Culpeper balks at marker for Hill

07/06/11 BY DONNIE JOHNSTON The National Baseball Hall of Fame may be convinced that Pete Hill was born in Culpeper County, but the county's Board of Supervisors is not....

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A look at those to be honored by Hall of Fame

07/15/11 A look at the honorees to be inducted Sunday into the Baseball Hall of Fame: ROBERTO ALOMAR: Born: Feb. 5, 1968, in Ponce, Puerto Rico ... switch-hitting second baseman who in 17 major league seasons had 2,724 hits, 210 home runs, 1,134 RBIs, a .300 batting average and .984 fielding percentage ... third Puerto Rican-born player to be inducted into Hall of Fame ...

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John Donaldson: the Unknown Ace, the Greatest Pitcher to Never Play in MLB

07/11/11 Three-hundred and fifty plus wins, over 4,500 documented strikeouts (perhaps as many as 5,000), 11 recorded no-hitters and one perfect game. Surely these accomplishments would land a man in the Baseball Hall of Fame. That did not happen to John Donaldson though. He died on April 12, 1970, at the age of 79 and was buried in an unmarked grave at Burk Oak Cemetery in Illinois.  It remained that way ...

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