The New York Yankees held their 75th annual Old-Timers’ Day on Saturday, an event that Babe Ruth used to attend. But for the first time, the younger generation of Yankees fans got to see one of their childhood heroes in the Bronx as an “old-timer” in Derek Jeter. The event
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Cal Ripken Jr reveals he was peeved at Alex Rodriguez during last All-Star Game for pushing him to shortstop
The MLB All-Star Game in Seattle on Tuesday marked the first time the event was held in the city since 2001. In that event, baseball legends Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn both said goodbye to fans as they made their last appearances at the “Midsummer Classic.” Ripken ended up
Why Is Mookie Betts Playing Shortstop for the Dodgers?
LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts was returning from paternity leave, his car was stuck in Chicago freeway gridlock for what seemed like an eternity and he arrived at Wrigley Field late for that night’s game. The Los Angeles Dodgers knew in advance that Betts would miss the first pitch against
Dick Groat, Hoops Whiz Who Became a Star Shortstop, Dies at 92
He was an All-American basketball player at Duke in the early 1950s, setting a single-season N.C.A.A. scoring record. He went on to play pro basketball. But Dick Groat was mostly known as one of major league baseball’s leading shortstops of his time. “I’m remembered as a baseball player and not
Derek Jeter Was a Hall of Fame Shortstop, Through and Through
Yet for all of that, the Yankees won so prodigiously that Jeter played exactly one home game in his entire career with the team eliminated from postseason contention: that final game in 2014. “I prided myself on being consistent, and when a play needed to be made, I felt as