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The Rookie At Age 36

My whole life I’ve had this dream, a dream so real I could almost reach out and touch…

The Power of Patience

Growing up in Atlanta, Georgia, I always thought of baseball as a way of life. I couldn't get…

The Imperfect Perfect Game

Everyone is talking about it. Which is why I wasn’t going to. Yet the Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando…

The Divine Pitch

Mariano Rivera’s first baseball was a rock wrapped in fishing net and tape. His glove was a flattened…

The 300th Win

When I was pitching in the major leagues I was known as "Knucksie," because I threw a knuckleball.…

Russell Martin, Jr. Celebrates His Dad, the Saxophone Man

I’m a professional baseball player. That means I’ve heard the national anthem performed before games thousands of times,…

Ron Santo’s Secret on the Field

I was kneeling in the on-deck circle at Chicago’s Wrigley Field that sweltering August afternoon. It was the…

Ralph Branca on the Quiet Strength of Jackie Robinson

The movie theater where I saw 42, the film about Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major…

God’s Love Pulled Terry Pendleton Out of a Slump

I was in the longest batting slump of my major-league career. It was 1990, and instead of playing…

Nolan Ryan Still an Inspiring Baseball Success Story

Read in the paper recently that Nolan Ryan and his investor group won their bid to buy the…

Nolan Ryan’s Secret to Success

Nolan Ryan struck out a record 5,714 batters and pitched seven no-hitters and 12 one-hitters during his major…

Jason Heyward Honors a Fallen Friend

Unproven rookies don’t get to choose their uniform numbers. So when Jason Heyward, a 20-year-old right fielder, reported…

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