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The children of the elite often will have difficulty establishing…

John Galbreath
“He’s a little guy. Thinks he can do anything. Damn near…

Forbes Field (Pittsburgh)
Baseball links geography, and rivalry. In 1908 Philadelphia constructed…

Bill Burwell
After his third year in organized baseball, 22-year-old right-handed…

Don Gross
Don Gross had a 13-year career in professional baseball as a…

Earl Francis
With the muscular physique of a football player, 6-foot-2, 215-pound…

Bob Friend
Bob Friend was one of baseball’s more consistent starting pitchers…

Tom Cheney
“I didn’t like how my baseball career ended, particularly…

Elroy Face
Baseball is a game in which one or two numbers can become burned…

Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente's greatness transcended the diamond. On it,…

Gene Baker
Near the end of the 1953 baseball season two young men joined…

Dick Groat
Before Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders made “two-sport athletes”…

Gino Cimoli
“They set all the records and we won the game.”
That was…

Dick Barone
But for a bit of luck—if he'd been with a different organization,…

Joe Gibbon
Joe Gibbon fulfilled his dream when he made the Opening Day roster…

Smoky Burgess
“Smoky Burgess was fat. Not baseball fat like Mickey Lolich…

Joe Christopher
As of 2023, the total number of men from the US Virgin Islands…

Bennie Daniels
The expansion Washington Senators had little to cheer about at…

Fred Green
At 3:36 P.M. on October 13, 1960, Fred Green watched a ball hit…

Harry Bright
During a professional baseball career of 20 years the much-traveled…

Paul Giel
Great anticipation existed regarding which sport Paul Giel would…

Harvey Haddix
Whenever the name Harvey Haddix is mentioned, there is usually…

Don Hoak
To his contemporaries, he was a hard-nosed player, a throwback…

Howie Haak
Called the “King of the Caribbean” by baseball people and…