Eight ex-LSU stars make rosters for MLB Opening Day
Eight former LSU players appear on Major League Baseball active rosters as the 2023 MLB season opens on Thursday.
view moreFlashback: New York Yankees drub New Orleans Pelicans twice in 1948 exhibition games
With spring training winding down this week, it’s a good time to recall a couple of spring exhibition games the Yankees played in 1948.
view morePast successes, future hopes represented in McDonogh 35’s new baseball uniforms
It’s important that the future is aware of its past. Especially when that past is glorious.
view moreMLB All-Star Game remains staple of such contests as NFL, NBA struggle to find identity
Have you seen enough “professional” All-Star games?
view moreFlashback: Francingues brothers’ accomplishments filled New Orleans sports pages during the ‘60s and ‘70s
Brothers Wayne and Ken Francingues grew up in a sports-minded family in the New Orleans area, so it was only natural that they both participated in sports, excelling at multiple levels.
view moreBlack History Month: Game 4 of 1948 Negro League World Series played in New Orleans
In 1948 the Homestead Grays and Birmingham Black Barons opposed each other in what turned out to be the last Negro League World Series. After the first three games of the Series were played in Kansas City (September 26) and Birmingham (September 29 and 30), Game 4 was unexpectedly played in New Orleans.
view moreFlashback: Tad Gormley Stadium home to New Orleans Pelicans baseball team in 1958-59
When New Orleanians think of Tad Gormley Stadium they usually don’t think “baseball.” It’s more likely they attended football, soccer, or track and field events there.
view moreHammond native Benny Latino embraces change as long-time MLB scout
Benny Latino knows baseball talent. In fact, he knows so much that major-league teams have used his ability as a scout to identify and evaluate amateur baseball players for over 25 years.
view moreFlashback: Former World Series-winning manager Danny Murtaugh gained valuable experience with New Orleans Pelicans
Murtaugh leveraged his three seasons with the Pels into becoming the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1957, his first of 15 MLB seasons in the role.
view more2023 Bayou Region Athletic Hall of Fame inductee class announced
This year’s renowned inductees include football playing and coaching greats Charles ‘Laury’ Dupont, Greg Harding, Jesse Myles and O.K. ‘Pat’ Szush along with stellar baseball performer Harry McCulla and Track & Field All-American Dalton Leblanc.
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