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How a collector in Florida wound up with Roberto Clemente's most iconic bat

PITTSBURGH — Rob Shelling's vast collection of baseball bats is enough to make any memorabilia junkie drool with jealousy. There's one Babe Ruth swung while cracking a home run in the first MLB All-Star Game in 1933. Another Joe DiMaggio used during his 56-game hitting streak eight years later.

Tribune News Service · Oct 1, 2022

Jimmy Carter to celebrate 98 with family, friends, baseball

Jimmy Carter, already the longest-living U.S. president in history, will celebrate his 98th birthday Saturday with family and friends in Plains, the tiny Georgia town where he and his wife, 95-year-old Rosalynn, were born

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2022

Jack Flaherty shines, Albert Pujols hits No. 701 as Cardinals clip Pirates, 2-1

ST. LOUIS — While Jack Flaherty had an impressive audition Friday night not only for a postseason roster spot but a chance to be in the rotation in next weekend's first round, Albert Pujols took another step toward the National Baseball Hall of Fame, not that his route wasn’t already…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 1, 2022

Coverage of Aaron Judge’s home-run chase puts Len Kasper’s move to radio in focus

For those who still don’t accept Kasper’s rationale for leaving Cubs TV for White Sox radio nearly two years ago, consider what happened in baseball broadcasting last week.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 29, 2022

Roger Maris Jr. Will Consider Aaron Judge MLB’s HR Record Holder

Maris: “Baseball do the right thing!”

Sports Illustrated · Sep 29, 2022

Baseball fan left distraught after dropping Aaron Judge home run ball worth $2m

Aaron Judge tied Roger Maris' 61-year-old record with his 61st home run of the season against the Toronto Blue Jays and one fan almost came away with a piece of memorabilia

Daily Mirror · Sep 29, 2022

World distraught for baseball fan who drops Aaron Judge’s historic home run ball worth $2m

Video showed multiple baseball fans diving for missed opportunity of a lifetime

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022

Twitter Reacts to Maris Jr. Dismissing Barry Bonds Record

He believes that Aaron Judge will have the true home run record if and when he hits No. 62.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 29, 2022

SI:AM | One Step Closer to 62

What are we supposed to make of Aaron Judge’s historic season?

Sports Illustrated · Sep 29, 2022

Roger Maris Jr. calls Aaron Judge the true home run king

Judge tied the AL record with his 61st homer on Wednesday. Maris Jr. earlier said he considers the home run totals held by Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds to be illegitimate. “I think most people do.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 29, 2022