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Viewpoint: World Series Still Sports' Best Event
Reasons why the Fall Classic remains just that

Q&A: Bill James
The numbers-cruncher reflects on Yanks-Sox

Yanks-Sox ALCS Diary
Robert Sullivan endures another heartbreak

That Old Feeling: My Team
Richard Corliss endures another thrilling, soul-sapping year with the Oakland A's

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TIME 100: Jackie Robinson
Home run champ Hank Aaron pays tribute to the man who broke baseball's color barrier and changed sports forever
June 14, 1999

A Mac For All Seasons
Mark McGwire's 70 home runs shattered the most magical record in sports and gave America a much-needed hero
Dec. 28 1998

Dr. K Is King of the Hill
In a bountiful pitching crop, there is good, very good and Gooden
April 7, 1986

Iron Bird
More than a throwback, Cal Ripken displays grit, spirit and skill in his relentless quest for perfection on and off the baseball diamond
Sept. 11, 1995

Willie, Mickey and ... the Scooter?
Even as a statistical genius wittilty attacks its methods of selection, the Hall of Fame remains baseball's hokey, majestic shrine
Aug. 1, 1994

Baseball's Drug Scandal
With the races heating up, the game gets a black mark from a white powder
Sept. 16, 1985

A Hero in Deep Center
Joe DiMaggio was as unknowable as he was unforgettable
March 22, 1999

Saying Good-bye to 'Pops'
TIME.com's Jessica Reaves remembers her hometown hero, Pirates legend Willie Stargell
April 10, 2001

Tom Terrific and the Phenom
The first-place Red Sox pin their hopes on the old and the new, Seaver and Clemens
July 14, 1986

Prime Time
Two-sports star Deion Sanders brings both style and substance to the Super Bowl
Jan. 30, 1995

The Greatest Ever?
Joel Stein ponders the legacy of the 1998 New York Yankees
Nov. 2, 1998

Superman in Pinstripes
Mickey Mantle: 1931-1995
Aug. 21, 1995

Dream Fields
Baseball fans hit the road for camaraderie and nostalgia
June 24, 2002

Dad and Ted: a Dual Eulogy
Robert Sullivan on baseball, New England and his father's lifelong connection to Ted Williams
July 8, 2002




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