Old-Timers' Day? Never gets old

Old-Timers’ Day at Yankee Stadium Sunday will be well worth watching, and not just to see if Dr. Bobby Brown, 84, can pop one over the right-centerfield fence the way everyone else does. Source

Giants GM Reese a role model in many ways

As Jerry Reese surveys this week’s minicamp practices, the Giants general manager likes what he sees. A defense stocked with plenty of talent, including newly acquired free agents Rocky Bernard, Chris Canty and Michael Boley. An offense that features blue-chip quarterback Eli Manning and a receiving corps bolstered by draft picks Hakeem Nicks and Ramses … Devamını oku

Carlton Willey, early Mets pitcher, dies at 78

Carlton Willey, the first Mets pitcher to hit a grand slam, has died. One of the Mets’ best pitchers in their early days, Willey, 78, died Monday in his hometown of Cherryfield, Maine. Family members told Bangor’s WABI-TV that he died of complications from lung cancer. Source

Obama: Health care debate 'not a game'

Six months in office, President Barack Obama sought to rally support for sweeping health care legislation Wednesday night and vowed to reject any measure “primarily funded through taxing middle class families.” Source