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Author: Phillip Tutor

Baseball fan. St. Louis Cardinals fan. Raised on baseball in Memphis. Faux expert on baseball in Alabama. Lifetime .200 hitter, good glove, below-average arm.
  • St. Louis Cardinals

The day when the Anniston Rams beat the St. Louis Cardinals — almost

  • by Phillip Tutor
  • Posted on April 28, 2020April 28, 2020

In 1939 — the year Lou Gehrig ended his consecutive-game streak at 2,130 — something…

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  • MLB

Listen to Jackie Robinson talk about civil rights in 1960

  • by Phillip Tutor
  • Posted on April 22, 2020

Jackie Robinson Day is sacred in baseball, as it should be, but the COVID-19 global…

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  • MLB

Rangers, Angels and a pitcher who deserved better

  • by Phillip Tutor
  • Posted on April 13, 2020

There was a baseball game in 1980 played in the Texas’ September heat that featured…

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  • St. Louis Cardinals

Tickets I can’t use today

  • by Phillip Tutor
  • Posted on April 2, 2020

I ordered paper tickets for the Cardinals’ home-opener this year because I wanted the keepsake.…

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  • MLB

Baseball under the masks

  • by Phillip Tutor
  • Posted on March 30, 2020

Seen this? That photograph has existed for a century, given that it was taken during…

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  • Anniston baseball

Opening day blues from 1950

  • by Phillip Tutor
  • Posted on March 26, 2020

Today is Opening Day and there is no baseball — I’m stuck watching MLB replays…

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  • Memphis baseball

In Memphis, a Negro League park with a story to tell

  • by Phillip Tutor
  • Posted on March 24, 2020

Turns out, there is a way to write about Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Ebbets Field…

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  • MLB

A spring park bathed in blue and orange

  • by Phillip Tutor
  • Posted on March 5, 2020March 5, 2020

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Twenty Major League seasons have passed since the 2000 campaign…

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  • MLB

The $375 baseball trinket I didn’t buy

  • by Phillip Tutor
  • Posted on March 4, 2020

JUPITER, Fla. — For $375 and an outsized slice of guilt, I could have bought…

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  • MLB

A grudge against the Twins that’s now 30 years old

  • by Phillip Tutor
  • Posted on March 3, 2020

JUPITER, Fla. — For the life of me, I can’t envision a scenario where someone…

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  • The day when the Anniston Rams beat the St. Louis Cardinals — almost
  • Listen to Jackie Robinson talk about civil rights in 1960
  • Rangers, Angels and a pitcher who deserved better
  • Tickets I can’t use today
  • Baseball under the masks

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