Free Republic

Last night, the York Revolution forfeited their minor league "Pride Night" game after their players refused to wear jerseys that had rainbow logos stitched on the sleeves. The organization placed the entire blame on its players in a statement posted on its website. It is with great disappointment that the York Revolution have issued important changes to our 11th Annual Pride Night on Thursday, June 18th. Most significantly, the scheduled game between York and Southern Maryland will not be played and Pride will still be hosted as a free admission event. Everyone’s tickets for the game on Thursday will be...

...Joe Baumann died last week at the age of 83... In 1954, Baumann hit 72 home runs for Roswell: beating Babe Ruth’s record by 12. It was a mark that wouldn’t be broken until Barry Bonds hit 73 in 2001... ...72 homers in just 138 games was too far off the charts for anyone to contemplate. He’d batted .400, drawn 150 walks, and driven in 224 runs that year...