5 things to know about the history of pro baseball in Sacramento before the A's play ball
With the A's set to make their debut in the Sacramento region soon, KCRA 3 decided to take a look back at the legacy of ...
Palo Alto Weekly5d
Atherton resident, baseball great Willie Mays is dead
Willie Mays, arguably the greatest baseball player of all time ... However, in 1950, the New York Giants scouts had no reservations and signed Mays, according to various reports.
Space Coast Daily7d
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Breaking the Color Line – Major League Baseball Integration Began 78 Years Ago
Branch Rickey and Bill Veeck, recognizing the positive impact of baseball integration to the bottom line of baseball, were pioneers in signing stars like Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Don Newcombe, ...
San Francisco Giants
In his first live batting practice session of the spring, Adames sent right-hander Sean Hjelle’s second offering over the ...
MLB4d
Adames already settled in, impressing at Giants camp
The Giants were comfortable signing Willy Adames to the richest contract in franchise history because they felt he would not ...
The News-Gazette11dOpinion
Lagniappe | He's a Hall of Famer in my book
"Rafael (Palmeiro) was kind and generous with his time in giving me a tour of his home. We talked baseball, of course, and he ...
In Buster Posey’s clubhouse address to Giants, the subtext was as important as the message
(That pride was expressed in a video that Melvin requested from the club’s in-house production team: a montage of stirring ...
Adames, Posey set tone for SF Giants’ spring on first full-squad day
In his first live batting practice session of the spring, Adames sent right-hander Sean Hjelle’s second offering over the ...
The American Spectator28d
The Great Bob Uecker: Remembering ‘Mr. Baseball’
His Hall of Fame acceptance speech reduced the greats of the game — Willie Mays, Joe Morgan, et al. — to tears. He parlayed a forgettable baseball ... says the Ueck. He signed a contract ...
Predicting each MLB team's next retired number: Miguel Cabrera, Yadier Molina, Sammy Sosa, more due honors
Seeing the number featured in the ballpark with the rest of the retired numbers is cool and it's always an opportunity to ...
Newsday1mon
What is my Pokémon, baseball card worth? Trading card market booms on Long Island
Cards of various types, baseball, Pokémon ... for $450 as well as a 1958 Willie Mays from the San Francisco Giants, graded 3, for $200. "That vintage stuff is the most liquid gold you can ...
ESPN15d
OTL: Gaps In The Road
Who knows why Willie Mays Aikens started ... Soon, they'll steal all of his baseball memorabilia. He barely knows his two little girls; that Lucia is 6 years old, or that Gretchem Nicole is ...