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EXPLAINED: 6 | Vintage Vibes

Joe Starkey: Tell me again why Shohei Ohtani isn't the greatest baseball player of all time

I'm not old enough to have witnessed what Babe Ruth did on the baseball field (we just missed each other), but I'm pretty sure I know of a couple of things he didn't do.

Tribune News Service

Baseball quiz: Stuck in the middle with you

They don’t get much attention, but middle names often have special meanings, as this quiz shows.

Chicago Sun-Times

Team USA Is So Money, It’s ‘Ridiculous’

Take a good look at the Americans’ WBC roster, folks. There has never been a team like this, at least not by net worth.

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The Babe, bird and bitter rivalry: 7 interesting notes about Colorado's Seven Falls

Seven Falls, Colorado’s so-called “Grandest Mile of Scenery,” will celebrate 140 years as a tourist attraction when it opens for the season in March.

Tribune News Service

Baseball quiz: It’s my quiz, and I can ask if I want to

Baseball has been filled with celebrity owners. See if you recall their teams.

Chicago Sun-Times

Al Besselink, who won the first Tournament of Champions in 1953, might be the most interesting golfer you’ve never heard of

The Tournament of Champions dates back to 1953, when it was first played in Las Vegas.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Baseball quiz: And now for something completely different ...

Let’s put statistics and trivia aside and see if you can name the author of these baseball quotes.

Chicago Sun-Times

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SI:AM | An Unlikely Pair of World Cup Semifinals

Who could have predicted these matchups?

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Sideline Chatter: Gotta wonder if he’d still give it to him if he knew how valuable it was

A baseball glove that Babe Ruth once gave to St. Louis Browns third baseman Jimmy Austin sold for $1.53 million — nearly four times the previous record for a mitt — at the 19th annual Louisville Slugger auction.

Tribune News Service

Marcus Hayes: Bryce Harper’s legend grows as he homers on first World Series pitch he sees at Citizens Bank Park

PHILADELPHIA — If timing is everything, then Bryce Harper is all things.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

How Alex Bregman Found His Footing and Started Raking Again

After two down years, the Astros third baseman is healthy, confident and back in form.

Sports Illustrated

Marcus Hayes: Phillies describe Bryce Harper in one word after he calls his shot and wins the NLCS

It wasn’t exactly Yankees icon Babe Ruth pointing two fingers to Wrigley Field’s center-field wall, then belting a homer on the next pitch in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series to shut up hectoring Cubs players, but it was as close as we’ll get in these gentler days.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

MLB fans had lots jokes about a Yankees fan at Game 3 of ALCS who looked so much like Babe Ruth

Many wondered if this fella could step in and help the Yankees.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Babe’s record-book buck, bounding cemetery buck, fish habitats for the Slough and timberdoodles

A bounding spike at a North Side cemetery, a question on timberdoodles, Babe Ruth’s record-book buck and building fish habitats at Willow Slough are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times

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As LeBron James nears scoring record, even he can't recall exact number he has to beat

Anthony Davis' deep voice softened and trailed off as he repeated something so incomprehensible.

ABC News

How one baseball fan is set to make millions after catching an Aaron Judge homerun

Even before New York Yankees’ star Aaron Judge broke a home run season record, collectors had offered seven figures to the lucky fan in the path of the ball.

Tribune News Service

What makes Aaron Judge special? MLB’s top sluggers weigh in as Yankee great chases history.

NEW YORK — Jim Thome’s 14-year-old son, Landon, has come down to breakfast at the Thome household most mornings this baseball season with a question for his old man, the fearsome Hall of Fame slugger who smacked 612 home runs during his playing career:

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Maris Jr. Tweets Message for Judge After Home Run No. 62

The son of Roger Maris congratulated the Yankees outfielder on his historic accomplishment.

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Shohei Ohtani Deserves to Win AL MVP Over Aaron Judge

The Angels’ star has made the impossible an inevitability, so much so that the Yankees’ slugger has overshadowed him.

Sports Illustrated

Roger Maris Jr. Reveals How He Wants MLB To List Home Run Records

The son of Roger Maris has an idea of what MLB should do with its single-season home run records.

Tribune News Service

How a collector in Florida wound up with Roberto Clemente's most iconic bat

PITTSBURGH — Rob Shelling's vast collection of baseball bats is enough to make any memorabilia junkie drool with jealousy. There's one Babe Ruth swung while cracking a home run in the first MLB All-Star Game in 1933. Another Joe DiMaggio used during his 56-game hitting streak eight years later.

Los Angeles Times

'It's the right time.' Dodgers legend Jaime Jarrín ready to sign off with gratitude.

LOS ANGELES — Last week, before a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Dodgers honored employees who have worked for the organization for at least 25 years.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | One Step Closer to 62

What are we supposed to make of Aaron Judge’s historic season?

Sports Illustrated

Aaron Judge Makes History, but 61 Is Not the Record

Barry Bonds holds the single-season record, yet what the Yankees star has accomplished is still worth celebrating.

Tribune News Service

Aaron Judge hits 61st home run of season, ties Roger Maris’ AL record as Yankees beat Blue Jays

TORONTO — After seven games and eight days without a home run, the frustration started to show. In a 3-2 count, in the seventh inning of a tie game, Aaron Judge stepped back and took a little stroll behind the batter’s box. He took a deep breath as he settled…

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