Tag: Baseball

Baseball star Steve Garvey raises $600,000 in California Senate race

SACRAMENTO, California — Former Los Angeles Dodger Steve Garvey raised a modest $610,920 in the last quarter of 2023, relying on a slew of retired Southern California businessmen to prop up his longshot bid to replace the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. It’s the first look at funding for Garvey, a beloved former first baseman for […]

3 Democrats and a GOP baseball star walk onto a debate stage …

Republican Steve Garvey has commitment issues. The professional baseball slugger who retired in 1988 and is making a run for the U.S. Senate has not taken positions on most policies. Garvey also won’t say how he’ll vote for president. Instead, he has been counting on his fading sports celebrity to carry him into the fall […]

Could a Baseball Star Really Flip Dianne Feinstein’s Seat?

COMPTON, California — “Ryan, do you have a pen?” Steve Garvey is sitting in the backseat of his Hyundai Genesis outside Ruben’s Bakery & Mexican Food in South Los Angeles; Ryan, his son, sits in the driver’s seat. Inside await a gaggle of TV cameras and on-lookers, eager for their chance to brush up against […]