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Category: Los Angeles Angels

Win Ballou: Living up to his name

Posted on October 30, 2022 by Gary Joseph Cieradkowski

From semipro sandlots to the big league World Series, if your ball club needed a victory you put out the call for Win Ballou. For more than a quarter century this quirky relief pitcher from Appalachia consistently lived up to his name. […]

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Steve Bilko: The Legend of Stout Steve

Posted on August 27, 2022August 27, 2022 by Gary Joseph Cieradkowski

The energy-sapping weight loss programs the St. Louis Cardinals’ coaches insisted on seemed to block any success Steve Bilko hoped to achieve in baseball – that is until a minor league manager left him alone to do what he did best: hit the ball. […]

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Tommy Lasorda: The Fight of ’56 and the Birth of a Hall of Fame Manager

Posted on January 9, 2021May 20, 2021 by Gary Joseph Cieradkowski

This is a piece I wrote about ten years ago. I included an abbreviated version in my book, The League of Outsider Baseball, and always liked by illustration of the young Tommy. So, without further yapping, here’s my story of Tommy Lasorda’s early career as a southpaw who dreamed of playing for his beloved Dodgers. […]

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