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Sleepy baseball players take a hit in batting average, study...

What makes baseball players like Jose Reyes of the New York Mets and Adrian Gonzalez of the Boston Red Sox such good hitters? It might have something to do with the time of day (or night) when the umpire yells, “Play ball!” [...]

Posted On : Jun, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Anteaters, Wahoos play similar styles of baseball

Virginia scored 29 runs in its three regional games last weekend, and UC Irvine had 20 in its three, offensive explosions that any pitching staff would love to have. For these squads, though, it also works the other way. They boast pitche [...]

Posted On : Jun, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Payette baseball carries Killebrew legacy into State playoff...

"Harmon Killebrew Day" in Payette didn't begin until 2005, after baseball coach Tracy Bratcher walked into principle (and then-Mayor) Mark Heleker's office and asked, "Why aren't we doing more with Harmon Killeb [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Angels Manager Mike Scioscia supports expanding baseball's p...

Angels Manager Mike Scioscia said Monday that expanding baseball's playoff field from eight to 10 teams would create excitement without watering down the postseason or diminishing the importance of the regular season."I think it [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Ex-baseball player Tyler Johnson could shine on OSU footbal...

Former professional baseball players have been good to the Oklahoma State football program. “We’ve been very lucky with some of those pro baseball players coming back,” Cowboys coach Mike Gundy said. All-Big 12 qua [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Players and public hit out as baseball season begins

It's an old and often angry debate: during a national tragedy with thousands displaced, a nation traumatised and bodies still being counted, should athletes retire from the field in respectful silence – or play on? Japan's [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 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's Oldest Living Former Player, Tony Malinosky, Dies...

Tony Malinosky, the oldest living former Major League Baseball player, has died, the Los Angeles Dodgers said. He was 101. Malinosky passed away Feb. 8 in Oxnard, California, the team said on its website. Malinosky, a former infiel [...]

Posted On : Feb, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball coach donates kidney to his player

When Kevin Jordan was deciding where to play college baseball, the commitment of Wake Forest coach Tom Walter to his players helped sway him toward Winston-Salem. Even before taking his first swing, Jordan has learned how deep that devot [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Wake Forest baseball coach donates kidney to player

With an undergraduate enrollment of fewer than 4,500 students, Wake Forest is one of the smallest schools to compete at the major college level. Wake's athletic department takes pride in the sense of family its modest size creates. T [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball player, 14, dies after leaping from tenth floor of ...

A freshman baseball player stunned his team-mates by jumping to his death from the 10th floor of a hotel. Matthew Mezza, 14, suddenly left in the middle of baseball practice and dashed across the street to a nearby hotel in Santa Monica, [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

2 MTSU baseball players face rape charges

Two MTSU baseball players, Conlon Palo and Damian Seguen, have been charged with rape and dismissed from the team.Palo, 18, and Seguen, 21, were arrested by the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office on Thursday, according to an incident [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Cubs sign play-by-play man Hughes to extension

The Chicago Cubs have agreed to a five-year extension with WGN Radio play-by-play man Pat Hughes. WGN announced the contract extension Monday. Hughes spent 15 years as the partner of color analyst and former Cubs third baseman Ron Santo, [...]

Posted On : Dec, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Agent’s Loans to Poor Players Pose Concerns

The company of Scott Boras, baseball’s pre-eminent agent, provided tens of thousands of dollars in loans and payments to the families of poor Dominican teenage prospects, according to people with ties to Mr. Boras, raising question [...]