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Texas nun keeps faith in Rangers, baseball

Sister Frances Evans (above left), 85, has been cheering for the Texas Rangers ever since the team moved west from Washington, D.C., in 1972. She spoke with The Times before attending Game 5 of the World Series in Arlington on Monday n [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball Needs Its Own '9-9-9' Plan

This fall, millions of Americans have been flipping channels to stay abreast of two distinct forms of competition: Major League Baseball's 2011 postseason and the Republican presidential debates. The baseball competition has come d [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Texas Rangers rewriting baseball history

"Legends are born in October" is Major League Baseball's postseason marketing slogan this fall. And it's as fine and true as, well, a Nelson Cruz home run in an edge-of-your chair playoff game. The Texas Rangers though [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

White Sox's Ventura hire a daring move

There was a school of thought surrounding the Chicago White Sox that perhaps the departure of Ozzie Guillen would herald a more predictable era for the franchise. The new manager couldn’t help but be more buttoned-down, thus lending [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

USC baseball recruiting class rated nation's best

The two-time defending NCAA champion South Carolina baseball team signed the nation's top recruiting class, according to Collegiate Baseball. The Gamecocks signed 16 high school prospects and had five junior college transfers in this [...]

Posted On : Sep, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball games, especially Yankees-Red Sox games, have becom...

The great Red Holzman was talking once about what pro basketball was like in the old days, before the 24-second clock, for guards like him and his old City College teammate, Sonny Hertzberg. Holzman ended up in the pros with the Roches [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Pro baseball team withdraws plans to build stadium at Clawso...

America’s Pastime, at a professional level, does not have a future in the middle of a residential neighborhood at Clawson City Park. Summit Professional Baseball has withdrawn a proposal to build a new baseball stadium for a team [...]

Posted On : Aug, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Rockies' Jacobs tests positive for HGH

Mike Jacobs is the first player suspended by Major League Baseball for a positive HGH test. The 30-year-old minor league first baseman and former major leaguer received a 50-game suspension Thursday for taking the banned performance-enhan [...]

Posted On : Aug, 19 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

Yankees can pound the AL's least, but Bombers & CC Sabathia ...

The Yankees beat the Angels on Wednesday night, beat them doing what they do best, which means hitting home runs at Yankee Stadium, where balls continue to fly into the seats like they are Titleist golf balls. The Yankees scored nine runs [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Beltran out of Giants' lineup with injured hand

Giants right fielder Carlos Beltran was out of the lineup for Monday night's series opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates because of an injured right hand. Beltran underwent an MRI exam on the hand Monday as a precaution, manager Bruc [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball a Weeks family tradition dating to Negro Leagues

During baseball season, 83-year-old Victor Weeks usually can be found sitting in front of the television at his Orlando, Fla., home. He has been blind nearly four decades, but Victor never misses a game involving either the A's or the [...]

Posted On : Aug, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

African baseball team to make history at Little League World...

For the first time, a team from Africa will compete in the annual Little League World Series after a squad from Kampala, Uganda called the Rev. John Foundation Little League team took the Middle East-Africa region. They beat out Saudi Ara [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Fox, Bud Selig happy with All-Star game format

The players might not like the All-Star game determining home-field advantage in the World Series, but the president of Fox Sports wonders what the fuss is all about. "It's not Armageddon," Ed Goren said Tuesday. In eig [...]