MINNEAPOLIS-- Tony Oliva's long-awaited spot in the National Baseball Hall of Fame is finally right around the corner. "Any place I go, the people come up to me now, and they're so happy," said Oliva.

New York Yankees legend Alex Rodriguez recently reunited with former Minnesota Twins star and Hall of Famer Tony Oliva at the Minnesota Timberwolves versus Houston Rockets game at the Toyota Center in ...

Thankfully, Tony Oliva is alive to see this day. Oliva, the 83-year-old former Minnesota Twins All-Star, on Sunday joined five others – fellow Cuban Orestes "Minnie" Miñoso, former Twins teammate Jim ...

Tony Oliva was magnificent to watch as a hitter. The rest was OK, too; good speed and judgment as well as a strong throwing arm in right field. But as a hitter, the images remain for those of us who ...

Tony Oliva is in post-election hubris. He's spent the summer preparing for a moment he didn't believe would happen. The doors of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., are finally swinging ...

Minnesota Twins legends Tony Oliva and Kent Hrbek are both recovering from recent strokes. The Twins announced Wednesday that Oliva and Hrbek, both members of the franchise's Hall of Fame, suffered ...

Minnesota Twins legend Tony Oliva will not have to wait much longer to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame – and his brother will be there to watch it happen Thanks to Sen. Amy ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Every morning here Rod Carew pulls away from the hotel the Minnesota Twins put him up in, leaves wife Rhonda and cat Taz, bound for work. He drives the same route, the one that ...

Nine days after the disappointment of falling one vote short of election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Golden Era Committee balloting, Tony Oliva had a much happier day Wednesday. Oliva, a native of ...

With baseball’s Opening Day delayed and all of sports on hiatus, we thought it would be a good idea to spread out the Baseball 100 essays. Going forward, the countdown will appear Mondays, Wednesdays ...