04/09/10 7:54 AM ET

Braves phenom has potential to spur needed growth in game

Henry Aaron's ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day was caught by Jason Heyward, which was symbolic and significant. Aaron, a man too dignified to ever wallow in hyperbole, later discussed what he believed to be Heyward's prospective role in baseball in Atlanta, one of the only major cities in this country where African-American kids are playing baseball.

Aaron was not anointing...

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Dodgers' Davis, who hit in 31 straight, dies
Center fielder batted .279 with 2,561 hits in his 16-year career

By Bailey Stephens / MLB.com
03/09/10 7:05 PM EST

Former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Willie Davis was found dead in his Burbank, Calif., home on Tuesday morning at the age of 69, according to the Los Angeles Times.

A neighbor who regularly brought Davis breakfast reportedly discovered the body.

Authorities have...

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Former Dodgers Great, Manny Mota...Helps Haitians Back Home

Dodgers coach donates food, spends time with injured

By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com

03/03/10 6:34 PM EST

PHOENIX -- The recent earthquake in Chile was a painful reminder of what Manny Mota left behind on his native island of Hispanola, which is shared by the nations of Mota's Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Before reporting to Camelback Ranch-Glendale for his 53rd Spring...

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*** To those of you out there, and you KNOW who you are, who believe EVERY damn thing negative written at and/or towards certain baseball players...understand what you're dealing with. As I mentioned here on OS a few months back, to the dislike of at leat one member..and you know I didn't give a damn...certain publications and/or writers as well as certain sports talk hosts have ONLY one agenda---character assassination.

Of course some of us are ahead of that proverbial curve in...

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