Category: Celebrity
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The Commerce Comet After Dark: The Wild, Unfiltered Life of Mickey Mantle
By Bill Coleman By the time the stadium lights dimmed in the Bronx, another show was just getting started! The All-American Star Who Didn’t Fit the Mold On the field, Mickey Mantle was the embodiment of postwar baseball greatness with switch-hitting power, Oklahoma charm and the centerpiece of the New York Yankees dynasty. Off the field, he was something…
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Is it Possible to Combine One’s Love of Baseball and Babes? Morganna Says “Yes”!
By: Bill Coleman Morganna Roberts: The Kissing Bandit Who Stole the Spotlight In the long, rule-bound history of American sports, few figures have managed to disrupt the script quite like Morganna Roberts—better known to fans as “The Kissing Bandit”. Equal parts prankster, performer and pop-culture phenomenon, she turned spontaneous chaos into an unforgettable brand of entertainment. A…
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Celebrity Baseball Spotlight Series: The Rifleman
Chuck Connors, the movie and television actor was most famous for his role in The Rifleman, but before that he had a fascinating journey through the sports world. Connors made his mark in the history books as one of only 14 people ever to have played both in Major League Baseball (MLB) and in the…
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Celebrity Baseball Spotlight Series: Mario Cuomo
As part of our ongoing series of celebrities (which we have extended to politicians for this piece) that played either major or minor league baseball, we now present Mario Cuomo, who was the 52nd governor of New York, serving three terms from 1983 to 1994. In addition, Cuomo was previously the lieutenant governor from 1979…
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Celebrity Baseball Spotlight Series: Scott Patterson
As part of our recurring celebrity spotlight series we now focus on actor Scott Patterson. Prior to his acting career, Patterson played seven years of minor league ball from 1980-1986. Originally drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 1980, he was then traded by the Braves to the New York Yankees for Bob Watson in 1982. …
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Robert Redford
We recently posted about The Natural, one of our favorite films. Sadly, shortly thereafter this posting the star of that film Robert Redford passed away on September 16th at the age of 89. Due to Mr. Redford starring in this most classic of baseball films there sprung up rumors over the years that he had…
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Celebrity Baseball Spotlight Series
Here at BP we wondered if there were celebrities out there that also played baseball. For purposes of our list, we are not going to consider athletes who played other sports, which would exclude such famous individuals as Deion Sanders, Bo Jackson, Danny Ainge, Shaq Thompson, etc. who all played multiple sports in their career. …
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Keith Hernandez: Greatest Moments
In this post, we will look at some of the greatest moments of Keith Hernandez, who played for 17 seasons mostly for the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets. In Hernandez’s storied career he accomplished the following: In addition, many consider Hernandez to be the best defensive first baseman of all time. As…