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Slain baseball players honoured by P.E.I. school

A high school in Charlottetown played a memorial game of catch Monday to honour two promising baseball players who were gunned down in a horrific murder-suicide in Alberta last week. Dozens of staff and students put on baseball gloves and [...]

Posted On : Dec, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Something's Fishy _ Marlins Become Big Players

Jeffrey Loria watched the news conference from the second row, beaming like a proud parent as Heath Bell talked about his new love for the Miami Marlins and reuniting with Jose Reyes. Trying to make a quick getaway, the owner was surround [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Three American Jewish baseball players to help Israeli team

Three Jewish former major leaguers will help Israel field a competitive team in next year’s World Baseball Classic. Shawn Green, Brad Ausmus and Gabe Kapler met this week in Los Angeles with Israeli baseball officials and promised t [...]

Posted On : Nov, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Young Japanese Baseball Players Meet Secretary of State, Cal...

Nearly two starting lineups-worth of young Japanese baseball and softball players assembled at the U.S. State Department Tuesday to kick off a three-week sports exchange. They met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Hall of Fame base [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

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

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

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

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 [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Alex Rodriguez worried about payments to ex-Rangers players

Alex Rodriguez filed an objection to aspects of next week's auction of the Texas Rangers, saying he and other former players may not get the millions owed them. Rodriguez is due $24.9 million in deferred compensation six years a [...]

Posted On : Jul, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

Eight local baseball players drafted on Day 3

Eight players with local ties were selected during the three-day Major League Baseball first-year players draft that concluded early Wednesday afternoon. All 1,525 drafted players have until Aug. 15 to sign a contract with the team that [...]

Posted On : Jun, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Fewer Black Players but More Diversity in MLB

A new report shows Major League Baseball equaled its best grades for racial and gender diversity hiring, even as the percentage of black players dropped again last year. MLB received an A for race and a B for gender hiring on Wednesd [...]

Posted On : Apr, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Players, clubs rush to settle in arbitration

Players and clubs rushed to settle salary arbitration cases before the scheduled exchange of figures Tuesday. Twelve more players reached agreements Monday, leaving 110 set to swap salaries among the 128 who filed for arbitration last Frida [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Several area baseball players selected on final day of MLB d...

Three of the South Bay's top high school baseball players of the last few years were drafted on the final day of the Major League Baseball amateur draft Thursday.Westchester outfielder Chris Jacobs, El Camino College pitcher Kyle Petter and [...]