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1. Saturday Sports: NBA playoffs; a delayed Major League Baseball debut

Subjects
Basketball teams -- Evaluation, Baseball players -- Appreciation, Baseball (Professional) -- Competitions, General interest, Pittsburgh Pirates -- Officials and employees
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1172894601 HOST: SCOTT SIMON SCOTT SIMON: And now it's time for sports. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SIMON: Star-studded NBA playoffs in the offing. A [...]

Published
2023

2. Saturday sports: Serena Williams' farewell US Open; Albert Pujuls looks toward 700 career home runs

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Baseball players -- Appreciation, Tennis players -- Appreciation, General interest, St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team) -- Officials and employees
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1119795679 HOST: SCOTT SIMON SCOTT SIMON: You know, I wait all week to say - and now, it's time for sports. (SOUNDBITE OF [...]

Published
2022

3. MLB player's phone escapes from his back pocket during a slide into third

Subjects
Baseball players -- Appreciation, General interest, Pittsburgh Pirates -- Officials and employees
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1116880054 HOST: A MARTINEZ A MARTINEZ: Good morning. I'm A Martinez. I know Gen Zers are attached their phones. But this... (SOUNDBITE OF [...]

Published
2022

4. Mets Honor Deceased World Series Winners But Some Are Still Alive

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World Series (Baseball) -- Personalities, Baseball players -- Appreciation, Professional baseball, Outfielders (Baseball), Pitchers (Baseball), General interest, New York Mets -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=737919170 HOST: RACHEL MARTIN RACHEL MARTIN: Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. On Saturday, before the New York Mets took on Atlanta, there was [...]

Published
2019

5. The Life Of Longtime Cubs Player Ernie Banks

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Banks, Ernie (American baseball player) -- Appreciation, Baseball players -- Appreciation, Columnists -- Interviews, Professional baseball, Public radio, Banking industry, Radio programs, General interest, Chicago Cubs -- Officials and employees
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=710552541 HOST: SCOTT SIMON SCOTT SIMON: Every Saturday, in the studio, caffeinated and ready to leap upon the news, I pause to make [...]

Published
2019

6. Decades After Insults To Jackie Robinson, Philadelphia Extends An Apology

Subjects
Race discrimination -- Social aspects, Baseball players -- Appreciation, General interest
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=472816786 KELLY: The city of Philadelphia has a message for the late Jackie Robinson - we are sorry. The first African-American baseball player [...]

Published
2016

7. Rare Ty Cobb Baseball Cards Found In Bag That Looked Like Trash

Subjects
Baseball players -- Appreciation, Baseball cards -- Prices and rates, Company pricing policy, General interest
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=469005692 GREENE: Good morning, I'm David Greene. So a family was sifting through the home of their great-grandfather, and they found a paper [...]

Published
2016

8. Remembering Ernie Banks, A Fan Favorite Whose Favorite Was The Fans

Subjects
Banks, Ernie (American baseball player) -- Appreciation, Baseball players -- Appreciation, General interest, Chicago Cubs -- Officials and employees
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=379550432 SIMON: And time now for sports. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SIMON: And one of the great figures in sports, and in American life, [...]

Published
2015

9. Let's Play Two! Remembering Chicago Cub Ernie Banks

Subjects
Banks, Ernie (American baseball player) -- Appreciation, Baseball players -- Appreciation, General interest, Chicago Cubs -- Officials and employees
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=379546360 SIMON: (Imitating Ernie Banks) It's a beautiful day for a radio show. Let's do two today. I make that page here on [...]

Published
2015

10. Oakland A's Play Hardball To Win Distraught Young Fan's Allegiance

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Baseball players -- Appreciation, Baseball fans -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Company public relations, General interest, Oakland Athletics -- Social aspects -- Public relations
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=375923243 BLOCK: And here's something that can be tough for both adults and children to absorb. Those who are dedicated baseball fans, what [...]

Published
2015

11. Derek Jeter Leaves Yankee Stadium A Winner

Subjects
New York Yankees -- Officials and employees, Baseball players -- Appreciation
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To listen to this broadcast, click here:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=351678317 CORNISH: Derek Jeter ended his 20-year career at Yankee Stadium last night in classic fashion. INSKEEP: Bottom of the ninth, score tied, man […]

Published
2014

12. The Price Glenn Burke Paid For Coming Out

Subjects
Los Angeles Dodgers -- Officials and employees, Out: The Glenn Burke Story (Motion picture), Coming out (Homosexuality) -- Portrayals, Baseball players -- Appreciation
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=181410089 MCEVERS: And you're listening to WEEKENDS on ALL THING CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Kelly McEvers. This past week, Jason Collins became […]

Published
2013

13. Honus Wagner Baseball Card Gained Value From An Early Recall

Subjects
Baseball cards -- History -- Prices and rates, Baseball players -- Appreciation, Auctions -- Prices and rates, Company pricing policy
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=176828052 BLOCK: Finally, this hour, prosecutors in Chicago have revealed that the former head of a sports memorabilia auction house has admitted to […]

Published
2013

14. Sudlersville, Maryland, Finally Warms Up To Jimmie Foxx

Subjects
Baseball players -- Appreciation, Statues -- Design and construction, General interest
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=139901529 DAVID GREENE, host: We're on a road trip this summer with our series called Honey, Stop the Car! You're making your way [...]

Published
2011

15. Smithsonian Unveils Painting Of Pitching Great Pedro Martinez

Subjects
Smithsonian Institution -- Collections and collecting, Baseball players -- Appreciation, Painting -- Exhibitions, General interest
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=134861542 ROBERT SIEGEL, host: Down the block here in Washington, D.C., this morning, they unveiled a painting at the National Portrait Gallery. Martin [...]

Published
2011

16. Baltimore Nuns Blessed By A Pittsburgh Baseball Icon

Subjects
Baseball cards -- Valuation, Baseball players -- Appreciation, Nuns -- Finance -- Appreciation, Company financing, General interest, School Sisters of Notre Dame -- Finance, Pittsburgh Pirates -- Personalities
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131119561 SCOTT SIMON, host: What makes something valuable? An order of nuns in Baltimore is almost a quarter of a million dollars richer [...]

Published
2010

17. In Praise of Ichiro: Out Of Fashion, But On Base

Subjects
Baseball players -- Appreciation
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129557375 RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Baseball is on the mind of sports commentator Frank Deford this week, specifically one Major League player who's been [...]

Published
2010

18. After A Ballgame, 'Nobody's Perfect' Is Just Perfect

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Detroit Tigers -- Officials and employees, Baseball players -- Appreciation, Baseball umpires -- Appreciation
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127495176 SCOTT SIMON, host: I don,t care who wins this year,s World Series. I doubt it will be the Cubs, in any case. [...]

Published
2010

19. An All-Star Farewell To Yankee Stadium

Subjects
Yankee Stadium -- Appreciation, All-Star Baseball Game -- 2008 AD -- Buildings and facilities, Baseball players -- Appreciation, Baseball (Professional) -- Officials and employees -- Buildings and facilities -- 2008 AD, General interest
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92329107 STEVE INSKEEP, host: And as the All-Star Game approaches, commentator Frank Deford has been thinking about an All Star from a different [...]

Published
2008

20. Buckner Returns to Fenway Park

Subjects
Boston Red Sox -- Officials and employees, Baseball players -- Appreciation
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89583885 (Soundbite of music) SCOTT SIMON, host: This week Bill Buckner returned to a place that dared not speak his name, Fenway Park. [...]

Published
2008

21. Boston's Favorite Rookie Is a Navajo Hero

Subjects
Boston Red Sox -- Officials and employees, Baseball players -- Appreciation
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15673566 MELISSA BLOCK, host: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block. The Boston Red Sox lead the World Series [...]

Published
2007

22. In Praise of Baseball Star Alex Rodriguez

Subjects
Baseball players -- Appreciation, Baseball, General interest
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5324485 RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Commentator Frank DeFord has been thinking about another major league star, this one in baseball. FRANK DEFORD reporting: I [...]

Published
2006

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