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B&C Morning Show: Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio To Be Honored On Stamp
When Craig heard that ‘The Yankee Clipper’ Joe DiMaggio’s likeness will appear on a stamp to be issued this July but the US Post Office, he thought of someone in his life who would be very happy about the news. Joe D used to be a regular caller to the pr 11:52 AM from CBS New York Read more »
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The Captain took the call and rest is history
On June 1, 1992, the phone rang in Dorothy and Charles Jeter’s house in Kalamazoo, Mich. “My mom answered it,’’ Derek Jeter told The Post. “She said the Yankees were on the phone and they wanted to talk to me.’’ Dick Groch, a scout with the Yankees, reca 2:03 AM from New York Post Read more »
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Who will sell the most stamps? DiMaggio, Stargell, Williams or Doby?
Responding to what it called "overwhelming demand," the U.S. Postal Service will sell individual stamps commemorating the baseball careers of Joe DiMaggio, Larry Doby, Willie Stargell and Ted Williams. Previously, the Postal Service said it would produce from The Morning Call Read more »
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Hornets' 2012 NBA Draft Lottery luck continues freakish sequence set off by nixed Chris Paul trade
Has there ever been a bigger trade in the history of American sports that never actually happened? Well, rumor has it that decades ago, the Yankees almost swapped Joe DiMaggio for Ted Williams, so it’s a pretty high bar. But the New Orleans Hornets can m from Sporting News Read more »
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Michael Rosenberg: Nicklas Lidstrom was truly one-of-a-kind
Nicklas Lidstrom won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's best defenseman seven times. I want to say he was like Tim Duncan: Understated, fundamentally sound, caring only about winning, spending his entire career with a single franchise. But Duncan is a spotty from Sports Illustrated Read more »
