Born in Calvert, Texas to an American Methodist Episcopal minister and his wife in 1879, Foster became a baseball star, and as a young man gained the reputation as one of the hardest throwing pitchers ...
The Philadelphia Athletics beat Charter Oak 36-27 in a baseball game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in Brooklyn, N.Y., with the players wearing ice skates. 1957 — Joe McCarthy and Sam Crawford are ...
Column: Chicago Cubs couldn’t compete with Los Angeles Dodgers in offseason. Will it be different on the field? Kyle Tucker was acquired by the Chicago Cubs from the Houston Astros last month for ...