Family can enjoy a new park, focused on enriching the lives of children, courtesy of National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Cal Ripken Jr.

NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME ... Induction Saturday will have a strong St. Louis Cardinals feel it to this summer. In addition to former Cardinals catcher Tim McCarver receiving the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence July 21 at Doubleday Field, the Baseball Hall of Fame will honor three generations of managers who guided St. Louis to World Series titles.

Only a few hours before the No. 4 ranked Rice baseball team takes the field against the University of Texas in Friday#39;s final game of the College Classic Tournament downtown at Minute Maid Park, Owl had coach Wayne Graham was announced as one of seven inductees into College Baseball Hall of Fame later this summer.

Dr. Gene Hooks and Jack Stallings have joined 67 other candidates on the final ballot for the 2012 class of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame

Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, who played 19 Major League seasons and won a World Series with the New York Mets in 1986, died Thursday in Florida after battling brain cancer, according to Carter#39;s family and the Hall of Fame. He was 57. quot;He...