1995 in Baseball
Mickey Mantle, Baseball Legend, Dies at 63
By Bart Barnes
Washington Post Staff Writer
August 14, 1995
Mickey Mantle, 63, the superstar slugging center fielder of the New York Yankees of the 1950s and 1960s whose baseball feats and golden good looks made him an American legend, died of liver cancer yesterday at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.
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Ripken Becomes a Legend With Grace
By Mark Maske
Washington Post Staff Writer
BALTIMORE, SEPT. 6 -- Now Cal Ripken stands alone. The Baltimore Orioles' nonstop shortstop became the greatest iron man in baseball history tonight.
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History Embraces Ripken in 2,131st Game
By Thomas Boswell
Washington Post Columnist
BALTIMORE, SEPT. 6 -- After 10 minutes, the cheers had not begun to subside. No matter how many curtain calls Cal Ripken took or how many fireworks exploded on the roof of Oriole Park at Camden Yards tonight, it was simply not enough.
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Atlanta at Last; Braves Win Series
By Mark Maske
Washington Post Staff Writer
ATLANTA, OCT. 28 -- The Atlanta Braves, baseball's winningest team in the 1990s, finally added the big prize to their lengthy list of accomplishments.
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Maddux Wins 4th Straight Cy Young
By Ronald Blum
The Associated Press
NEW YORK, NOV. 13 -- For Greg Maddux, winning the Cy Young Award -- even unanimously -- is just another part of his routine.
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