Here's the opening to the Garret Anderson story ...

The glory of Nate Archibald.

When I got my first full-time job as a sportswriter in 1989, my first interview and article was a feature on a 17-year-old shooting guard from Kennedy High School in Granada Hills named Garret Anderson.

I'm absolutely stunned that he could be gone so young, and so sorry for his loved ones.

Is it so awful to use words?

Although I gather that a 1 cm logo does the trick for some, I feel that there have to be better ways for the multitudes to identify which teams drafted these players.

Yes.

The original Kids from Kars4Kids are now old enough to have Kars4Kids.

Hall of Famers Johnny Bench (age 18) and Satchel Paige (age 59) both played for the 1966 Peninsula Grays of the Class-A Carolina League.

/Chan Ho Park’s MLB debut.

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Happy 17776 Day, we're all going to die today instead of live forever, but I guess we should have expected that.

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Be serious …

While this might be the worst subtweet in history, I think I've just seen the worst headline in history.

Today marks the Dodgers' first 13-6 victory since May 6, 2005 (Hee-Seop Choi homered twice) and second 13-6 win since doing so twice in 1962.

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Why don’t they ever just shoot out the tires of the getaway car?

Official Opening Day for the Dodgers was yesterday, but Real Opening Day for the Dodgers is when their new season page on @baseball-reference.com launches.

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Dewdriver

Today is the day we fondly remember the gem that was NBC’s Bent: March 21, 2012-April 4, 2012. Six episodes, 15 days of glory.

When I got in my car, there was 2:40 remaining in the UCLA game. When I got to my destination 27 minutes later, there was 0:02 left in the UCLA game.

Try to process this, since I certainly can't. Youngest Master Weisman is 18 years old today.

Here it is ... #fernandomania

A three-season tour. A three-season tour.

Little-known fact: The word "Fernandomania" first appeared in print atop Scott Ostler's column for the Los Angeles Times on April 27, 1981.

Time to wrap up a busy Sunday with some Dark Winds.

Dance with the pen that brought ya.

The starting five for the Lakers scored 137 points Thursday, the most by starters in a 48-minute game in NBA history.

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I’m here for the fifth tiebreaker.

If he weren't already a Hall of Famer, Albert Pujols would clinch his candidacy now by using a Bic 4-color pen in the dugout.

Jennifer Runyon, ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Charles in Charge’ Actress, Dies at 65 Jennifer Runyon, an actress known for her roles in 'Ghostbusters' and the CBS sitcom 'Charles in Charge,' died at 65.

Shoot. This is too young. So sorry for her friends and family. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

If you hit a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give your team a 10-run lead and trigger the mercy rule, is it a walk-off?

There has never been a game where the managers have a combined 1,100+ MLB homers, as there is in Andruw Jones' Netherlands vs. Albert Pujols' Dominican Republic today.