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Right-wing scold Phyllis Schlafly wants baseball to look like it did in 1944: ‘American players are better’ – Raw Story
Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly wants to return to baseball’s good old days — which she pinpoints as 1944 — and ban foreign-born players from playing professionally in the U.S. The 91-year-old author and retired attorney established her baseball bona fides by recalling when she attended the World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns during the second-to-last year of World War II, when many of the best…
High school students host clinic for youth baseball league targeted by thieves – Fox 59
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (February 29, 2016) – A group of teens are doing their part to help at-risk kids learn the game of baseball. They are hosting a special camp Monday night for Douglass Little League members. The league faced a big blow last fall when thieves targeted their clubhouse. The event was organized by Brebeuf Jesuit student Hugh Pebworth. He plays baseball at the high school and recruited some of…
Baseball toughens up on chew as sky darkens for big dippers – News & Observer
Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz spit some chew into a bottle at his locker, then dipped into the latest notice from baseball. Big leaguers are now getting a written reminder that smokeless tobacco is banned at stadiums in Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles. One-page letters are being put in clubhouse stalls throughout spring training, where there is no prohibition. The notes come jointly from Major League Baseball and the…
UNC baseball: walk-off welcome – The Daily Tar Heel
Jeremy Vernon | Published 17 hours ago The baseball team celebrates after first year Kyle Datres (8) hit a walk off RBI to secure the team’s 2-1 victory over Oklahoma State University. Photo by Alex Kormann / The Daily Tar Heel Three games. Three players. Three walk-off wins. In its first series at home this season, the No. 14 North Carolina baseball team turned late-inning magic into a sweep (2-1,…
Baseball Oscars: From Papelbon’s choke to Jeter’s fiancee – New York Post
TAMPA — It’s time for the 2016 Baseball Oscars. It’s a simple enough concept: We take the Academy Awards, minus Best Documentary and Best Documentary Short — I could never figure out a way to convert those to baseball-ese — and apply them to the Major League Baseball world of the past 365 days. In the order of Sunday night’s awards show, here we go: Original screenplay: We hadn’t seen anything quite…
For a Natural, Swimming Isn’t Always Easy – New York Times
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US Soccer’s Rebranding Gets an Assist From Virtual Reality – New York Times
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High school students host baseball clinic for Douglass Little League – Fox 59
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (February 29, 2016) – A group of teens are doing their part to help at-risk kids learn the game of baseball. They are hosting a special camp Monday night for Douglass Little League members. The league faced a big blow last fall when thieves targeted their clubhouse. The event was organized by Brebeuf Jesuit student Hugh Pebworth. He plays baseball at the high school and recruited some of…
Leap Day has given us a notable roster of big sports events – FOXSports.com
When we talk about how long it takes the Earth to orbit the sun, we generally say it takes 365 days, but if you really want to get technical, it actually takes 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 45 seconds. As a result, we usually (but not always) end up with one extra day in the calendar every four years to bring things back to even. That day is…
For a Natural, Swimming Isn’t Always Easy – New York Times
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US Soccer’s Rebranding Gets an Assist From Virtual Reality – New York Times
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Projecting Rosters for World Cup of Hockey Participants – ABC News
John Tortorella is juggling two jobs, coaching both the Columbus Blue Jackets and Team USA. Canada general manager Doug Armstrong is worried about disappointing players twice when it comes to making the final cuts to his World Cup of Hockey roster. And Team Europe GM Miroslav Satan joked that he doesn’t ever recall watching this much hockey on TV during his 14-season NHL career, but scouting has kept his eyes…
NASCAR: Jimmie Johnson wins QuikTrip 500 in overtime at Atlanta – Charlotte Observer
Jimmie Johnson was a Jeff Gordon fan when he was a kid growing up in southern California. Johnson’s brother Jarit was a Dale Earnhardt fan. “I have a lot of fun memories of picking on my brother, but (Earnhardt) won a lot,” said Johnson on Sunday, shortly after he won the QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. “So it was tough to always have the upper hand.” Now a six-time…
For a Natural, Swimming Isn’t Always Easy – New York Times
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No. 23 Baseball drops series finale to Stanford – TexasSports.com
Next Game: at Texas State 3/1/2016 – 6 p.m. 104.9 FM The Horn, 1260 AM Listen Live Full Schedule Roster Box Score | Postgame Quotes AUSTIN, Texas—An early Cardinal lead proved too much to overcome as Texas Baseball fell 11-1 to Stanford…
Back on the Auction Block, a 19th-Century Document Essential to Baseball’s Rules – New York Times
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MLB Aims To Speed Up Baseball With New Rules – NPR
ERIC WESTERVELT, HOST: Play ball – spring training starts in just two days. And Major League Baseball will continue its efforts to speed up the game with several new rules. NPR’s Eyder Peralta reports. EYDER PERALTA, BYLINE: Here’s how David Lennon, a sports columnist for New York Newsday, describes plays around second base. DAVID LENNON: I would say it’s always been part ballet and part, you know, UFC. You know,…
Jimmie Johnson wins at Atlanta, ties Dale Earnhardt with 76 wins – Nascar
RELATED: Full race results | Standings | SHOP: Johnson gear HAMPTON, Ga. — With wrecks erupting behind him, Jimmie Johnson took the checkered flag in overtime under caution in Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway — and then he remembered. Almost lost in the euphoria of Johnson’s second straight victory at the 1.54-mile track was the realization that, with his 76th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory, he had tied the late Dale Earnhardt…
Matt Kenseth penalized, black-flagged at Atlanta – Nascar
HAMPTON, Ga. — Matt Kenseth had heartbreak at the Daytona 500 and heartburn at the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500. Kenseth was black-flagged after a penalty on pit road in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, but he didn’t know it. He stayed out after receiving a black flag with a white cross from NASCAR officials, signifying the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet would no longer be scored as completing a lap. The confusion began when the No. 20…
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