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Long before A League of Their Own brought her story to life on the big screen, pitcher Dottie Collins was already the stuff of legend. During World War II, Collins played for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, mostly with the Fort Wayne Daisies. She pitched 17 shutouts during her six-year career. Always tenacious--she continued to play until she was several months pregnant--she was devoted to keeping the memory of the league alive. Collins spearheaded the effort to create the Baseball Hall of Fame exhibit that inspired the 1992 film...
China isn't the only nation, of course, where athletes' ages have come under scrutiny. In the 2001 baseball Little League World Series, a pitcher named Danny Almonte threw a perfect game, earning his Bronx, New York, team a bronze. But the 12-year-old phenom turned out to be two years older, making him ineligible for Little League play. The team's third-place finish was revoked...
...Caray kept the family tradition alive while developing his own style and devoted following. The voice of the Atlanta Braves for more than three decades, Caray provided commentary punctuated by his wry wit and irreverent humor--as in the game in which he declared each batter's success against pitcher Jung Bong "another hit off of Bong." Though he was derided by some for overly favoring his home team, among loyal Braves fans that was more of a reason to adore...
...Chicago-based reporter and a columnist for the Sporting News, Holtzman made contributions to the game far beyond the press box. He penned an Encyclopaedia Britannica item on America's pastime and invented the statistic now known as the "save," which is the yardstick by which a relief pitcher's ability to preserve leads is measured. It was baseball's first new official stat since "runs batted in" was introduced in 1920. Holtzman, who won entry to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989 and was later named the game's official historian...
...season. This year all that separated the heavyweight champ and the top contender from their inevitable rematch were exhibition bouts against unranked palookas: the Chicago White Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies. No contest. The challengers would be, in boxing parlance, moiderized. And indeed, Toronto, spurred by starting pitcher Juan Guzman, laundered the Sox in six sleepy games. The White Sox were like boxing's white hope of a decade ago, Gerry Cooney: slow, muscle-bound, awed, overwhelmed. But the Phillies were Rocky. After vaulting from last place to first in their division in one year, and after being gassed...