Year-by-year inductees to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame: BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; TGE: Today’s Game Era (1998-present) committee; VC: Elected by the ...
“Former MLB catcher and Chicago White Sox manager Jeff Torborg passed away this morning in Westfield, N.J. He was 83 years ...
Bob Uecker, the iconic voice of the Milwaukee Brewers and cherished baseball figure, passes away at 90 after a private battle ...
1952 — The Professional Golfers Association approves the participation of blacks in golf tournaments. 1972 — Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the youngest player elected to the Baseball ...
Bob Uecker, the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career earned the moniker “Mr. Baseball” and honors from the Hall of Fame, has died.
That was Seymour Stoll’s experience years ago when he drew a Sandy Koufax card at 14 years old. Inspired by that sense of pride, Stoll set out to collect the cards of every Jewish player in baseball ...
Uecker was a career .200 hitter, known more for his shenanigans on the field than his play – although he did hit home runs off Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax, Gaylord Perry, and Ferguson Jenkins.
Bob Uecker "never took himself seriously" and that is what endeared him to Brewers fans and made him a Milwaukee treasure.
Even in the biggest moment of his MLB life, with St. Louis playing the Yankees ... He has said he was worried his home run off Sandy Koufax might keep Koufax out of the Hall of Fame (it didn ...
“Even in the face of this challenge, his enthusiasm for life was always present ... “I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.” ...
“Even in the face of this challenge, his enthusiasm for life was always present ... “I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.” ...