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Pedro Strop is a really fun player. He’s the only relief pitcher in baseball who runs out walk-off home runs like the third member of The Bushwackers. He reacts to putting a cheeseburger in Jorge Soler’s Chinese food container like it was Chris Rock’s closer from Bring the Pain. And he celebrates a strikeout like he only found out two seconds ago that the Allies won World War II. To…

By Sam McPherson A lot of fantasy baseball owners like to look smart at the draft in March, picking a minor-league star that is expected to get promoted to the major leagues by June. If all goes well, that owner gets Buster Posey from 2010: a player that performs so well for the remaining four months of the season, he wins a Rookie of the Year award. If all doesn’t…

SALT LAKE CITY — Perennial bottom feeders of the Pac-12, Utah baseball has since moved to the top and is enjoying the limelight of success. It’s a feeling that is “much more special” having known the insurmountable leap Utah made in a single season to be named the outright Pac-12 champion in a league of excellent baseball programs. “This group believed, and I think they had it in their minds…

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Last summer, on a family vacation in a house with 10 very loud children, I attempted to watch a baseball game on the only available television set. It did not go well. My nieces and nephews acted like I was forcing them to watch a process hearing in the state legislature. They groaned and booed. They rolled their eyes. They dropped to the floor and pretended to sleep. Frantic to…

x Embed x Share Officials said joint federal and state forces helped rescue Pulido just before midnight on Sunday.Video provided by Newsy Newslook Mexico’s Alan Pulido consoles teammate Javier Hernandez (14) after the Netherlands defeated Mexico 2-1 during the World Cup round of 16.(Photo: Eduardo Verdugo, AP) CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico – Caught in a real-life win-or-lose challenge, soccer forward Alan Pulido overpowered a kidnapper, freed himself and then called police for…

This is Strength in Numbers, a column exploring the science of sports and athleticism. I welcome your feedback, suggestions and news tips. Email me, leave suggestions in the comments section or tweet to me @CragCrest. Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbaeva wants an opportunity to compete at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this summer. Problem is, she’s Russian. More Science & Health Isinbaeva is the world record holder in her…

Pedro Strop is a really fun player. He’s the only relief pitcher in baseball who runs out walk-off home runs like the third member of The Bushwackers. He reacts to putting a cheeseburger in Jorge Soler’s Chinese food container like it was Chris Rock’s closer from Bring the Pain. And he celebrates a strikeout like he only found out two seconds ago that the Allies won World War II. To…

It was about 10:30 p.m. — not the time of day you’d normally go to a museum. But I went straight there after playing a night game in Pittsburgh in 2012. I had called earlier in the day, talked to the guy in charge and told him I wanted to visit the museum that night. He said it would be closed, but he would open it for me. The museum…

The setting and maybe the uniforms helped Southern Indiana feel at home to pull out a 1-0 win over Angelo State on Monday in the second day of the NCAA Division II Championships. The Eagles, who won NCAA Division II titles here at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in 2010 and 2014, are wearing new uniforms and caps this season modeled after the USA Baseball national teams. With the…

Last summer, on a family vacation in a house with 10 very loud children, I attempted to watch a baseball game on the only available television set. It did not go well. My nieces and nephews acted like I was forcing them to watch a process hearing in the state legislature. They groaned and booed. They rolled their eyes. They dropped to the floor and pretended to sleep. Frantic to…

Much like his 34 other teammates, Oregon State pitcher Bryce Fehmel awoke Monday morning expecting an announcement that the baseball season would last at least one more week. But when the final four teams were announced for the Coral Gables regional Monday during an ESPNU broadcast, the Beavers had not heard their name called in the field of 64. “When the last teams were announced, the room went pretty much…

Scott Googins, the driving force of the Big East coaching staff of the year, has Xavier’s baseball team back in the NCAA tournament for the second time in three years. The Musketeers play at Vanderbilt at 8 p.m. Friday.(Photo: Xavier University) After a Big East Championship title, a bus breakdown and a 16-plus hour journey from Maryland, Xavier’s baseball team barely made it to Buffalo Wild Wings in Montgomery for…

Looking for daily fantasy baseball picks, strategy and advice? This is the DFS MLB Playbook for Tuesday, featuring all the MLB DFS info you need to know from Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. You can bet DFS players will be even more eager to use Reds and Rockies in Coors Field after a 19-run game on Monday. Today’s tilt between those teams also features one horrific starting pitcher for Cincinnati (Jon Moscot) and a Colorado pitcher (Jon Gray)…

The World Anti-Doping Agency, the International Olympic Committee and the International Association of Athletics Federations are facing a real dilemma. Having pushed Kenya towards improving its anti-doping environment, the question remains whether to follow through and deliver the ultimate sanction – disqualification from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Such a move would potentially prove disastrous for Kenyan sport. Athletes would lose the opportunity of participating in the most prestigious event….

The dog was pooping all over the floor. That’s how nervous it was in my house before Game 7 against Tampa. My three little boys were freaking out. They could barely handle it. I guess the dog knew something was wrong. My sons are six, seven and nine, and they are the biggest hockey fans in the world. You really have no idea. I’d say 45 minutes out of every…

Malmö, Sweden — On the face of it, the decision to offer special women’s swimming hours at the Hyllie sports center, a municipal swimming pool in the southern Swedish city of Malmö, should not be contentious. Indeed, Malmö is not alone. According to a survey by the Swedish TV channel TV4, 13 of Sweden’s 100 largest municipalities have begun offering separate swimming hours for men and women. “Our facilities are…