The feat was so mind-boggling I didn’t know if I should be awe struck or sad. Then I thought of a constructive way of using the dates, posting them in over-sized numbers in every baseball clubhouse right next to the anti-gambling poster with the words of Major League Rule 21(d):

4/11/15; 7/28/15; 2/12/16

Those numbers could serve as a warning to all players who see them. They could also serve as …

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Among the many highlights of his remarkably glittering career, Joe DiMaggio played in 10 World Series, nine of which his team, the New York Yankees, won. DiMaggio’s two brothers did not enjoy such post-season success. Neither Dom nor Vince won a World Series. Dom played in one World Series, Vince none. Dom’s team, the Boston Red Sox, lost in 1946 to the St. Louis Cardinals.

Baseball brothers who won World Series championships come to mind this weekend because the Super Bowl presented Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos with an opportunity to match his younger brother Eli with …

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Departing from this site’s usual practice, we are posting not a baseball column but a speech I prepared for delivery Sunday afternoon at an event at Pittsburgh’s Heinz History Center honoring the late Myron Cope, a triple threat of a writer-broadcaster and creator of the Terrible Towel. As you can see, Cope and I had many similarities in our lives and careers. However, I didn’t create any kind of towel. I just use the one, no matter what color, my wife puts out on the bathroom or kitchen counter …

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