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Marvin and Ted, a love story

Reflecting on the players' union pioneer and the great catcher elected to the HOF.

Jeff Kallman Baseball Leave a comment December 8, 2019December 8, 2019 7 Minutes

One vote samba

Derek Jeter, a HOF walk, is subject of a peculiar apparent BBWAA voting campaign.

Jeff Kallman Baseball Leave a comment November 23, 2019 9 Minutes

“It was a wacky war”

A Veterans Day revisit to the Hall of Famer in the middle of D-Day---Yogi Berra.

Jeff Kallman Baseball Leave a comment November 11, 2019 8 Minutes

Emotional dignity at the Hall of Fame

The Mariano closed the ceremony where Roy Halladay's widow spoke unforgettably about her haunted late husband.

Jeff Kallman Baseball Leave a comment July 22, 2019July 23, 2019 7 Minutes

Can Bob Gibson knock this opponent down?

The Hall of Fame pitcher survived racism and the biggest boppers only to face a war with pancreatic cancer.

Jeff Kallman Baseball Leave a comment July 14, 2019July 15, 2019 9 Minutes

“It was a wacky war”

A baseball writer thinks of a Hall of Famer who was smack dab in the middle of D-Day---the late Yogi Berra.

Jeff Kallman Baseball Leave a comment June 6, 2019July 6, 2019 8 Minutes

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