Growing up, Corkball embodied the baseball spirit more than any hardball I had ever played. Always the same teams, always good competition, always in the hot summer air and always every bit of pride ...

Soon, corkball cages had sprung up inside dozens of saloons, or in the alleys outside of them. St. Louisans who joined the Navy during World War II rather famously played corkball on the fiight ...

At a time when Major League baseball and its struggles serve as reminders that sports often offer false heroes, the death of a true hero deserves recognition.

Locals say corkball was invented here around 1900 by a group of brewery workers looking for something to do on their break. St. Louis corkball combines competition, camaraderie and family Skip to ...

More:Reggie Miller made his debut 32 years ago: The 10 best Pacers rookie debuts Learning to hit a corkball is "why I had great hand-eye coordination." Then it was time to move to the real thing ...

WAY BEFORE SOSA, CORKBALL PLAYED HAVOC WITH… Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) ...

My little brother was the first member of our gang to get pinched by the coppers. Happened on the street right in front of our house in broad daylight.

My little brother was the first member of our gang to get pinched by the coppers. Happened on the street right in front of our house in broad daylight. We were just kids, grade-schoolers, and we wa… ...