Dave Winfield was at the MLB Celebrity Softball Game Sunday night, and the game brought back lots of memories of his 1988 All-Star Game in Cincinnati. During that game he got a hit that produced the winning run for his team, but that's not what the Hall of Famer remembers. He remembers his cancer-stricken mother watching her son on TV and forgetting about her pain for just a bit. The All-Star game is a memory he holds dearly because he knew her death was coming soon. She died in October of...Read Full Story
Carl Lewis was the most decorated male track athlete of the 80s. Last night in Los Angeles, he attended the 25th Anniversary of Cedars-Sinai Sport Spectacular. He has barely aged.
Carl Lewis
Dave Winfield is now currently Executive Vice President/Senior Advisor of the San Diego Padres, but during his illustrious baseball career he named to the All Star Team 12 times and is the first pro baseball player to be elected into the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown on the first try. Below, he is on...Read Full Story
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For the last time, I DONT DO BOOK REPORTS!
He looks down upon him. Winfield is taller.
In the time you've spent putting all these questions up, I could have read the book, passed a test on it and written a book report. Whatever school you and these other kids who keep asking other people to do their work for them should be ashamed. Since you seem incapable of doing homework for yourself – I am going to give you one phrase that you...Read Full Story
Dropping the Ball: Baseball’s Troubles and How We Can and Must Solve Them by Dave Winfield
According to former all star Dave Winfield, if baseball keeps on the path that it is going right now, it will one day, in the not to distant future, reach a point where there are no longer any African Americans in the game. Obviously this is an overstatement by Winfield to make an impression on the reader, but he does so early in the book, and then dedicates most of the rest of his work to addressing...Read Full Story
Forty years ago today, one of the ugliest moments in the history of college basketball occurred. It’s an event that has largely been forgotten and probably would be completely forgotten if it wasn’t for the odd fact that one of the people involved in the ugliness later went on to become a Hall of Fame baseball player—Dave Winfield.
On Jan. 25, 1971, the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers hosted the Ohio State Buckeyes in what appeared...
It’s everyone’s dream to play in a Game 7 and I got to live it.” Other influences Thome recalled were, as a young player, being asked to dinner by Dave Winfield, and a talk he had with Eddie Murray. “When Dave Winfield and I went to dinner ...
On Dec. 15, 1980, Dave Winfield signed a 10-year, $23 million contract to play for the Yankees. “It was the longest and richest contract at the time,” according to Baseball-Reference.com. Winfield, who is a member of the Hall of Fame, ended ...
Not only did the thief steal Dave Winfield's four service medals from his Long Ashton home – he also made away with his grandfather's Second World War medals. Back in November the Evening Post reported that Dr Winfield was desperate to get the medals back.
DAVE Winfield said he’d rather keep goals out than score them after netting his first in more than a year. The big defender scored his first goal since New Year’s Day 2011 when he bundled in from a corner to wrap up a 3-0 win over Rochdale at Adams Park.
David Mark Winfield (born October 3 , 1951 , in St. Paul , Minnesota ) is a former Major League Baseball player. He was born on the day Bobby Thomson hit his pennant-winning home ...
Dave Winfield batting, fielding and pitching major league baseball lifetime statistics for each season and his career, and a list of any post-season awards he has won and ... ...
John Miles, as usual, was beaming. âHey, I woke up this morning, and I was breathing,â he said with that big smile. âIt's a good day.â Miles, the former Negro Leaguer who turned 85 this year, does more than just get up in the morning these ...