Gerry Fraley News Today

Roberts said the meeting with the two-way start lasted two-to-three hours and 'I think it went well.'

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Gerry Fraley, a gregarious and tempestuous reporter over four decades until his death four years ago, won the BBWAA Career Excellence Award on Tuesday. The honor was announced by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America at the winter meetings. Fraley will be honored during the Hall of Fame's induction weekend from July 19-22 in Cooperstown, New York.

Three people were killed in area holiday weekend crashes involving motorcycles. A motorcyclist was killed Monday as he was riding on U.S. Route 224 near Deerf

One of several deadly motorcycle crashes over the Memorial Day Weekend happened in Deerfield Township about three miles west of Mahoning County.

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Patrick Semansky/AP So will Commissioner Rob Manfred. And Bears icon Jim McMahon. Fourteen-time Grammy Award singer Emmylou Harris, too. There will be another 130 guests and friends traveling to Chicago for the historic game Tuesday night at Guaranteed Rate Field between the White Sox and Cardinals. Joe West is scheduled to work his record 5,376th game when he squats behind the plate, surpassing Hall of Famer Bill Klem’s mark that has stood for 80 years. “This record will never be broken,�...