Tag: mlb
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The League Not Forgotten: Stories from the Negro League
Number Two: Hilton Smith Now, most people know that Satchel Paige was one of the best pitchers in the Negro League, but many don’t know the players beyond Satch, Jackie, or any of the other few players who then went on to play in the MLB. Nicknamed “The Forgotten Star” of the Negro League, Hilton…
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The League Not Forgotten: Stories from the Negro League
Number One: Satchel Paige By Tori Sheffer Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige was born on July 7th, 1906 supposedly; however, there are conflicting dates as Satchel himself always wanted to leave a little about himself up to mystery. One of the best pitchers in all of baseball history, yet not many know much more about this…
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Beantown Ball
Sitting Down with Red Sox Rookie Richard Fitts By Tori Sheffer Last Sunday night, fellow beat reporter Tommy Bennett and I had the absolute privilege of sitting down with a very quick Red Sox fan favorite, and incredible right-handed hurler, Richard Fitts. When thinking about the glimmers of brightness through an otherwise dreary and bleak…
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Beantown Ball
Red Sox 2024 Season Recap By Tori Sheffer I’m coming to you live from Cancun with the rest of the Red Sox team! All is sunny and well down here! Just kidding, I’m still writing up in the dismal mid-Atlantic. Well, the Postseason is well underway and the Boston Red Sox are not a part…
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Phillies Phlight
Can the Phillies make it a Postseason Threepeat? With only one game needed to clinch a postseason berth for the third year, the Philadelphia Phillies are inching closer to Red October again. While they could very well clinch their spot in the postseason tonight against Milwaukee, the Phillies are fighting for more than just “making…
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Red Sox Rundown
Airing out the dirty laundry with a pair of mismatched Sox. It’s no secret that the Red Sox’s blazing hot June has since snuffed out resulting in a very mild July, a worse August, and a not-so-great start to September having been swept by the Mets, losing two of three to the Detroit Tigers, and…
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