Stories from Saturday, December 27, 2003

If you picked up either the Kansas City Star or the Joplin Globe in late November, the above-the-fold picture on the sports page featured a high-kicking, left-handed pitcher wearing the uniform of the Milwaukee Braves. Over the years there have appeared pictures of Warren Spahn in newspapers often as his career in the majors spanned 23 years. Spahn performed legendary feats with startling regularity. The only difference in this most recent picture is that the great Spahnie is no longer with us...