Schuckman: Muddy River staff chimes in on greatest living baseball player debate

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | June 23, 2024
Willie Mays, considered by some to be the greatest baseball player ever to appear in Major League Baseball, passed away this week at the age of 93, opening the debate as to who is baseball's greatest living player. | Photo courtesy National Baseball Hall of Fame

QUINCY — The tributes to Willie Mays since the Hall of Fame baseball player passed away have been captivating and enlightening. If you watched FOX’s pregame show prior to the St. Louis Cardinals facing the San Francisco Giants at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala., you were treated to some of the most well-produced and engaging…

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Crim: View of Cardinals as MLB season opens contains myriad of questions

By Don Crim, Senior Columnist | April 4, 2022
Activity returns to Busch Stadium this week as the St. Louis Cardinals open the Major League Baseball season at home Thursday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Photo courtesy St. Louis Cardinals

Welcome to arguably the best week on the sports calendar. It begins with college basketball crowning a men’s champion Monday night. The matchup features two of the sport’s blue bloods in Kansas and North Carolina, although many were hoping Mike Krzyzewski would get a fairy tale ending to his career. (Proud Mizzou graduates will be…

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