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21-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Watch Columbia Central take down Green Hill in TSSAA baseball state sectional
The Hidden Baseball Stories That Changed America Forever Feel the heartbeat of America through baseball's timeless stories on Big League Buzz. Ben Orlando, creator of The Midnight Library of Baseball, joins us to uncover the deeply personal tales that weave the game into the nation's cultural fabric. From Doc Graham's soul-stirring legacy to the raw betrayal of the 1919 Black Sox scandal, Ben's evocative narratives ignite nostalgia and reveal baseball's profound role in shaping American identity. Ben's Midnight Library of Baseball website: Subscribe to the podcast: Follow Ben on Instagram: Time Code: 0:00 Big League Buzz kicks off 1:19 Midnight Library Baseball introduced 3:20 Baseball's American cultural essence 7:10 Compelling podcast subscription call 12:10 Doc Graham's emotional journey 15:46 Truth's powerful cultural resonance 26:01 Baseball's profound historical depth 30:34 Night baseball's storied impact 37:50 Support Ben's heartfelt storytelling 41:14 How Baseball Still Captivates Us 42:36 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
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21-05-2025
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Rossville baseball's Cael Horgan on reaching Class 2-1A State Tournament
The Hidden Baseball Stories That Changed America Forever Feel the heartbeat of America through baseball's timeless stories on Big League Buzz. Ben Orlando, creator of The Midnight Library of Baseball, joins us to uncover the deeply personal tales that weave the game into the nation's cultural fabric. From Doc Graham's soul-stirring legacy to the raw betrayal of the 1919 Black Sox scandal, Ben's evocative narratives ignite nostalgia and reveal baseball's profound role in shaping American identity. Ben's Midnight Library of Baseball website: Subscribe to the podcast: Follow Ben on Instagram: Time Code: 0:00 Big League Buzz kicks off 1:19 Midnight Library Baseball introduced 3:20 Baseball's American cultural essence 7:10 Compelling podcast subscription call 12:10 Doc Graham's emotional journey 15:46 Truth's powerful cultural resonance 26:01 Baseball's profound historical depth 30:34 Night baseball's storied impact 37:50 Support Ben's heartfelt storytelling 41:14 How Baseball Still Captivates Us 42:36 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
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19-05-2025
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Ole Miss baseball pitcher Hunter Elliott breaks down his gem after beating Auburn
The Hidden Baseball Stories That Changed America Forever Feel the heartbeat of America through baseball's timeless stories on Big League Buzz. Ben Orlando, creator of The Midnight Library of Baseball, joins us to uncover the deeply personal tales that weave the game into the nation's cultural fabric. From Doc Graham's soul-stirring legacy to the raw betrayal of the 1919 Black Sox scandal, Ben's evocative narratives ignite nostalgia and reveal baseball's profound role in shaping American identity. Ben's Midnight Library of Baseball website: Subscribe to the podcast: Follow Ben on Instagram: Time Code: 0:00 Big League Buzz kicks off 1:19 Midnight Library Baseball introduced 3:20 Baseball's American cultural essence 7:10 Compelling podcast subscription call 12:10 Doc Graham's emotional journey 15:46 Truth's powerful cultural resonance 26:01 Baseball's profound historical depth 30:34 Night baseball's storied impact 37:50 Support Ben's heartfelt storytelling 41:14 How Baseball Still Captivates Us 42:36 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
San Francisco Chronicle
19-05-2025
- Politics
- San Francisco Chronicle
Will Cooperstown cancel Trump's quest to put Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame?
Come 2027, I will not have the opportunity to slide head-first to the mail drop at my local post office, to mail my Hall of Fame vote against Pete Rose. If Rose does become a Hall of Famer, it will not be via vote of members of the Baseball Writers Association of American, but through an HOF committee selection process, much of which will be cloaked in secrecy. I will, however, be urging a 'no' vote on Rose, with all the enthusiasm of old Charlie Hustle head-first-sliding into third. Donald Trump is trying to put his thumb on the scales of Rose's Cooperstown candidacy, and consider me swayed. If Rose is on that 2027 committee ballot, I will decline to contribute to the heavy-handed manipulation and coercion of sports for personal glorification and for the furtherance of a broader agenda that makes me sick. The story: Trump announced in February that he would soon issue a full pardon to Rose, who died in September. Trump didn't say what the pardon would cover. Rose's 'lifetime' ban from Hall of Fame consideration, punishment for gambling on baseball? Rose's conviction for tax fraud? Whatever. Trump met with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred last month, a meeting I'm assuming was called by Trump. Manfred did say that one of the discussion topics was the 'ingress and egress' (Manfredspeak) to America of Latin American ballplayers, who make up about 30% of MLB rosters. What else did the two leaders discuss? Manfred wouldn't say. But last week he announced that he was lifting Rose's ban. To make it look like he wasn't simply carrying Trump's water, Manfred also let Shoeless Joe Jackson and his 1919 Black Sox teammates off baseball's list of permanently ineligible players. Trump hasn't publicly supported Jackson and the Black Sox, but don't be surprised if the Jackson family trust signs a deal with Trump Sneakers for Shoeless Joe baseball cleats. Manfred made the point that the on bans on Rose, Jackson and the Sox were 'lifetime' bans, and that Rose and the Black Sox are dead, and therefore can't do further damage to baseball. Never mind that Jackson died in 1951, and Manfred became commissioner in 2014, so he's had a decade to lift the Jackson ban. Never mind that in 2022, Manfred declared that anyone who bet on baseball belongs 'on the permanently ineligible list' (Italics mine). If Manfred and MLB appear to be joining the Mewling and Groveling Association (MAGA), they have some pragmatic justification. MLB doesn't want its Latin American players encountering nasty ingress and egress problems. It doesn't want the president and his congressional lackeys to take a new look at baseball's antitrust exemption. It doesn't want any governmental roadblocks to its planned streaming services. And it doesn't want added roadblocks to the massive government funding of various ballpark projects. Here's an example of how some folks get the impression that Trump is pulling strings in sports. After Shedeur Sanders went undrafted for the first four rounds of the recent NFL draft, Trump railed on social media, 'What is wrong with NFL owners, are they STUPID? … (Sanders) should be 'picked' IMMEDIATELY by a team that wants to WIN.' And so Sanders was 'picked,' in the next round, by the Cleveland Browns. Trump, through his press secretary Karoline Leavitt, took direct credit for that draft pick. Incidentally (or not), Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam contribute heavily to Trump causes, and are attempting to build a $2.4 billion stadium for which they are asking state and local government to go halfsies with them. Maybe I'm too cynical, but every time Trump gets involved with sports, there's something in it for him. Two examples: • Trump has met with leaders of the PGA and LIV golf tours, trying to broker a peace and a merger. 'I would say it would take me the better part of 15 minutes to get that deal done,' Trump said before taking office. He has missed that prediction by several months and counting. When the Saudi-backed LIV launched in 2022, Trump publicly urged the PGA stars to defect, saying they would regret staying. Trump has hosted at least six LIV tournaments at his courses, although, to be fair, he has not claimed to have won any of those events. • During the pandemic, the Big 10 briefly canceled its football schedule, then re-instated it, with Trump trumpeting, 'I'm the one who brought back football, by the way. I brought back Big 10 football. It was me and I'm very happy to do it.' The Big 10 encompasses key battleground voting states. There was no indication from the Big 10 that Trump played any role in its decision to resume sports. Trump is trying to micromanage society back to its former greatness. Plastic straws, please! He wants to be seen as the master puppeteer, with everyone dancing on his strings. He and his people forced (or convinced) MLB to drop or downplay its diversity programs. In March, MLB removed all 'diversity' references from its careers page. Manfred tippy-toed around that one, with MLB stating, 'Our values on diversity remain unchanged. We are in the process of evaluating our programs for any modifications to eligibility criteria that are needed to ensure our programs are compliant with federal law as they continue forward.' MLB and Manfred also sat silently when Trump's history scrubbers removed Jackie Robinson from a government website. (The tribute was eventually reinstated in the wake of public outcry.) Now Trump has gone to bat for Rose, and it makes sense. You don't have to be a Trump University-trained rocket scientist to know that Trump believes in forgiveness for gambling sins. His three massive casinos in Atlantic City were financial disasters, for which he has forgiven himself. I won't get a vote on Rose for the HOF, but I'm hoping the folks who do will be dancing to their own piper, not to the strings of a puppeteer.
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Sport
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Letters to Sports: Put away morality card when it comes to Pete Rose
Rather than stew over whether Pete Rose and 'Shoeless" Joe Jackson should be admitted, the Baseball Hall of Fame should open a special wing for miscreants. Rose, the Black Sox members who are HOF-worthy, and PED users like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, whose accomplishments before they started using would have earned them plaques, would all be welcome. Brian Lipson Beverly Hills So MLB has reinstated Pete Rose, months after his death. What a major league error to Pete Rose and his family, the fans and the Hall of Fame. Advertisement I understand that he violated the rules and bet while a player/manager, but his numbers, which make him a Hall of Famer, had nothing to do with bets. He didn't cheat, he violated a rule. The Astros cheated and still kept the World Series title. Russell Morgan Carson On the field a great player and fun to watch. Off the field bad news. His character a complete disaster. I hope he does not get in the Hall of Fame. Phil Schneider Marina del Rey Was that a bit of ironic humor from Bill Shaikin saying he checked with bookies to see what the odds are on Pete Rose getting into the Hall of Fame? Sports betting is now at epidemic levels and appears in various commercials and program commentary throughout sports media as a display of odds changing throughout many games. It's so out of control that it's become normalized. Advertisement As for Rose, he brazenly and obsessively bet on baseball, including games involving his own team when he was a manager. That has always been considered a cardinal sin in the sport. He lied about it for decades, then came clean half-heartedly to make money on a book, then tried to play the aggrieved victim being denied his rightful place in the Hall. It was a nauseating spectacle that went on for years. Rose was an exceptional player. But character and certain violations matter, otherwise there's no point in trying to protect the integrity of the game. T.R. Jahns Hemet I understand the steroid thing with Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, and maybe they too will be honored in the Hall of Fame someday, but this "integrity, sportsmanship and character" purity test is nonsense! Look at Ty Cobb! What matters is what happened on the field. Let the all-time hits leader in ASAP. Advertisement Kennedy Gammage San Diego Not again After reading Bill Plaschke's column, I can't disagree that Austin Reaves might have to be traded in order to obtain a legitimate center. (I remember way back when we actually had one … seems like his initials were AD.) But whether the Lakers can "build around Luka Doncic" and whether JJ Redick is the carpenter for the job are huge questions. In the Timberwolves series, Redick was outcoached and Minnesota's favorite target was Doncic. They pressured him in the backcourt and then doubled and line-trapped him in the front. By halftime, Luka was panting like an old dog in August. Advertisement The buzz on Doncic at Dallas was that he was lazy, chronically out of shape and self-unaware. That sounds like a shaky foundation to me. Thomas Bailey Long Beach Here we go again. Tossing a great player like Austin Reaves early in his career while we keep the worn-out old guys. Yes, I mean LeBron James. Why trade away Reaves in the prime of his career and keep a broken-down LeBron James? 2025-2026 will probably be his last season. Let him go back to Cleveland for free. We need the Lakers to be younger and coachable so we can get back to winning titles. Dave Newman Brea Normally I agree with Mr. Plaschke and enjoy his articles, but trading another future star and hitching their wagon to an aged LeBron James appears, to me, to be a big mistake. There are plenty of examples of young talent that the Lakers let go with the lost hope of winning with the 'older' guys. Granted LBJ is an anomaly and a truly spectacular athlete. A sure first-ballot Hall of Famer but, come on man, its time to move on. Advertisement Paul D. Ventura Mission Viejo They all count In regards to a comment from comment that baseball standings from April to July are one of the most meaningless stats in sports, I disagree somewhat. The Dodgers and Padres are on top of the NL West, the Mets lead the NL East, the Yankees are pacing the AL East and the Tigers are on top of the AL Central. Barring major injuries, all these teams will be in their current positions in September. So, the current standings reflect the future. Mark Heffernan Bakersfield A reader wrote that one of the most meaningless stats in sports is the MLB standings from April to July. That's good news for the Chicago White Sox and the Colorado Rockies. Advertisement Brad Nelson Oxnard Dollars and sense The USC football program has not met the expectations of past years to any degree under head coach Lincoln Riley. Yet USC paid Riley more than $11.5 million in 2023. His base salary is a mere $10.2 million. So the school paid an additional $100,000 listed under bonus and incentive compensation. The bonus must have been for showing up for work. Who needs incentive compensation with a base salary of $10.2 million? How much is tuition at USC now? Unbelievable! Wayne Muramatsu Cerritos Winning the lottery Dallas GM Nico Harrison: 'If I trade Luka the fans will run me out of town.' Advertisement NBA commissioner Adam Silver: 'Don't worry. I got you.' Russell Hosaka Torrance The Los Angeles Times welcomes expressions of all views. Letters should be brief and become the property of The Times. They may be edited and republished in any format. Each must include a valid mailing address and telephone number. Pseudonyms will not be used. Email: sports@ Get the best, most interesting and strangest stories of the day from the L.A. sports scene and beyond from our newsletter The Sports Report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
