Former Dodgers relief ace Labine dies at age 80
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Former Dodgers star Clem Labine, whose relief pitching helped Brooklyn win the 1955 World Series over crosstown rival Yankees, died Friday at age 80, the National League club announced from their Vero Beach, Florida, training camp.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Ken Burkhart, a former big league pitcher and umpire who made one of the most disputed calls in World Series history, has died.
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Bobby Avila, a three-time All-Star who won the American League batting title in 1954, died Tuesday of complications from diabetes and a lung ailment. He was 78.
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Robert Parisien, an FBI agent who planted the bugs that yielded the first recording of a Mafia induction ceremony, has died while scuba diving. He was 56.
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Former National League Most Valuable Player Ken Caminiti, who in 2002 admitted he used steroids, died of a heart attack in New York on Sunday, Major League Baseball reported on its Web Site.
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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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The chief medical examiner&#39;s office in New York City reported yesterday that Ken Caminiti, the National League most valuable player in 1996, died from an accidental drug overdose.
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Bernard "Buddy" Diliberto, a New Orleans sports commentator who originated the tradition of fans wearing bags on their heads to lament losing teams, has died at the age of 73. Diliberto died of a heart attack Friday at his home in Metairie, said his son, Mike Diliberto.
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1932 &#151; Brooklyn's Johnny Frederick hit his sixth pinch home run of the season, a major league record, in the ninth inning to spark the Dodgers to a 4-3 triumph over the Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field.
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Rookie James Loney's reward for tying Gil Hodges' 56-year-old Dodgers record of nine RBIs in a game? A trip back to the bench.
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Former National League Most Valuable  Player Ken Caminiti, who in 2002 admitted he used steroids,  died of a heart attack in New York on Sunday, Major League  Baseball reported on its Web Site.
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BOSTONÃÂ -- Charlie Wagner, who pitched for the Boston Red Sox during the 1930s and '40s and worked for the organization for 70 years, died early Thursday of an apparent heart attack. He was 93.
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Former world heavyweight champion Max  Schmeling, who fought two unforgettable bouts with the great  American Joe Louis in the 1930s, has died at the age of 99.
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Ken Caminiti, a National League M.V.P. winner who admitted to using steroids, died Sunday. The cause was a heart attack, according to his agent.
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NEW YORK - It was a brush with death that still has Lance Aaron shuddering. The 60-year-old Brooklyn man was driving home when a 40-foot-long container flew off a flatbed truck and fell on top of his moving car, crushing it. He survived with just minor injuries.
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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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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.