Joe Sheehan from Baseball Prospectus wrote that the commission has been focusing " blame for the era exclusively on uniformed personnel ", and failing to investigate any role played by team ownership and management.

** Joe Randa, American Major League Baseball player and radio talk-show host

* December 9 – Joe Kelley, American Baseball Hall of Famer ( d. 1943 )

Sport: In the first half of the twentieth century, before Major League Baseball was racially integrated, dark-skinned and dark-complexion players were nicknamed Nig ; examples are: Johnny Beazley ( 1941 – 49 ), Joe Berry ( 1921 – 22 ), Bobby Bragan ( 1940 – 48 ), Nig Clarke ( 1905 – 20 ), Nig Cuppy ( 1892 – 1901 ), Nig Fuller ( 1902 ), Johnny Grabowski ( 1923 – 31 ), Nig Lipscomb ( 1937 ), Charlie Niebergall ( 1921 – 24 ), Nig Perrine ( 1907 ), and Frank Smith ( 1904 – 15 ).

Joseph Paul " Joe " DiMaggio ( ; November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999 ), nicknamed " Joltin ' Joe " and " The Yankee Clipper ", was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees.

Joe Buck is currently the lead play-by-play announcer for both Major League Baseball and the NFL on the Fox network.

* Joe Pettini-Major League Baseball player, and coach for the St. Louis Cardinals

* Joe Cantillon (" Pongo Joe ", 1861 – 1930 ), U. S. manager in American Major League Baseball

* Joe Blanton, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, was born in Nashville, Tennessee, but spent most of his childhood and young adult life in Edmonson County.

* Joe Thatcher ( born 1981 ), American Major League Baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres

Prominent Italian Americans that came from the neighborhood include Baseball legend Joe Dimaggio who grew up in the neighborhood and briefly returned to live there with his wife Marilyn Monroe during the 1950s, as well as former San Francisco mayor and politician Joseph Alioto as well as others from the prominent Alioto family.

Piedmont is home to a number of notable individuals in the political, business, sports, and academic communities, including: ex-Major League Baseball player Dave McCarty ; ex-National Football League player Bubba Paris, San Francisco 49ers ; ex-National Football League player Bill Romanowski ; Ambassador to Australia Jeff Bleich ; Peter Docter, director of Pixar's Monsters, Inc. and Up and co-writer of WALL-E ; Billie Joe Armstrong of the rock band Green Day ; Eric Whitaker, GC of Tesla Motors ; Thomas Horn, actor ; and Dr. George Rutherford, State Health Officer. Also Dipper and Mabel Pines from the Disney Channel show " Gravity Falls " was born here.

Rodeo was the hometown of Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Lefty Gomez for the New York Yankees, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt as well as Eric the Midget of the Howard Stern Show.

* Joe Tipton-Major League Baseball catcher born here

* Joe Mather, Major League Baseball outfielder

* Joe Tinker, Major League Baseball player for Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds.

* Both Major League Baseball pitcher Joe Blanton and actress Annie Potts were born in Nashville, Tennessee but raised in Franklin.

As of June 2010, the Bulldogs coaching staff is composed of: Jason Pierce, Head Football Coach ; Ashley Adams, Head Volleyball Coach ; Doug Hyatt, Head Girls Basketball and Softball Coach ; Grant Champagne, Head Boys Basketball Coach ; Joe Tkacz, Head Baseball Coach ; and Matt Peters, A. D.

* Joe Orsulak ( born 1962 ), Major League Baseball player from 1983 to 1997.

* Joe Lis ( born 1946 ), Major League Baseball player who played for Philadelphia, Minnesota, Cleveland and Seattle.

* Joe " Moon " Harris, a Major League Baseball player in the early 20th century, was born in Coulter, which is a part of South Versailles.

* Joe McEwing, former Major League Baseball player

* Joe Dugan ( 1897 – 1982 ), Major League Baseball player, played in five World Series with the New York Yankees.

They played home games from their inaugural season to the 2011 season at Sun Life Stadium, which they shared with the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ( NFL ) and which was also called Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, and Land Shark Stadium during their tenancy.

Quarterback Joe Theismann won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award for being second rated passer in the league behind Steve Bartkowski, completing 276 out of 459 ( 60. 1 percent ) of his passes for 3, 714 yards, 29 touchdowns, and only 11 interceptions.

Joe Sakic became the only Avalanche player ever to be chosen as the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player during the 2004 NHL All-Star Game, when he scored a hat-trick.

Cousin running back Joe Cribbs also a ( 2 ) time ALL SEC Performer, First team ALL AMERICAN, voted SEC Player of the Year.

* Joe Jurevicius, NFL Football Player

Curiously, two players, Joe Montford and Elfrid Payton, would later go on to fame as winners of the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award ( added to this pair is Greg Stumon, who was a former winner of the same award ).

After the season, Joe Kapp became the first BC Lion to receive the Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the Western Conference and Tom Brown became the first Lion to win the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award.

* Poplawski, Joe – Inducted as a Player in 1998.

* Joe Devance – Basketball Player PBA

Brady and Joe Montana are the only two players in NFL history to win the NFL Most Valuable Player and Super Bowl MVP awards multiple times.

Originally named Joe Robbie Stadium, it has also been known as Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, and Land Shark Stadium.

Hartnett ended the season with a career-high. 354 batting average and, finished second to Joe Medwick in voting for the National League Most Valuable Player Award.

The Joe F. Carr Trophy was presented annually ( from 1955 – 1978 ) to the NFL Player of the Year.

On 8 May 2008, Carvalho was voted by his fellow Chelsea colleagues as Chelsea's " Players Player of the Year ", whilst finishing in the top three for Chelsea's " Player of the Year " award voted by Chelsea fans, along with Michael Ballack and Joe Cole.

Brands once owned or marketed by Fruit of the Loom include Gitano, Munsingwear, Salem Sportswear, and Pro Player, which once had the naming rights to what is now Sun Life Stadium ( originally Joe Robbie Stadium ) in Miami, Florida from 1996 to 2005, despite bankruptcy by the parent company in 1999.

* Joe Alexander-NBA D-League Basketball Player, Texas Legends

This was the fourth Super Bowl at Dolphin Stadium, which has also been known as " Joe Robbie Stadium " and " Pro Player Stadium ".

* Joe Jackson ( Basketball Player )

His love of music and burgeoning recognition with the rock and roll establishment has opened him to meeting and working with an ever-growing list of rock icons, among them Terry Reid and Eric Burdon of the Animals & War, drummer Phil Jones ( longtime percussionist and drummer for Tom Petty ) and bass player Rick " The Bass Player " Rosas of Neil Young / Joe Walsh fame.

Joe Raposo, who later became music director for Sesame Street ( a job held still later by Pottle ), performed onstage as the Piano Player, who was shot during the course of each performance.