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Young baseball players in Salinas had a big day Saturday. The Junior Giants held their big opener and Hartnell College hosted a baseball workshop with former pro baseball players. The Junior Giants are part of the Salinas Police Activities League, with officers serving as coaches. More than 1,000 young players signed up to play in the free league. Salinas Junior Giants Director Angel Gonzalez said this is a way to…

Buy Photo Morristown-Beard’s MVP pitcher Pat Davis (7) celebrates after Tyler Faccenda’s game-winning single to center during the Morris County Tournament final.(Photo: Bob Karp/Staff Photographer)Buy Photo John Sheppard was asked to say a few things about his Morristown-Beard baseball team. Sheppard, who was in his 23rd season as the head coach of the Crimson, saw a glimmer of light before the 2016 season. He told the players “they had to…

Buy Photo Crime news(Photo: The Register)Buy Photo Boyer Valley of Dunlap baseball coach Jay Petersen has been suspended for the rest of the season following his arrest Friday on a  charge of public intoxication. The incident occurred after the team’s game at Coon Rapids, according to Coon Rapids Police Chief Joel Roetman, who was notified around 9:45 p.m. Friday that a person was consuming alcohol at the baseball field. Roetman…

Thomas Hatch has been nothing short of amazing this season for Oklahoma State. The Cowboys ace had a scoreless innings streak of 25 entering the third and decisive game between OSU and Arizona for a trip to the College World Series Finals. That streak ended and so did OSU’s season. Hatch was chased off after just two innings and giving up four runs. A tough game to struggle in. Oklahoma…

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Buy Photo Crime news(Photo: The Register)Buy Photo Boyer Valley of Dunlap baseball coach Jay Petersen has been suspended for the rest of the season following his arrest Friday for public intoxication. The incident occurred after the team’s game at Coon Rapids, according to Coon Rapids Police Chief Joel Roetman, who was notified around 9:45 p.m. Friday that a person was consuming alcohol at the baseball field. Roetman said he approached…

“It’s happening,” Minnesota State High School League associate director Kevin Merkle said. “Vermont and Colorado already have one and Alabama has something in place for next season.” Texas, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Arizona and Washington high school leagues are also in the process of changing the limit for high school pitchers from innings to pitches. The MSHSL has a proposal in place that it is currently receiving feedback from high school coaches….

Welcome to today’s daily fantasy post! Remember that you can find our posts on the brand-spanking new DFS home page, as well as the fantasy page. Bookmark those sites now! Let’s get to today’s interesting facts, using DraftKings prices. Five Things to Watch: 1. Here are the three highest projected over/unders, provided by OddsShark…   2. Weather: We should be all clear for Sunday. 3. You down with BvP? Alex Rodriguez is…

It has taken two epic complete-game performances from junior ace Andrew Beckwith and a clutch outing from the bullpen in the other win to get the Coastal Carolina baseball team to this point, one victory away from reaching the best-of-three championship at the College World Series. So where do the Chanticleers turn at this point on the mound as they return to TD Ameritrade Park to play TCU one more…

Who has won America’s summer of soccer – ESPN or Fox Sports? To frame the question in this binary is to ignore, of course, the claim of another channel perhaps more familiar to the occasional American football fan. For long stretches of the winter, while MLS is in hibernation, the summer international tournaments are either long forgotten or far in the future, and the people of this country turn their…

Like a lot of people heading into retirement, Tony Stewart is relishing having the free time to do the things he wants. And in the case of the three-time NASCAR champion it’s the opportunity to see events outside of stock-car racing firsthand. Stewart, who’s been competing in NASCAR’s premier division since 1999, has grown weary of a season that begins in mid-February and concludes in middle November, a schedule…

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i Sports Minister George Hilton (top right) visits the Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory in Rio de Janeiro last month. The lab, which had been set to test samples from Olympic athletes in August, has been suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Felipe Dana/AP hide caption toggle caption Felipe Dana/AP Sports Minister George Hilton (top right) visits the Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory in Rio de Janeiro last month. The lab, which…

Suddenly there was a hush over Jelacic Square in the center of Zagreb: Around 20,000 soccer fans who had gathered to watch the game at the largest public viewing venue in the Croatian capital were speechless when they saw the images on the giant screen. In the 86th minute of the match, when Croatia was leading 2 -1 against the Czech Republic, Croatian fans sent fireworks, flares and…

Police are investigating an alleged hazing incident involving members of the Cooper City High School baseball team. A player and his mother reported a series of incidents involving sodomy to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office earlier this month. They occurred March 21-25, while the team was competing in a tournament in Altamonte Springs. While at a hotel, the player was held down, had his pants pulled down and his underwear…

i It used to be that if you were a pitcher and you blew out your ulnar collateral ligament — the ligament that holds your elbow together — you were done. Goodbye, playing days. That was the verdict that Tommy John, then a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, was handed down when his elbow went pop. But he was dogged and lucky and just happened to be under the…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville University didn’t have to go far to find a new baseball coach who also happens to be an alumnus and former JU player as assistant coach Chris Hayes was named head coach Friday. “I believe in promoting our own talent where appropriate and with Chris we not only have that opportunity, but, we proudly are getting a JU alumnus and Jacksonville guy,’’ Athletic Director Alex Ricker-Gilbert…