Jack Billingham, an All-Star pitcher with the Big Red Machine of the 1970s, recalls two entirely different versions of Pete Rose. One: The most reliable teammate you could ever want. The other: An ...

Reds Opening Day 1974 had an extra dose of excitement. Sure, Cincinnati was in the middle of the Big Red Machine’s run, so there was anticipation of another great season. But the opponent for that ...

DELAND, Fla. - It was a long road back to being a ballplayer for Stetson baseball pitcher Zemp Schwab. Schwab missed most of senior season in high school after Tommy John surgery Appeared in two games ...

Jack Billingham, who pitched 13 years in the big leagues and was part of the Big Red Machine of the Cincinnati Reds in the mid-1970s, was one of the few ballplayers who got a double dose of manager ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Jack Billingham forever will be linked to Hank Aaron and baseball history, and it doesn't bother him a bit. He surrendered Aaron's 714th home run that tied the Hammer with Babe Ruth ...

Given Henry Aaron’s place in baseball and, for that matter, all of American sport, it’s a safe bet you’ve seen replays of his 715th career home run, which put him one past Babe Ruth on April 8, 1974.

SAN FRANCISCO — Jack Billingham forever will be linked to Hank Aaron and baseball history, and it doesn't bother him a bit. He surrendered Aaron's 714th home run that tied the Hammer with Babe Ruth ...

Many still call it the greatest game in the long history of baseball. It happened 40 years ago — Oct. 21, 1975 — and like millions of others, Jack Billingham watched the dramatic ending on television.

SAN FRANCISCO — Jack Billingham forever will be linked to Hank Aaron and baseball history, and it doesn’t bother him a bit. He surrendered Aaron’s 714th home run that tied the Hammer with Babe Ruth ...