No other sport so tickles the national fancy — and stimulates all a red-blooded American’s senses — as baseball. The crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd, the aroma of roasting peanuts and yes, the crunch of Cracker Jacks, are about as all-American as you can get. On these Steamboating Baseball Vacations, you’ll […]
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Former New York Yankees lefty pitcher Fritz Peterson is perhaps better known for his colorful off-field antics than his 10-year career in the ballpark. He played for the Yankees from 1966 until 1974, then played two years for the Cleveland Indians and briefly in 1976 for the Texas Rangers before retiring the same year. It […]
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Born in St. Louis, Art played baseball for his high school team and subsequently for the University of Missouri. He was signed as a free agent for the Cincinnati Reds in 1959. He played in the minor leagues for several years, beginning in his professional career 1960 with the Geneva Redlegs, for which he homered […]
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Former Associated Press newsman Dan Schlossberg is the author of 35 baseball books, including The 300 Club: Have We Seen the Last of Baseball’s 300-Game Winners and Designated Hebrew: the Ron Blomberg Story. He hosts Thursday night podcasts on baseball — called Braves Banter — and travel (Travel Itch Radio) and is a frequent speaker […]
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Born in Trenton, N.J., Al was the first umpire to wear glasses on a permanent basis and the first umpire to wear his name on his hat — AL, for “American League” — according to baseball historian and writer Dan Schlossberg. As a professional baseball umpire, Al worked in the American League from 1976 to […]
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