018, the same year Williams would have turned 100 years old.

Willie McGee won the National League MVP or the 1985 season, in which he hit just 10 home runs. McGee also batted .353. Vince Coleman scored 107 runs that season, and he had more than three times as many stolen bases (110) as he had extra-base hits (31). The leading home run hitter on the team, Jack Clark, hit just 22 homers.

Barry Larkin says MLB commissioner Rob Manfred believes Orlando is an intriguing candidate for a baseball franchise.

Wagner had a 1.98 earned run average and struck out 22 of the 56 batters he faced in his 15 games for the Red sox in 2009.

Erie Mason knocks off Whiteford, Summerfield stays perfect and SMCC keeps winning in boys high school basketball.

Defensive lineman Leonard Williams swept the Seattle Seahawks Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year awards.

Juan Soto is only 26 years old, but during his eight years in MLB he has established himself as a generational talent. As a result big things are expected from the Dominican after

The last running back to win Super Bowl MVP was Terrell Davis in 1998. Oddsmakers expect that drought to end in 2025 if the Philadelphia Eagles are somehow able to topple the Kansas City Chiefs in ...

The Philadelphia Athletics beat Charter Oak 36-27 in a baseball game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in Brooklyn, N.Y., with the players wearing ice skates. 1957 — Joe McCarthy and Sam Crawford are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Call it a Tanner going out of his way to stick up for a fellow Tanner.