Wednesday, December 8, 2010

News Digest, December 8, Part 2

Feller moved to hospice care
Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller has been moved from a hospital, where he was being treated for pneumonia, to hospice care. Feller, 92, revealed earlier this year he had been diagnosed with leukemia. Feller won 266 games despite missing 3 1/2 seasons in his 20s to serve in the Navy in World War II, which almost certainly kept him from being a 300-game winner. For years, he would barnstorm minor-league ballparks, allowing local media and others to bat against him. I had the privilege twice, going 1-for-2. I also got to interview him, and he was the epitome for class.
  • Feller

  • Save Cal Baseball campaign under way
    There's a Web site, SaveCalBaseball.com, that's trying to raise $10 in pledges by Jan. 1 in an effort to save baseball and four other sports targeted to by dropped by the University of California Berkeley.
  • SaveCal
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