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Rocky Rhodes: Lowlights for the Highlanders

Posted on June 10, 2009 by

After losing Tuesday’s series opener at Fenway Park, the Yankees are 0-6 this year against Boston, a mark of futility they hadn’t achieved since before World War I. So I thought it would be instructive to get some perspective on … Read on! —->

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Rocky Rhodes: Gas-Drinkin’ Heroes of Yesteryear

Posted on February 10, 2009 by

Grant “Rocky” Rhodes is America’s oldest living sportswriter. He first rose to prominence in 1916, when he declared Yankee Stadium “The House that Ruth Built,” even though Ruth still played for the Red Sox and Yankee Stadium didn’t exist. He … Read on! —->

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Rocky Rhodes: Everything Old Is New Again

Posted on January 18, 2008 by

Grant “Rocky” Rhodes is America’s oldest living sportswriter. He first rose to prominence in 1921, when he struck an early blow for civil rights with his groundbreaking article on the Negro Leagues (“Colored Players Not Totally Inhuman”). His weekly sports … Read on! —->

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Rocky Rhodes: The Eternal Bloom of Sour Grapes

Posted on January 9, 2008 by

Grant “Rocky” Rhodes is America’s oldest living sportswriter. He first rose to prominence in 1918, when he declared in the Pittsburgh Courier-Picayune  that “the Red Sox’ dynastic juggernaut shall never be stopped”. Thanks to an exemption granted by Congress in … Read on! —->

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Rocky Rhodes: How to Play Ball Without Playing Ball

Posted on June 3, 2007 by

Grant “Rocky” Rhodes is America’s oldest living sportswriter. He rose to prominence with his 1921 column “Eight Men Way Out”, in which he proposed that the White Sox who threw the World Series should be publicly immolated. His weekly sports … Read on! —->

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Rocky Rhodes: Flogging Some Dead Horses

Posted on May 4, 2007 by

Grant “Rocky” Rhodes is America’s oldest living sportswriter. He first rose to prominence in 1917, when he thumbwrestled Ty Cobb into submission to settle a bet between Babe Ruth and Al Capone. In 1958, for reasons that remain murky, he … Read on! —->

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