Joe DePugh, Pitcher Who Inspired Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Glory Days,’ Dead at 75
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Joe DePugh, Pitcher Who Inspired Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Glory Days,’ Dead at 75

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Joe DePugh, the Little League teammate of Bruce Springsteen who inspired the rocker’s hit song “Glory Days,” a rousing, bittersweet anthem to their hardscrabble childhoods in Freehold, N.J., where time passed by “in the wink of a young girl’s eye,” died on Friday…

Trump Says He Will Posthumously Pardon the Baseball Star Pete Rose
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Trump Says He Will Posthumously Pardon the Baseball Star Pete Rose

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump said late Friday that he would grant a full pardon to Pete Rose, who was one of baseball’s greatest players before he spectacularly fell from grace for gambling on games while he was a player and manager. Mr. Trump also repeated…

Al Trautwig, a Mainstay in the TV Booth at Madison Square Garden, Dies at 68
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Al Trautwig, a Mainstay in the TV Booth at Madison Square Garden, Dies at 68

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Al Trautwig, who brought sports fans along with him to New York’s Canyon of Heroes, champagne-doused locker rooms and the medal podium at the Olympics over a broadcast career that spanned more than three decades, died at his home on Long Island on…

Fay Vincent, Baseball Commissioner in a Stormy Era, Dies at 86
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Fay Vincent, Baseball Commissioner in a Stormy Era, Dies at 86

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Fay Vincent, a lawyer who presided over Major League Baseball as its eighth commissioner during a time when it was shaken by labor strife, the first shadows of steroid use and, quite literally, a powerful earthquake that interrupted the 1989 World Series, died…

Bob Uecker, Clubhouse Wit-Turned-Popular Sportscaster, Dies at 90
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Bob Uecker, Clubhouse Wit-Turned-Popular Sportscaster, Dies at 90

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Bob Uecker, the clubhouse wit who turned his tales of inferiority as a major league catcher into a comic narrative that animated his second career as a sportscaster and commercial pitchman, died on Thursday at his home in Menomonee Falls, Wis. He was…

Baseball legend Babe Ruth’s shirt breaks sports memorabilia auction record | Baseball News

Baseball legend Babe Ruth’s shirt breaks sports memorabilia auction record | Baseball News

Ruth wore the ‘called shot’ shirt during a historic game against the Chicago Cubs in his final World Series in 1932. A shirt belonging to American baseball legend Babe Ruth has shattered the record for the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever auctioned, fetching $24.1m after a weeks-long auction….

Ohtani’s former interpreter Mizuhara pleads guilty in sport betting case | Baseball News

Ohtani’s former interpreter Mizuhara pleads guilty in sport betting case | Baseball News

Mizuhara pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $17m from the Los Angeles Dodgers player to pay off illegal gambling debts. Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $17m from the Japanese baseball player to pay off illegal gambling debts. The former interpreter for the Los Angeles…