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Prep baseball: Mitchell pounds Pasco High

The Mitchell Mustangs had all the answers on Monday night in their 11-7 win over Pasco at Wiregrass Ranch High, advancing to the RBI Pasco County Varsity Baseball Tournament semifinals. "We've had all the right answers, and [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball's Top 50 Offseason Moves

The Angels and the Yankees were supposed to be the teams bidding on Carl Crawford, but the former Rays outfielder signed his seven-year, $142 million contract with the Red Sox. Cliff Lee was thought to be entertaining such huge offers fr [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball roundup: Braves' Luis Salazar has more surgery on f...

Atlanta Braves minor league manager and former Tiger Luis Salazar had more facial surgery Thursday, a day after being hit by Brian McCann's foul liner while standing in the dugout during an exhibition game. Salazar, who played f [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

College baseball: Beavers win first Civil War game, 4-1

Oregon State continues to show promise early in the 2011 season. Meanwhile, Oregon, which dropped out of this week’s Baseball America top 25 rankings for the first time this season, can’t find its offense. Standout pitching, [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball: White Sox, Diamondbacks play charity game for Chri...

The Chicago White Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks traveled two hours to Tucson on Monday to play a charity game that honored Christina-Taylor Green, the 9-year-old girl killed in the attack on congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in January tha [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball roundup: $15-million deal for White Sox pitcher Mat...

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- With job security out of the way, White Sox lefty Matt Thornton can now turn his attention to proving he should be Chicago's closer. The All-Star reliever agreed to a $15-million, three-year contract Sunday that ad [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Tulane baseball team evens series vs. Ole Miss with 4-1 win

Nick Boullosa went 2-for-4, including a home run, to knock in all of Tulane's runs, and freshman Randy LeBlanc struck out eight in 4 2/3 innings to lead the Green Wave to a 4-1 victory over Ole Miss on Saturday at Oxford-University S [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball could be next up in labor arena

If you think you're sick of hearing about the NFL's labor showdown, you're going to be thrilled by this. There's a fair chance it could lead directly or indirectly to trouble when Major League Baseball's contract with [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Wally Yonamine, Nisei baseball and football pioneer, dead at...

During pregame festivities for Japanese American Community Night at Dodger Stadium in 2004, Wally Yonamine was the quietest and least assuming of all the sports luminaries and community leaders being recognized on the field. As [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball great's home away from hate

The end of Black History Month saw another lasting tribute to Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson and his time in Montreal. The United States Consulate General unveiled a commemorative plaque at the house where Robinson a [...]

Posted On : Mar, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball roundup: Al Kaline remembers Duke Snider

Duke Snider, the Hall of Fame centerfielder for the charmed “Boys of Summer” who helped the Dodgers bring their only World Series crown to Brooklyn, died Sunday in California. He was 84 and had been ill for months. &ldqu [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball: White Sox GM Kenny Williams says salaries are thre...

Chicago White Sox general manager Kenny Williams says talk of $30 million-a-year players is "asinine" and he would support a work stoppage to bring fiscal sanity. Williams doesn't want a stoppage, but he said the sport' [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

TCU baseball vs. Kansas

TCU opened the baseball season against Kansas on Friday, February 18, 2011. TCU shortstop Taylor Featherston greets pitcher Andrew Mitchell as he took the mound in the 5th inning.

Posted On : Feb, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Heels, Pirates win, Pack and Duke lose in baseball

Ben Bunting's two-out RBI single in the 11th inning lifted North Carolina (2-0) to a 4-3 victory over eighth-ranked Cal State Fullerton (0-1) at Fullerton, Calif. Jacob Stallings went 3-for-5 with a solo homer for UNC. Levi Michael h [...]