Headlines for April, 2007

Pride and Pinstripes – An Interview with Mel Stottlemyre

1964 saw a rookie for the New York Yankees on the mound facing Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series. Though Mel Stottlemyre never won a World Series as a starting pitcher, he did get a few rings as a pitching coach for both the New York Mets and New York Yankees. His five decades in [read more...]

From the Heart – An Interview with Robin Roberts

Robin Roberts is the co-anchor of Good Morning America alongside Diane Sawyer. The two are the only female duo that host a major network morning show. Roberts played college basketball at Southeastern Louisiana University where she earned a degree in communications. Robin has been a broadcast professional in a wide variety of locations - from local markets to ESPN - [read more...]

Where Have All the Black Catchers Gone?

In Print - April 10, 2007 | VIEW PRINT VERSION (PDF)This season, the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut, there will be much discussion of the decline in American born blacks in Major League Baseball. In 2006, fewer than 10 percent of players were of African American descent, about one-third their representation in 1974. At some positions, black players are [read more...]

Still An Outsider?

In Print - April 10, 2007 | VIEW PRINT VERSION (PDF) Rob Neyer's name may not be as familiar to mainstream sports fans as some of the website's more famous, or louder scribes, but he's been penning columns for ESPN.com longer than anyone else. Neyer has been writing about baseball for the WWL since 1996. As a pure web-writer, [read more...]

Just Saying…

In Print - April 10, 2007 | VIEW PRINT VERSION (PDF)UNBALANCED & INAPPROPRIATE The first week of the baseball season is in the books, with the Cubs and Sox seeing their first two series come against the likes of divisional opponents/rivals. For the Sox, it was the Indians and Twins. For the Cubs, it was the Reds and Brewers. These teams [read more...]

The Race Against Barry

In Print - April 3, 2007 | View Print Version (PDF)Bulletin: Barry Bonds needs only 22 home runs to break Hank Aaron's all-time career mark. Bulletin: Some people aren't too happy about this. Yes, neither bit of "breaking news" is terribly shocking to anyone who follows baseball with even a passing interest. Bonds, whether because of his surly and aloof nature [read more...]

Last at Bat: I Shot A Man In Reno, Just To Watch Him Die

In Print - April 3, 2007 | View Print Version (PDF) Precisely on the Friday night after the Bears beat the Saints to clinch their berth in the Super Bowl, and nine days before the big game itself, my wife and I got a dog. The dog is a lab mix, and due to his all-black appearance, after much debate [read more...]

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