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Billy Pierce and Hugh Duffy Inducted into the Hall of wWAR: Ezra Sutton and Hoyt Wilhelm are First Casualties
Beyond the Box Score
The beautiful thing about the Hall of wWAR is that it is a fluid institution. Just because you're in there one day doesn't mean you'll be in there the next. As the formula is improved, the population of the Hall is adjusted accordingly. I've made a few t
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Posted by Chris Jaffe 20,000 days ago, a promising young career came to a screeching halt. It was May 7, 1957, and the Cleveland Indians hosted the New York Yankees. On the mound for the home team was Herb Score, one of the brightest young stars in the g
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And it wasn't just that he 'survived,' like an average player ... Minnie thrived. He starred. He became a beacon not just for our team, but our city.
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LITTLE ROCK OBITUARIES Information for the obituaries and funeral notices below was supplied to the Arkansas Democrat- Gazette Advertising Depart ment by funeral homes. INDEX Some obituaries may appear in certain editions of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazett
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Minnie Minoso isn't a complainer. Just ask any of the pitchers who hit him with 192 pitches during his big-league career, many of whom had meant to drill him. Minoso never charged the mound. If he could, he would pick up the ball and flip it back to the
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Posted by Chris Jaffe Fifty years ago today, the White Sox sent one of their greatest and most successful pitchers packing when they traded away veteran ace Billy Pierce to the Giants. To be exact, on Nov. 30, 1961, the Sox traded Pierce and Don Larsen
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There was never any [racial prejudice] situation with Minnie, with our fans or with the club
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During the Minnie Minoso Hall of Fame Forum at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago earlier this month, White Sox historian Rich Lindberg spoke an undeniable truism about the White Sox legend. "So much about him went unseen nationally," Lindberg said, lauding
About Billy Pierce
Wikipedia
Walter William Pierce (born April 2, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Chicago White Sox. He was the team's star pitcher in the decade from 1952 to 1961, when they posted the third best record in baseball, and was named the American League's top... Full Article
