From 1975: Frank Howard, the “gentle giant” of baseball, was named the new manager of the Spokane Indians minor league team. This was a homecoming of sorts for Howard, who played with the Indians in ...

Frank Howard, a four-time All-Star who slugged 382 home runs during a lengthy major league career that included a World Series title with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1963, has died. He was 87. A ...