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...inductees are all deserving of their plaques. Rusie, the famed "Hoosier Thunderbolt" of the 1890s, died in 1942. He won more than 30 games a season three times and has a winning percentage of .603. Rusie was also the first major leaguer ever to sit out a season over a contract dispute, as he refused to sign with the Giants...
...made his last public appearance in 1961 when he threw out the game ball for the third game of the World Series between Cincinnati and the Yankees. He died that December at the age of 99, the oldest ex-major leaguer then living...
...major leaguer, Walter Alston appeared in one game for the 1936 St. Louis Cardinals, batted one time - and struck out. But Alston's tenure as manager of the Brooklyn, later the Los Angeles, Dodgers definitely went into extra innings. After 23 consecutive one-year contracts, seven National League pennants and four world championships, Alston, 64, last week announced his retirement to become a Dodger super-scout. "There comes a time when you get enough of everything," explained the quiet man of baseball, hinting that today's breed may not be to his taste. "Most players who made...
Hooft, the team's leading scorer and a future All-Ivy Leaguer, scored 13 points in the first half for a 39-30 freshman edge at intermission. Meanwhile, forward Kevin McLaughlin single-handedly kept Coach John Harvey's injury-riddled crew in the contest. The deadly shooter swooshed home six buckets en route to a 14-point opening half performance. McLaughlin led Classic scoring with 18 points and 12 rebounds...
Wednesday night the dream disappeared. Joe Morgan hit a Texas Leaguer into short center and like the ringing of a 7 a.m. phone slowly ascending the stairs, creeping through the door and under the pillow, the dream ended...