Former Umpire Ken Burkhart Dies at 89
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Ken Burkhart, a former big league pitcher and umpire who made one of the most disputed calls in World Series history, has died. He was 89.
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Former Blue Jays pitcher and television commentator John Cerutti was found dead in a Toronto hotel room on Sunday. He was 44.
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NEW YORK -- 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...
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Reliever Keith Foulke, on the mound when Boston ended its 86-year World Series drought, retired Friday just as he was about to begin competing for a closer's job with the Cleveland Indians.
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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 Australia all rounder Keith Miller has died aged 84, a family spokesman said on Monday. Miller, one of the leading players in Don Bradman&#39;s 1948 Ashes-winning
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Nellie Briles, who won two World Series titles during his 14-year career as a major league pitcher, died Sunday, the Pittsburgh Pirates said. He was 61.
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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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Actress and comedian Brett Somers, who amused game show fans with her quips on the "Match Game" in the 1970s, has died, her son said. She was 83. Somers died Saturday at her home in Westport of stomach and colon cancer, Adam Klugman said Monday.
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BALTIMORE -- Johnny Oates, a former manager for the Baltimore Orioles, died early Friday. He was 58. Oates was diagnosed with a brain tumor three years ago.
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Ted Abernathy, who twice led the National League in saves during the 1960s, has passed away at the age 71.
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Tributes have continued to flow for Australian all-rounder Keith Miller, who died at the age of 84. Cricket Victoria&#39;s Kevin Jacobs says Miller was admired around the world.
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Jeff Bagwell retired Friday after 15 years with the Houston Astros, ending a career in which he hit 449 home runs but was forced from the field after the 2005 season because of a shoulder injury.
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First-base umpire Ed Montague left Sunday's game between the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers before the start of the fifth inning because of an elevated blood pressure.
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Bob Davidson is among three umpires who will be rehired by major league baseball as part of a settlement of the nasty dispute that cost 22 umps their jobs in 1999. Six more will split &#36;2.3 million in severance pay.
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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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Former Blue Jays pitcher and television  commentator John Cerutti was found dead in a Toronto hotel room  on Sunday. He was 44.