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Prince Fielder Signs 9-Year Deal With Detroit Tigers

DETROIT — With Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera in the middle of the lineup, the Detroit Tigers look ready for a season of slugging at Comerica Park.

Fielder and the Tigers agreed Tuesday to a nine-year, $214 million contract, a person familiar with the deal said. The AL Central champions boldly stepped up in the Fielder sweepstakes after the recent knee injury to star Victor Martinez. A week ago, the Tigers announced

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Dec 7, 2011 at 4:07 pm

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Barry Bonds’ Attorneys Seek Probation, Not Prison

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Barry Bonds’ lawyers asked a federal judge Tuesday to follow a federal probation officer’s recommendation and give Major League Baseball’s career home run leader probation when he’s sentenced for obstruction of justice this month.

Bonds, 47, was convicted in April of obstructing a grand jury’s sports doping investigation with an evasive answer. Prosecutors dropped three other perjury counts after the

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Cosby Recalls Baseball Youth: ‘I Wasn’t Any Good’

Bill Cosby played football at Temple, ran track for the Owls and still attends their basketball games.

But baseball? Not so much while growing up at the Richard Allen projects in Philadelphia.

“No, no, no. I wasn’t any good,” the comedian told The Associated Press recently. “But I was fast. I think I held the record for the highest

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Oct 29, 2011 at 9:43 am

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Cards Win World Series, Beat Rangers In Game 7

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Allen Craig drifted back, reached up and made the catch, setting off a stampede from the dugout.

The St. Louis Cardinals, the team that wasn’t even supposed to be here, had won a most remarkable World Series.

A day after twice being down to their last strike, the Cardinals became champions by beating the Texas Rangers 6-2 in Game

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Jul 21, 2011 at 12:33 pm

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Project Gives Names To Deceased Negro League Legends

Topeka, Kan. — Negro League players were more than athletes. They were activists, who, through their work on the field, challenged the popular belief at the time proving that African Americans were equal to whites on and off the field.

Still, few Negro League legends received the fanfare that white players received for their accolades. In fact, many players ended their careers working menial jobs and being buried in unmarked

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Jul 19, 2011 at 5:23 pm

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Yankees Black Player Asks: “Where Are The Black Fans?”

One of the Yankees few African-American players is not harping on the lack of Blacks in baseball, but asking where the Black fans are at games.

Granderson recently challenged his fellow Yankees to count the number of Black people at ballgames.

“At first, it starts off as a joke,” Granderson, who hit the second most home runs in baseball (42) between 2010 and this year’s All-Star Game, (Toronto’s Jose Bautista 61), told the

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Jul 11, 2011 at 5:43 pm

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The Best Black Baseball Players Of All Time

Fifty years ago, baseball was the sport that had the hearts of African-American children across the country.
Before Major League Baseball integrated, African-Americans created the Negro Leagues, which was a farm full of fresh Black talent that was home to the likes of Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson to name a few.
But what was once the most popular sport amongst African-Americans, has now become an afterthought in the community. And while the

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Fan Mistakenly Calls Jeter “Latino”; Do You Consider Him To Be Black?

The fan who caught Derek Jeter’s historic 3,000th hit, Christian Lopez, called Derek Jeter a “Latino” when he was interviewed after catching the historic ball.

Problem is that Derek Jeter is far from Latino — he’s actually half-Black and white.

Now many look at Derek Jeter in the same way they look at Tiger Woods; almost as color-less athletes. Both of them have stayed far away from any type of racial issues or

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Black Baseball Players Who Are Part Of The 3,000 Hit Club

With the recent 3,000 hit milestone reached this past weekend by New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, we decided to compile a list of the Black baseball players who are part of the 3,000 hit club.

On this list, you will find all-time home-run king, Hank Aaron, and other legends like the “Say Hey Kid,” Willie Mays.

Hank Aaron
Hits: 3,771
Henry “Hank” Aaron is most remembered