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Gators baseball team gets back in swing tonight

GAINESVILLE — They waited all summer, fall and winter for this. The University of Florida baseball team that made it to the College World Series finals, only to lose to South Carolina, begins the season at 7 tonight in the first of [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Hughes and Yankees reach deal

Right-hander Phil Hughes and the New York Yankees have agreed to a $3.2-million, one-year contract, a raise of $500,000 that followed an injury filled season. Hughes can make an additional $225,000 in performance bonuses under Monday' [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Baseball notes: Reds trade Wood for Cubs' Marshall

Reds-Cubs swap The Cincinnati Reds acquired left-handed reliever Sean Marshall from the Chicago Cubs on Friday for young lefty starter Travis Wood and two other players. It was the second time in a week that the Reds gave up several pros [...]

Posted On : Dec, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

TESTING RYAN BRAUN

Two initial thoughts on the weekend’s news that the Milwaukee Brewers’ Ryan Braun has apparently run afoul of baseball’s drug-testing apparatus: 1) Are all that many people really surprised? 2) Given that Braun is appeal [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Broxton is Royals' new setup man

Reliever Jonathan Broxton and the Kansas City Royals agreed Tuesday to a one-year contract that guarantees the right-hander $4 million US, solidifying one of the big league's youngest bullpens and providing a setup man for closer Joak [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Report: Red Sox to name manager Tuesday

Two candidates -- Bobby Valentine and Gene Lamont -- remain in the running to be the next manager of the Boston Red Sox, and a new manager will be named Tuesday, the New York Post reported. Lamont told ESPNBoston.com on Monday morning tha [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball tenant sought for city stadium

City staff recommended in a report released Monday that councillors seek offers to lease the 18-year-old facility in light of a competing offer from Beacon Sports Capital Partners for minor league baseball. The city is also undertaking a [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Techno-hapless baseball stumbles into irrelevance

Imagine using your iPhone to take video of a rotary phone. That’s how we felt watching Fox’s World Series coverage with its heat-sensitive cameras, virtual strike zones and super slo-mo cameras tracking the 19th-century sensib [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Napoli, Rangers take Game 2 from Rays

Mike Napoli kept fouling off pitches while Texas Rangers fans chanted his name. "It was pretty loud, too, and when I heard it, I was like you guys can't do this to me right now in this situation," Napoli said. He came throug [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball pennant races slow to a tedious crawl

Hello, front desk? Please set the wake-up call for October. All right, maybe it's not quite that bad. In the American League West, the Los Angeles Angels are stalking the Texas Rangers, even if half the nation has to stay up past Leno [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Matusz's future not rosy after getting pounded

The Baltimore Orioles pitcher lasted just 1 1-3 innings and 46 pitches against the New York Yankees on Thursday, allowing five runs, five hits and two walks. His ERA swelled to 9.84. But it was the first time in half a season he didn [...]

Posted On : Sep, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

With an 0-for-3, Uggla's hit streak ends at 33 games

Dan Uggla's mental health never seemed at risk, not when he was scraping bottom at .173 and not when his 33-game hitting streak came to an end Sunday afternoon. His teammates were never afraid to go near him when he was struggling or [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Sunday Scorecard: Baseball needs to (finally) get instant re...

There have been plenty of bad calls in the long, sorted history of Major League Baseball. There was Don Denkinger's blown call in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series. More recently, there was the CC Sabathia near-no-hitter in Pittsburgh d [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Taiwan wins under-12 world baseball championship

Taiwan edged out Cuba 3-2 for first place in the inaugural under-12 Baseball World Championship July 17 at Tianmu Stadium, Taipei, according to the International Baseball Federation (IBAF). Taiwan scored first in the top of the secon [...]