Longtime Pirates broadcaster Bob Prince had a nickname for Bob Veale’s fastball: a “radio ball.” Why did it get that moniker?
Longtime Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Veale, who helped lead the team to victory in the 1971 World Series, died this past ...
Bob Veale, a Birmingham native who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox in the 1960s and 1970s, is shown outside Rickwood Field in Birmingham in 2003. Veale died this week at age 89. ...
The famous story about Bob Veale, one Steve Blass loves to share when talking about his halcyon days with the Pittsburgh Pirates, involves the two-time All-Star left-handed pitcher's glasses.
One of the most intimidating pitchers of the 1960s, credited with inventing a popular baseball saying, has reportedly passed ...
Bob Veale, a longtime left-handed pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, has died at 89 years old in his hometown of Birmingham, ...
A former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher who had great success with the franchise recently died. Bob Veale, a left-handed pitcher, who pitched for the ...
A Thanksgiving visit to Cooperstown, New York necessitated a grudging stop at the Baseball Hall of Fame. What I found out ...
Growing up in Birmingham, Veale was a batboy and concession worker for the Black Barons ... and a New York Yankees minor ...
Valenzuela helped the Dodgers win the 1981 World Series over the Yankees, but more importantly ... playing in the Negro Leagues for the Birmingham Black Barons. During his illustrious career ...
The 2024 Yankees were American League champions. It is a forever designation. It will not historically come with footnotes. Yet, I can’t shake that the organization’s first pennant in 15 years ...
The Yankees have brought back infielder Andrew Velazquez on a minor league contract with a non-roster Spring Training invite, reports Jack Curry of the YES Network. The CAA client is a Bronx ...