A smiling Jim "Catfish" Hunter, left, answers questions Monday, January 1, 1975 as New York Yankee president Gabe Paul listens. ASSOCIATED PRESS A most important golden anniversary passed this week.

Ray Kroc pledged to make the Padres a winner when he stepped up in January of 1974 and saved the franchise from moving to Washington, D.C. Kroc’s chance to live up to that promise came 11 months later ...

HERTFORD, N.C. — With the excitement of the baseball season building, I thought we should shine the spotlight on a baseball Hall of Famer with roots in the 252. I hit the road to Hertford, North ...

Ken Holtzman, who along with Catfish Hunter and Vida Blue anchored the dominating rotation that helped lead the Oakland A’s to three straight World Series championships in the 1970s, has died. He was ...

Catfish Hunter, a pitcher for the Oakland A's and the New York Yankees, grew up in Perquimans County. He died 11 years ago this week.

Baseball fans are mourning the death of Jim "Catfish" Hunter. The North Carolina native died Thursday ofALS, commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease. Hunter passed away at his home in Hertford.