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Baseball notes: Red Sox captain Jason Varitek to retire

Boston: The Boston Globe reports that catcher and captain Jason Varitek will announce his retirement at a news conference Thursday. Varitek spent all 15 seasons with the Red Sox, who signed Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Kelly Shoppach to one- [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2012 | Comments : 0

Baseball takes down Texas State with four-run inning

No. 25 Baylor baseball kept its perfect record under the lights intact Wednesday at The Dell Diamond in Round Rock, defeating Texas State 5-1. The second pitch of the game struck junior designated hitter Nathan Orf in the side. Junior thi [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Former Expos catcher Gary Carter succumbs to brain cancer

Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, who left an indelible mark on baseball in Canada during his 12 years with the Montreal Expos, died on Thursday. The man nicknamed "Kid" or "Kid Carter" for his ever-smiling face and ch [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Baseball gets ready with lots of changes

Tim Lincecum thought about the seismic shifts of baseball’s offseason, the ones that saw Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder migrate to the American League. “I think it’s great,” San Francisco’s two-time Cy Youn [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy: Definitive Guide to the Per...

Fantasy baseball drafts are just around the corner and rivalries in old leagues will be renewed while there will be a number of people who are entering new leagues. Everyone that has a draft is looking for a way to gain an edge. This [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Ryan Braun accepts MVP at BBWAA dinner

Ryan Braun accepted his National League Most Valuable Player Award at Saturday's annual dinner of the New York champter of the Baseball Writers' Association of American and made his first public comments since a report came out th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

Texas formally introduces Yu Darvish

Yu Darvish leaned over and looked at his name and the No. 11 on the back of his Texas Rangers jersey. Then he looked up and smiled. “Excited, that's all I feel right now,” Darvish said through a translator. “Just exc [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

ANALYSIS: Baseball: Darvish had eyes on majors from long ago

A few years ago, Yu Darvish secretly asked Arn Tellem, now his agent, to start drawing up a player evaluation report for his future move to the major leagues. The high-profile right-hander has raised his level every year and put up the [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Marty Springstead, Longtime Baseball Umpire and Supervisor, ...

Marty Springstead, who umpired games in Major League Baseball for 20 years and supervised major league umpires as an executive for more than 20 more, died on Tuesday in Sarasota, Fla. He was 74. The cause was a heart attack while swimming [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Steroids Era to consume Baseball Hall of Fame voters

Still glowing over his election to the Hall of Fame, Barry Larkin was asked about next year's sure-to-be-controversial vote: The first appearances of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa on the Cooperstown ballot. "All I [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

Gopher Baseball Features 39 Home Games in 2012

The University of Minnesota baseball program will feature 39 home games during the 2012 season announced today by head coach John Anderson. Minnesota will play 38 games in the Metrodome, while the May 5 game against Penn State is schedule [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Ichiro felt "mental stress" last year

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's greatest baseball export Ichiro Suzuki has confessed to feeling "mental stress" last year after seeing his record streak of 200-hit seasons snapped at 10. The Seattle Mariners outfielder told local [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Baseball's game of the year

Before the night of Oct. 27, you could have fueled a spirited debate with the directive, "Pick the best game of the 2011 Major League Baseball season." Philadelphia and Cincinnati hooked up in a 19-inning marathon in May, c [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Cuban Free Agent Is Next Hot Commodity

Now that the Texas Rangers have won the right to negotiate with the Japanese pitching phenom Yu Darvish, Major League Baseball has turned its attention to Yoennis Cespedes, a captivating Cuban outfielder with a running back’s body w [...]