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This is the third episode of IGangster.

Many people believe that Mickey Mantle was the best Yankee center fielder of all time. The man he replaced, Joe DiMaggio, was no slouch. Here’s a look at how they really compared to one another.

Source:Was Mickey Mantle Really Better Than Joe DiMaggio?

Anyone who's listened to baseball for any length of time has surely heard the term, "five tool player." The general consensus these days is that the title is bestowed all too frequently—diluting its meaning—and that so-called five tool players are overvalued.
What exactly is a five tool player?
A player who excels at the following is considered [...]

Source:Who are 2008's five tool players?

Maybe the new “position description” for Hall of Fame candidates should bear the inscription, “Flawed people need not apply.” I suggest we go one step beyond that. Let’s empty the Hall, by digging up all the dirt we can on its current inductees, and then by retroactively punishing them for their alleged or proven frailties and misdeeds, suggests this top speaker, best-selling author, and popular radio and TV commentator.

Source:Thank You Mr Commissioner For Making the Hall of Fame So Very Empty!

I read somewhere that people with great strengths also have great weaknesses. One comes with the other, and on the threshold of their greatest accomplishments, or shortly thereafter, the weaknesses become quite prominent. Heroes, people that can do no wrong, suddenly fall from grace, shaming themselves and their cohorts. This is such a fable, so much of a commonplace throughout human history, that it seems all the more mysterious not that it happens, but that we mere mortals who observe it in our time are so surprised and so disappointed by its recurrence.

Source:Why Do We Build-Up & Then Tear-Down Our Heroes?

Newly established Irish provides opportunity for more local baseball Marshall Independent, MN By Jenny Kirk When Bob Dolan started looking into the possibility of forming a new amateur baseball team, he did his research. When looking through the Independent archives, Dolan, who is a Milroy native, found that the original Milroy baseball team …

Source:Newly established Irish provides opportunity for more local baseball - Marshall Independent

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The Florida State Seminoles beat Witchita State today to win the Super Regionals and advance to the College Baseball World Series. Here is the last out, a grounder to 2nd baseman Tommy Oravetz thrown to Dennis Guinn. Then, the celebration by the team and fans.

The Angels start the first true road trip of their young season by facing the Red Sox at Fenway Park. California swept Boston in a three-game series (Apr. 23-25) at Anaheim Stadium in the teams’ first meeting of the season.