His book The Soul of Baseball is a modern classic ... possessed perhaps the best slider in the history of baseball. Bob Feller (55), by most accounts, lived a fairy-tale life.

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Congratulations are in order for longtime ace lefty CC Sabathia, who was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown on Tuesday night. Sabathia, who spent 19 years in the big ...