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• Ferrarese Passes
Former pitcher Don Ferrarese died in early November: On the mound, the left-handed pitcher faced baseball legends like Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra, Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle. Some highlights of Ferrarese’s career include, on May 5, 1956, him striking out 13 batters, in a losing effort. Also, on May 12, 1956, he pitched a near-no […]...2024
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• 6 things we learned from the Giants’ 20-17 win over/loss to the Panthers

Photo by Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images via Getty Images The time has come for a change at quarterback Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference. - Robert Frost When you come to a fork in the road...take it. - Yogi Berra (Es tut mir leid, ich konnte nicht widerstehen.) Somehow, Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers in Munich ...2024
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• This day in Braves History: Adam Duvall crushes first-inning Grand Slam in 2021 World Series

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Braves ended up losing the game but this was still very cool Braves Franchise History 1960: The San Francisco Giants acquire veteran shortstop Alvin Dark from the Milwaukee Braves and then sign Dark to a two-year contract as team manager. The Giants send infielder Andre Rodgers to the Braves as compensation for Dark. 2021: Houston remains alive in th...2024
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• 2024 World Series Preview: Yankees vs. Dodgers

The Fall Classic will return to Yankee Stadium for the first time in 15 years, but Shohei Ohtani’s Dodgers have every intention of spoiling the party. Yankees vs. Dodgers has probably been one of the most common World Series predictions of the past decade. They’re both consistent powerhouse teams with loads of star power, and both have made the playoffs in every season since 2017 (save for the Yan...2024
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• Yogi Berra Was A Hockey Kind of Guy
(Hockey writer Randy Schultz has covered the hockey scene at all levels for over 50 years. He has interviewed people about hockey from all walks of life during that time. Players, coaches, executives, celebrities, college and high school players have been interviewed over the five decades of hockey writing. He hopes you enjoy his memories.) […]...2024
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• This day in Braves History: Eddie Rosario walks it off to take 2-0 NLCS lead

Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The main reason why people still chant his name, years afterwards. Braves franchise history 1991: In Game 7 of the NLCS, the Atlanta Braves’ Brian Hunter’s two-run home run in the 1st inning is all John Smoltz needs as he tosses a 4-0 shutout over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Braves win their first National League pennant since their mov...2024
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• Random posting for the real start of the postseason

I did this post last year and it got so many "more, more" requests that I'm doing it again this year.As a review, to avoid too much flack for actually daring to root for teams during the postseason for a whole entire post, I went with a "most, oldest, newest" post to recognize the annual October ritual.Yeah, I know I'm a little late. But I planned it like this. I don't know what that thing w...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta clinches NL East in both 2013 and 2018

Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images Pretty good day, right? Braves Franchise History 2013: The Atlanta Braves win their first NL East title since 2005 as its closest pursuers, the Nationals, lose, 4-2, to the Marlins. The Braves then defeat the Cubs, 5-2, as they now set their eyes on finishing the year with the best record in the National League. 2014: One day after being mathematically...2024
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• 4 things we learned from the Giants’ 28-6 loss to the Vikings

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images How does a team play so terribly? Let me count the ways If ever the start of a season felt like a turning point for better or worse in a team’s future, this one might be it. In the third year of the Joe Schoen/Brian Daboll regime, the New York Giants appeared going in to finally have a capable offensive line, finally have a bona fide WR1, finally have a ...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 139

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs come up empty in a 5-0 loss. I sincerely hope not too many of my regular readers got overly carried away with the Cubs’ recent resurgence. It was a lot of fun, but it was always a quest in search of a miracle. More than anything, it was a front-loaded schedule with the Cubs playing the hardest parts of its schedule first. Off the top of my hea...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies new confidence and win streak in jeopardy with roster changes

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 17, 2024 It turns out that Yogi Berra was right all along: “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.” The Rockies were beaten down. At 8-28, they were the worst team in baseball. Their confidence was down and the mental mistakes were up. Then came the breakout game. On May 9, the Rockies st...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Warren Spahn becomes second oldest pitcher to throw a no-hitter

Photo by Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1961 - Warren Spahn becomes the second oldest pitcher to throw a no-hitter in major league history. Milwaukee defeats the Giants 1-0. It is Spahn’s 290th career win, second no-hitter and 52nd shutout. Hank Aaron drove in the only run in the game with a single in the first inning. 2015 - Dan Uggla ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 15, 2024

Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports The first place Royals are no more. Jaylon Thompson writes that Salvador Perez joined the 250 home run club over the weekend. On Saturday, Perez added to his illustrious Royals career. He became the 12th primary catcher to hit 250 career home runs. The exclusive list includes Hall of Famers Johnny Bench, Carlton Fisk, Yogi Berra, Garry Carter and Mike Piazza....2024
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• 2024 AL Central preview: The search for signs of life beyond Minnesota

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Twins needed only 87 wins to take the division title in 2023. The ceiling probably won’t be much higher. In 2023, the AL Central was easily the worst division in baseball. It wasn’t in danger of going full 1994 AL West or anything, but at the All-Star break, the Cleveland Guardians were in first place at a dead-even 45-45. All four...2024
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• A look back on Harry Simpson

Have Suitcase, will travel I don’t think there’s much debate that baseball players today are better than they were 50 or 100 years ago. For one thing, MLB is now integrated. It’s truly an international sport. The second thing is players at nearly all levels now play and work out year-round. With AAU and traveling teams, pre-teen ballplayers probably play more games in a summer than I played in the...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Adam Duvall’s first inning slam not enough in Game 5 loss to Astros

Photo by Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1960 - The Milwaukee Braves trade shortstop Alvin Dark to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for infielder Andre Rodgers. Dark will then sign a two-year agreement with the Giants to serve as the team’s manager. 2005 - Braves outfielder Andruw Jones wins a Silver Slugger Award in the National League. 2011 ...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 12
Photo by Ronald L. Mrowiec/Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Ernie Banks swats his 500th, Toothpick Sam Jones throws a no-hitter, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s c...2023
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• Yogi Berra, MLB Icon and War Hero, Was One of Sports' Most Unforgettable
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"San Francisco has the first starting all-rookie battery in a World Series game since Yogi Berra and Spec Shea in 1947 and both youngsters do well: Buster Posey homers while Madison Bumgarner tosses eight shutout innings of three-hit ball."

2023
"The only MLB catchers with more All-Star appearances are Yogi Berra (15), Johnny Bench and Ivan Rodriguez (14), Mike Piazza (12), Roy Campanella, Gary Carter, Bill Dickey, Carlton Fisk, and Bill Freehan (11), Yadier Molina (10), and Elston Howard (9)."

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"Garagiola, who had grown up with Yogi Berra in St."

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"Yogi Berra is the first player in nine years to appear on a U."

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"The time Yogi Berra threw his cigarettes at George Steinbrenner"

2019
"In addition to most of DiMaggio’s career, New York has seen the likes Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Roger Maris, Thurman Munson, Reggie Jackson, Dave Winfield, Don Mattingly, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez since 1937."

2017
"The NFL's final four may give you a case of what Yogi Berra used to call "deja vu all over again."

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"Sometimes they are honest, sometimes ridiculous, sometimes a little baffling, like old Yogi Berra quotes."

2015
"Yogi Berra, Master Catcher With a Goofy Wit, Dies at 90"

2014
"The latest Yogi Berra/Dr."

• 6 things we learned from the Giants’ 20-17 win over/loss to the Panthers
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• This day in Braves History: Adam Duvall crushes first-inning Grand Slam in 2021 World Series
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• Today in White Sox History: August 3

In Milwaukee on this day 34 years ago, Frank Thomas came within inches of making his first career hit a home run. He had to settle for an game-deciding triple. Big Frank announces his presence with authority 1906 The 4-0 win over the Boston Americans was just the second victory of what would become a record-setting 19-game winning streak for the White Sox, but for Ed Walsh, this game was a...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Monday reflections

Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images The new week is upon us. Happy Monday, friends! We have some fun stuff in today’s links for you. Shohei Ohtani continues to set records (and one reporter thinks he’s got a good case for NL MVP); Darryl Strawberry reflects on his career as he gets a big honor; several broadcasters lose it during live airing; and the Mets might just need to tear it all down...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: June 2

Ty Cobb made the White Sox a 16-15 loser on this day, 99 years ago. | Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images With one swing, Ty Cobb renders 15 runs by the South Siders worthless 1925 The White Sox scored 15 runs vs. Detroit — and lost. Ty Cobb was a villain, lining a one-out, full-count pitch from Ted Blankenship out of Tiger Stadium in the bottom of the ninth for the...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies new confidence and win streak in jeopardy with roster changes
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 15, 2024
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• The most colorful hobby box I've ever opened, part 1

All right, welcome to my 2024 Heritage box break. This is the first hobby box I have purchased since 2011 when I bought a box of Allen & Ginter for the third year in a row. After that I went into box-breaking rehab and have done quite well, except for falling off the wagon ... right now.I don't buy hobby boxes these days for a lot of reasons, but one of the big ones occurring to me now is I ...2024
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• The obsession begins

Many readers have probably been bracing for this year. They know my love for 1975 Topps and that I have been looking forward to 2024 Heritage for that reason for as long as the blog has been going.For the rest of you? I apologize for my behavior in the months ahead. This is the first of many obsession posts about 2024 Heritage. The checklist was released yesterday and, well, I absolutel...2024
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• This day in Braves History: Eddie Rosario walks it off to take 2-0 NLCS lead
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 155

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The end nears for the Cubs and elimination is reached. Each of us reached a point somewhere along the way where we wrote off this Cubs team. For me, it was so long ago that I actually had to turn things around in August after they’d made an exceptionally large bounce and push back into the periphery of the playoff picture. Remarkably, this team became a...2024
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• 4 things we learned from the Giants’ 28-6 loss to the Vikings
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• Today in White Sox History: June 2
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• 2024 World Series Preview: Yankees vs. Dodgers
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies new confidence and win streak in jeopardy with roster changes
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• A look back on Harry Simpson
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• The obsession begins
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• Identifying background photos in 1956 Topps baseball

IntroductionI spent this week inspecting 1956 Topps baseball cards in more detail than usual. Many cards with background action show actual games and some contain enough context to suss out date and situation.Play at the plate for ol' Puddin' Head, but which one?Today's post investigates several of them, seeking clear dates and situations. I rely on Baseball-Reference.com for box scores,...2024
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• Comparing two different roster building strategies after two seasons

Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports Have the Giants or the Vikings done it better? With just a couple weeks before the start of the new NFL year, it’s crunch time for Giants’ GM Joe Schoen. And unlike the past two years, how Schoen navigates the next couple months could determine his future with the Giants organization. For a variety of reasons, this could be a make-or-break offseason for Joe Scho...2024
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• Yogi Berra, Master Catcher With a Goofy Wit, Dies at 90
A mainstay player on 10 Yankee championship teams who as a manager led the Yankees and Mets to the World Series, Berra may have been better known for his bumbling yet wise way with words....2015
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• Yogi Berra passes away; HOF legend was 90
A loss that unquestionably transcends the game has sent all of baseball into deep mourning. Yogi Berra -- Hall of Famer, all-time Yankees legend, three-time Most Valuable Player, master of misstatement and beloved international icon, is gone. Berra died Tuesday night at age 90....2015
• Yogi Berra passes away; HOF legend was 90
A loss that unquestionably transcends the game has sent all of baseball into deep mourning. Yogi Berra -- Hall of Famer, all-time Yankees legend, three-time Most Valuable Player, master of misstatement and beloved international icon, is gone. Berra died Tuesday night at age 90....2015
• Yogi Berra passes away; HOF legend was 90
A loss that unquestionably transcends the game has sent all of baseball into deep mourning. Yogi Berra -- Hall of Famer, all-time Yankees legend, three-time Most Valuable Player, master of misstatement and beloved international icon, is gone. Berra died Tuesday night at age 90....2015
• Yogi remembered for kindness, wisdom
Yogi Berra was blessed in so many ways. He'd be the first to say that. But the real blessing flowed to those who came to love him and to feel his love and warmth. They will miss him terribly. But he will live forever in their hearts....2015
• Yogi remembered for kindness, wisdom
Yogi Berra was blessed in so many ways. He'd be the first to say that. But the real blessing flowed to those who came to love him and to feel his love and warmth. They will miss him terribly. But he will live forever in their hearts....2015
• Yogi Berra, New York Yankees Legend and MLB Hall of Famer, Dies at Age 90
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• Social media pays tribute to Yogi Berra
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• Correa Goes From SF’s Medical Hedge Uncertainty To NYM’s Hedge Fund Indulgency
As Yogi Berra once famously put, "It's like deja vu all over again." Yogi also said, "Can you give my son, Dale, a job?" But no one ever talks about that Yogi-ism. This might be a first for me, we're back with another Carlos Correa 2023 fantasy baseball outlook. This time, it's for real. I think. At the 11th hour, the Giants claimed Carlos Correa's physical revealed an issue. What issue? Oh, just...2022
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• 2023 Top Keepers – Catchers
Well, the World Series is over, the citizens of Houston got to have their parade and now here we are - the offseason. But don't fret. If you are a regular Razzball reader, then you know we have been looking at the top keepers for 2023. Over the last two weeks we've released the 2023 Top Keepers 2023 - Relievers and 2023 Top Keepers - Starting Pitchers. This week - catchers! Catchers are almost b...2022
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• Old Bay Jesus Force = Use Adley For C Jobs
They say he's the greatest Orioles catcher ever. They say the greatest catcher prospect since Yogi Berra. They are talking about Matt Wieters. "They" are Keith Law. He's not the only one. I went back to the 2009 prospect guys to see what people were saying about Matt Wieters and found, "Has the power of Mark Teixeira," and "a bat so potent he could be a two-time batting champion and one of the gam...2022
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• Does Derek Jeter Belong on the Yankees' Mount Rushmore of Immortal Stars?
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• This day in Braves History: Adam Duvall crushes first-inning Grand Slam in 2021 World Series
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• This day in Braves History: Eddie Rosario walks it off to take 2-0 NLCS lead
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta clinches NL East in both 2013 and 2018
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• Salvy’s big hits, six-run inning leads to 9-2 Royals win

Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports The Royals win the All-Star matchup on national TV. Salvador Perez smashed a single, double, and home run, driving in two runs, and the Royals enjoyed a six-run seventh inning to make the game a laugher in a 9-2 win over the Tigers Friday night. The nationally televised game on Apple TV+ featured an All-Star pitching matchup between Cole Ragans of the Royals ...2024
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• Commanders overtake Raiders to capture Kliff Kingsbury

Scott Sewell-USA TODAY Sports Former Cardinals coach heads to D.C on a three-year deal to be the Commanders’ offensive coordinator Back in 2019 when Kliff Kingsbury emerged as an NFL head coaching candidate, his first interview was in New York with the Jets. Media reports at the time were that the Jets were keenly interested in hiring him, perhpas even on the spot. The Jets had drafted QB ...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: January 19

Rip Radcliff, with teammate Zeke Bonura, was born on this day, 118 years ago. A future All-Star outfielder rips onto the scene 1906 Rip Radcliff, who wouldn’t make his MLB debut until age 28 but ended up with MVP votes in three subsequent season, was born in Kiowa, Okla. The left fielder played his first six seasons for the White Sox, finishing 16th in MVP voting in 1936 and 15th in 1937....2024
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• Minnesota Vikings News and Links, 7 December 2023

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images “If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.” – Yogi Berra Now that the team has chosen to roll with Dobbs, I wonder if it says something about Mullens physical health? Maybe they are still a little worried and want to give him more time? Doubtful since there is some speculation that Dobbs could get pulled if he fails to la...2023
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• The second manager card invasion

Managers no longer get baseball cards and I've devoted more than one post to what a tragedy that is. Thanks to legal hoo-ha and a general not caring about anything except stars and rookies by the general card collecting public, managers haven't showed up regularly on cards for nearly a dozen years. And now the poor people who have been collecting since 2020 are wondering what to do wit...2023
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• Steph Curry joins the ‘Mt. Rushmore’ of 2-sport athletes with American Century Championship victory
STATELINE, Nev. — Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors celebrates after winning the championship on Day Three of the 2023 American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course on July 16, 2023. | Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images Curry won the American Century Championship in dramatic fashion, thus cementing himself among other legends who thrived playing two sports. Steph C...2023
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• Lou Anarumo Has the Head Coaching Gravitas the Cardinals Need
Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK Amid yesterday’s buzz surrounding the Arizona Cardinals purported interest in Eagles’ DC Jonathan Gannon, the speculation was that Gannon could be putting together the most impressive coaching staff, particularly if he was to attract an OC like the Chiefs’ Eric Bienemy. Although, here is what PHNX Cardinals’ Howard Balzer is hearing: Not a...2023
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• Today in White Sox History: January 19
The honor of the first pitch in the 1959 World Series went to Early Wynn, who would take home the (still one MLB award, not both AL and NL winners) Cy Young in that season. Early Wynn wins immortality 1909 Chicago White Sox owner Charles Comiskey purchased a piece of land on the corner of 35th and Shields from Roxanna Bowen. The site would be used to build Comiskey Park, starting in March ...2023
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• McCourtys receive Yogi Berra Museum Service Award
Photo courtesy of Yogia Berra Museum and Learning Center Even years after Yogi Berra retired from baseball, you would be hard-pressed to find a kid in a New York or New Jersey who didn't know the legendary Yankee. Devin and Jason McCourty were no exceptions to this, so when the brothers received the Service Award at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center's inaugural Awards Dinner, it was a hu...2017
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• NFL Super Bowl Week Hangover: Cam Newton vs. Peyton Manning vs. America
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