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Baseball Coach Gaspard aims for Omaha bid

Alabama baseball head coach Mitch Gaspard is entering his third season with the Crimson Tide. In his first two seasons, the Tide made trips to the NCAA tournament. During our talk, Gaspard said having experienced position players will hel [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

LSU baseball's Grant Dozar gets early chance to start at fir...

BATON ROUGE -- Three of LSU's four infield spots were solidified before the week started. The only uncertainty was who those players were throwing to at first base. LSU Coach Paul Mainieri answered the mystery Tuesday by announcing se [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 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

Baseball Hall of Fame Announces PED Education Program

The Baseball Hall of Fame announced the start of a performance-enhancing drug education program Wednesday, which will teach students about the negative effects that PEDs can have on an individual's health. The program is called " [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

ASU baseball swinging for Pac-12 title

For the first time since 1985, Arizona State begins a baseball season knowing its exact ending date. ASU is ineligible for the postseason for the second time in its history due to NCAA probation, so its 56th game at Arizona on May 27 will [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Transitioning to baseball: O's show interest in Manny

Football season has sadly come to an end, but this blog hasn't. I've decided to expand to a year-round blog and write about fantasy baseball as well. So for the next seven months or so, I'll focus on what's happening in th [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 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

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

Fantasy Baseball Thoughts: Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder, Yoeni...

I was listening to the MLB channel on SiriusXM radio on Saturday, and a Dodgers fan called in with the following scenario involving Prince Fielder, and it is something I was wondering myself. He said it is entirely possible that Fielder&# [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

10 Ways for Baseball Fans to Deal with the 'Dark' Part of th...

Well, everyone not named after a certain '80s rocker who plays phallic guitars amidst purple smoke has been snatched up by some team somewhere. Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson (pictured) are lounging on the West beach and Hanley Ramirez [...]

Posted On : Jan, 02 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 [...]