Posts By Doug Gladstone
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708Radio ShowsBernie Smith of Lutcher still without MLB pension
Former Milwaukee Brewer Bernie Smith of Lutcher, who played for the Brewers in 1970 and 1971, and who later guided the team’s...
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251MLBWomen and Children First? Pleeze, Don’t Make Tony Clark Laugh
Women and Children First? September 14 is the one-year anniversary of Linda Kidd Koch’s death. She has been deceased for almost one year,...
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126MLBMLB Taking Advantage of Former Players Like Aurora’s Gary Neibauer
MLB Taking Advantage: In the final episode of M*A*S*H, the pompous doctor portrayed by the late David Ogden Stiers got a sendoff that’s...
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121MLBBlack ballplayers hit with bad retirement pitch
Black ballplayers hit with bad retirement pitch Eighty-two-year-old Don Dillard, of Greenwood, never made more than $9,500 a year playing the sport...
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170MLBSports journalists still won’t take MLB and the MLBPA to task
The late Pulitzer Prize winner Jim Murray was arguably the finest sports journalist Los Angeles ever produced. The first Murray column I...
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163MLBMr. Rogers Neighborhood
Like a lot of movie fans, I’m very excited about the forthcoming Mister Rogers biopic, It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, starring...
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173MLBMLB is letting down and leaving behind hundreds of retired players
MLB letting down retired players: It’s probably a safe bet that even the most die-hard baseball fan in Kansas City doesn’t remember...
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148MLBMLB pensions unfair to Canton man, others
MLB Pensions: In the final episode of MASH, the pompous doctor portrayed by the late David Ogden Stiers got a sendoff that’s...
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144MLBLike Complete Games, Respect for Elders Is a Thing of the Past
Complete games and respect: Jim Golden, 83, is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who resides in Topeka, In 69 career...
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722MLBIf Cespedes Can Get Paid, So Can Cornejo
If Cespedes Can Get Paid, So Can Cornejo Nieves Mardie Cornejo, 67, is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played...