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Hornsby was so superior to Evers that one must question how both can be in the Hall of Fame.

Charlie Haden harkens back to his past in this collection of songs featuring his wife, triplet daughters and son as well as friends Pat Metheny and Elvis Costello.

Stuart Gordon directs this lean thriller about a young woman who hits a homeless man while driving under the influence.

From the Fordham Flash to Stan the Man, the Cardinals have had many great players. Here are the nine best who comprise the unofficial St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame.

Hitting .400 is indeed a rarity. Only eight players have done so since the dawn of baseball's modern era, which began in 1901 with the birth of the American League.

It's tough to win a batting title, a home run crown, or an RBI championship, but it's much harder to win all three in one season. Here are the 12 players who've done it.

From Frankie Frisch to Rogers Hornsby to Bob Gibson to Albert Pujols, the St. Louis Cardinals have given baseball some of its greatest players. Here's their record book.

The 1920s were all about Babe Ruth. Although there were many great Hall of Fame hitters who played during the decade, none could hold a candle to the Big Bambino.

Big Ed Delahanty was baseball's best hitter from 1893 to 1902. He also lived a wild life on and off the field. Eventually, it caught up with him, one way or another.

Comedian and actor Bobcat Goldthwait, best known for his cutting humor and high-pitched voice, has turned his career to writing and directing independent films.

Second base has been covered by some of baseball's outstanding hitters, fielders, and baserunners. Amazingly, most of them played more than a half-century ago.

Here are the best hitters to play for that team which currently spends it's summers in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.

With the help of future Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander, St. Louis won its first World Series title against one of the deadliest offenses in baseball.

Baseball is often regarded as America's favorite pastime. So it's no surprise that it is the most popular and common subject on U.S. postage stamps.

Baseball has always tinkered with the mound's distance and height, the types of pitches thrown and what constitutes a strikeout. Each change affected the game greatly

Short on hits but long on great music-making, "Small World" took the band in exciting directions but effectively ended its enviable commercial run.

Sometimes people forget that in addition to breaking baseball's color barrier and being a great Civil Rights figure, Jackie Robinson was one great baseball player.

Gaylord Perry admitted that he cheated. He is in the Hall of Fame, but the Hall of Fame does not acknowledge that he broke any rules.

With so many great seasons by so many great MLB players to choose from, it's hard to narrow the best seasons ever down to just ten. Here's a shot, though.

The Grateful Dead's reputation as a leading psychedelic rock band remains unchallenged. San Francisco's best-loved people's band gave us a huge legacy of great rock music

The 1948 Indians, with Ken Keltner, Lou Boudreau, and Joe Gordon, had an all-100 RBIs infield.

Recent years have seen the shattering of some of baseball's most admired records. Can any truly stand the test of time?

We are starting a Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame team. The only rule that is that any player selected to the team must be a member of the Hall of Fame.

Frobisher, an opera co-commissioned by the Banff Centre and Calgary Opera, and written by John Estracio and John Murrell has world premiere in January 2007.

Cult director Stuart Gordon bases his film on a real-life tabloid incident in this gross, shocking, unpredictable horror story.

England's Great Exhibition included exhibits from all over the world but the building which housed the show drew an equal amount of attention.

Patrick Swayze comes from a family full of performers and his family tree is well-documented going back a number of generations.

This list contains a lot of veterans who have underperformed for large chunks of the 2007 MLB season. But, each of these guys seems poised for a brilliant second half.

The Central coast is a one and a half hour picturesque train journey form Central Sydney. It is a perfect escape from the busy city and a trip that is full of beauty

Statistical anomalies abound. Hack Wilson, Mark McGwire, Luis Gonzalez, and Barry Bonds had great home run seasons that seem like discrepant events.

Robert Glasper's new disc on the Blue Note label continues his quest to blur the boundaries between the acoustic, electric and electronic side of jazz.

Looking for some great spring quotations? These spring sayings and quotes are great for a greeting card, an email signature, a scrapbook, craft project or spring poem.

If Ted had one more hit or one less at bat, he would have become the first player to win the Triple Crown three times. Since 1901, only he and Hornsby have won it twice.

The mid-year awards in the National League for Most Valuable Player, Cy Young, Rookie of the Half Year, Comeback Player and Free Agent Bust.

In the IT field, the Internet is referred to as "the cloud." In the near future, features traditionally associated with a physical computer will move to cyber-space.

Fans of Amy Adams get a double dose of comedy when two of her best films come out on DVD.

Mixed by much-respected Jeff Juliano, North Dakota singer-songwriter David Martin impresses with self-produced debut 'Something In Your Eyes' on Astonish Entertainment

The 1940s were a tumultuous decade for Major League Baseball. World War II took away the best years of many players' careers, including some of these legendary hitters.

The MVP award has been around, in one form or another, for almost a century. Here's a brief history of its origins and many incarnations.

Beginning in the 1890s, the skill level of women baseball players greatly improved, even to the point that some were able to hold their own against men.

Yankee Stadium Will Close at the end of the 2008 baseball season. Here are just a few of the memories that it leaves behind.

Last year, they were one bad series from the world championship. With their potent offense back and perhaps gettign better, can the Rockies go all the way?

When the American League was founded in 1901 to challenge the National League's monopoly on professional baseball, a fierce rivalry was born that continues to this day.

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