Ballplayer's dad: Son died 'doing what he loved'
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The father of an Ohio college baseball player who died Friday in a Georgia bus crash said Sunday his son "died doing what he loved," traveling with his team to a weekend game.
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_ A father and son died when they were electrocuted while cleaning the pool at New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera&#39;s home in Panama, relatives said Sunday.
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Former St. Louis Brown Rollie Stiles, believed to be the oldest former major leaguer, has died. He was 100.
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When Brian Cashman was an assistant general manager for the Yankees, one of his roommates was Timmy Coughlin, son of Tom Coughlin, the Giantsâ coach.
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SAN DIEGO -- The news of Rod Beck's death, which occurred Saturday in his home in suburban Phoenix, arrived in the visitor's clubhouse before yesterday's game, his former Red Sox teammates learning of his death from members of the Padres who had also played with him.
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The 2004 American League Championship Series created enough memories to last a lifetime. Here are some of the moments and men whose exploits in this historic series won&#39;t soon be forgotten.
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Ken Caminiti was never short of fearless on a baseball field. He made incredible stops at third base, swatted home runs from both sides of the plate and played through pain that would wither most men. Friends and former teammates shocked by Caminiti's death Sunday in New York at age 41 remembered not only the great plays, but many off-field struggles.
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Rex Bowen, the great baseball scout who signed Bill Mazeroski, Maury Wills and Dick Groat, died at 93.
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Ray Boone, a two-time All-Star for the Tigers who became better known as the patriarch of the first-ever three-generation family of All-Stars, has passed away following a long illness at the age of 81.
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The father of a high school basketball player whose life was chronicled in the acclaimed documentary "Hoop Dreams" has been shot and killed.
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(New York-WABC, October 10, 2004) - The euphoria of Saturday night&#39;s win was quickly overshadowed Sunday, when two relatives of Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera died in a swimming pool accident Saturday night at his home in Panama.
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He was 11 years old, a baseball-loving kid attending Game 7 of the 1982 World Series with his dad.
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Hank Bauer, the hard-nosed ex-Marine who returned to baseball after being wounded during World War II and went on to become a cornerstone of the New York Yankees dynasty of the 1950s, died Friday. He was 84. Bauer died of cancer in Shawnee Mission, Kan., said the Baltimore Orioles. Bauer managed the 1966 Orioles to their first World Series title.
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Hank Bauer, the tough ex-Marine who set a World Series record with a 17-game hitting streak for the New York Yankees and later managed the Baltimore Orioles to the 1966 title, died Friday. He was 84. Bauer died in the Kansas City area, where he made his home, Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo said.
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Rod Kanehl, a career minor leaguer who became a fan favorite at the Polo Grounds with the beloved but bumbling original Mets of 1962, died Dec. 14 at a hospital in Palm Springs, Calif.
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Former longtime Philadelphia Phillies infielder and coach John Vukovich died Thursday from complications of brain cancer, the team said.
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BOSTON -- The memory of my first visit to Fenway Park was a little bit hazy, so I picked up the phone and called my father. He started to laugh.