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In a hotel lobby in 1967, a 19-year-old pitcher from Illinois approached one of his new Bluefield Orioles teammates, a 22-year-old shortstop from California.

“Hi, I’m Ron Shelton,” the pitcher standing up said.

A befuddled look crossed the face of the seated shortstop.

“No you’re not. I’m Ron Shelton!”

After a two-year Minor League career, the pitcher returned to Illinois to become a teacher, coach and principal. His son Derek now manages the Pirates.

The shortstop’s career lasted five years before he went back to California and eventually wrote and directed “Bull Durham.”

The Trade Deadline picture remains cloudy, but we identified some stark needs among the obvious contenders to think about.

The key to Oral Roberts’ run to the Men’s College World Series in Omaha? A steady diet of candy.

While teaching a “life lesson” to his son, Rays pitcher Pete Fairbanks got a black eye along with two points.

Why is Yankees utility man Oswaldo Cabrera wearing his grandmother’s molar around his neck? We’ll let him give you the whole tooth and nothing but.

Manny Machado’s 65th career home run at Petco Park put him into a tie with Adrián González for the most in the history of the stadium, which opened in 2004.

Ian Happ makes it look easy.

Give your dad the gift of baseball for Father’s Day this year with MLB.TV, which is half off for an All Teams Yearly subscription through Monday.

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