Warren Spahn

Type: Person

Name: Warren Spahn

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Tick Tock: Make The Serve, Pitch, Putt Or Shot

In Milwaukee, cartoon characters dressed up like various sausages race at each Brewers' game; in Washington, five of our beloved presidents do their own bratwurst ramble. But the character I want to appear at every baseball game –– and at a couple of ... [Published NPR - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Tick, Warren Spahn, Crocodile

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Commentary: Hall of Fame trip the best graduation gift ever--well, at least for me

I'm not exactly what you'd call a morning person. I like to sleep until the sun is high in the sky. Prying the ol' eyelids open while it's still dark outside is no easy feat for me.So getting up at 5 a.m. to face early morning deadlines a couple of days ... [Published San Jose Mercury News - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Luke Appling, Eddie Mathews, Duke Snider

First reported May 26 2013 - Updated May 26 2013 - 1 reports

Joe DiMaggio Tops List of Sports Veterans

In a list of top sports veterans, Joe DiMaggio emerged as the top ranked athlete to serve in our nation's military. The New York Yankee is considered on of the all-time great baseball players. Frank Brimsek (hockey), Bob Feller (baseball), Pat Tillman ... [Published Breitbart Feed - May 26 2013]

Entities: Joe DiMaggio, Pat Tillman, Rocky Bleier, Warren Spahn

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

University of Virginia

The only HOF pitcher in a Reds hat

Before Eppa Rixey heard of his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in January 1963, his 10-year-old grandson Eppa Rixey IV answered the phone call that delivered the news.It seemed like the phone rang and I almost cant believe that I answered it but ... [Published Cincinnati Enquirer - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: University of Virginia, LEON Day, Jimmie Foxx, Frankie Frisch

First reported Mar 27 2013 - Updated Mar 27 2013 - 1 reports

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WVU getting N.Y.-Penn League team

MORGANTOWN - Minor League Baseball leaders joined with West Virginia University Tuesday to announce that professional baseball will be coming to town by 2015.Just what team, and with whom it will be affiliated, still remains to be determined. It was announced, ... [Published Intelligencer Wheeling News-Register - Mar 27 2013]

Entities: West Virginia University, Warren Spahn, Mike Parsons, Evan Longoria, West Virginia Senate

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The irony is, too, that by delaying, the pitcher is surely helping the batter more than himself. The great Warren Spahn is attributed with saying: "hitting is timing. pitching is upsetting timing." So Spahn got the ball and promptly pitched it and thereby won 363 games because the batter didn't have all that time to get comfortable

Tick Tock: Make The Serve, Pitch, Putt Or Shot [Published NPR - 11 hours ago]

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