John Blanchette: Tommy Lasorda always knew that a baseball life was a lucky life
UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 8, 2021
Before the grand old sports banquet was consigned to Spokane's reliquary, Tommy Lasorda returned in February 1992 to regale the adults with a few gags in the evening and proselytize education to the teens at the afternoon.
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John Blanchette: Tommy Lasorda always knew that a baseball life was a lucky life
UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 8, 2021
Before the grand old sports banquet was consigned to Spokane's reliquary, Tommy Lasorda returned in February 1992 to regale the adults with a few gags in the evening and proselytize education to the teens at the afternoon.
Tommy Lasorda, fiery Hall of Fame Dodgers and former Spokane Indians manager, dies at 93
UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 8, 2021
Tommy Lasorda, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who guided the Los Angeles Dodgers to two World Series titles after managing a 1970 Spokane Indians team often called the greatest in minor league history, has died. He was 93.
Minor league spring training delay pushes back Spokane Indians transition to full-season schedule
UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 6, 2021
According to a report by Baseball America, Major League Baseball sent a memo to minor league teams on Monday informing them that the 2021 minor league season at Double-A and the Class A levels will be delayed.
Spokane Indians receive invitation to become High-A affiliate of Colorado Rockies
UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 10, 2020
Wednesday was a big day across minor league baseball, as franchises across the country received their formal invitations from Major League Baseball to continue to participate as an affiliate in the reorganization of Minor League Baseball.
Spokane Indians to become affiliate of Colorado Rockies according to report
UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 9, 2020
It’s been a nervous year for everyone in the minor leagues, including the Spokane Indians and the rest of the Northwest League, as Major League Baseball has contemplated changes in the organization and structure of its feeder system.
Baseball Hall of Fame to feature Spokane Indians in ‘voices of the game’
UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 1, 2020
The Spokane Indians will be featured by the National Baseball Hall of Fame at 11 a.m. Thursday as part of an event called Virtual Voices of the Game.
Pioneer League loses MLB affiliations, transitions to independent ‘partner league’
UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 30, 2020
As part of Major League Baseball’s reorganization of the minor leagues after the expiration of the Professional Baseball Agreement earlier this fall, things will look a little different for the eight-team Pioneer League – headquartered in Spokane with teams in Idaho, Montana, Utah and Colorado – when baseball can safely resume during or after the pandemic.
Report says Spokane Indians will become new High-A affiliate of Los Angeles Dodgers
UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 19, 2020
The Spokane Indians may be poised to become a full-season High-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to a report in the Orange County (Calif.) Register on Thursday.
Baseball and Culture: A discussion about Native American imagery in sports
UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 24, 2020
The issue of Native American mascots and imagery in sports was thrust into the headlines again over the summer when the Washington, D.C., NFL team decided to change the name of its team from a dictionary-defined slang term and removed all Native American terms and imagery from its branding.
John Blanchette: Dave Vaughn recalls bat boy duties for magical Spokane Indians team of 1970
Sun., Aug. 23, 2020
He had broken his left arm in a mishap at church camp and was shackled with the standard wrist-to-elbow cast.
Dave Vaughn relearns normal actions after accident
Sun., Aug. 23, 2020
In his retirement, fate sent Dave Vaughn into a second career: recovery.
Spokane Indians baseball team, Spokane Tribe featured in national discussion of Native American imagery in sports
UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 3, 2020
In the days and weeks following the killing of George Floyd and subsequent resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement and the campaign to rid society of racist language and images, the use of Native American terms and imagery in sports has once again become a national headline.