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“Baseball just doesn’t have rules from another time, it has an old-fashioned code, too. When you score in baseball, the code says: ‘You better not look too happy about it. . .’ It’s the only game where there’s a ‘right way’ to play the game . . . the way it was played 100 years ago. This code doesn’t exist in other places where they play baseball, like Korea, where bat flipping is an…

Every pro sport gets better in the playoffs — but baseball is transformed. For 10 days — with comebacks, tape-measure home runs, leg-breaking slides, bench-clearing feuds, smart unorthodox managing and scads of rookie stars — the first wave of MLB’s postseason has been cresting. This week, it hit shore with a glorious crash. On Tuesday, generations of fans contorted their faces in glee as the Cubs won a postseason series…

The baseball championships are on and things are looking good for the New York Mets and Chicago Cubs, two teams considered underdogs.

The XZipit home theater recliners let you show team spirit with an embroidered logo.(Photo: DreamSeat) You haven’t experienced Major League Baseball at home until you’ve mounted a big-screen television to your wall and rocked your room with a loud sound bar. Now toss in a smart remote that illuminates when you pick it up off the beer fridge, a near-photorealistic MLB video game to play between broadcasted playoff games and…

Did you know where the term “tabloid” came from? It’s newspaper printing jargon. “Tabloid” just refers to a certain size of paper. Later it started to mean “sleazy,” since some newspapers of that size were pretty sleazy. Not like newspapers of regular size always weren’t. I like tabloids. The free ones you get in flimsy weatherbeaten plastic boxes all over America. There’s things like trucker dating tabloids, with hopeful…

Getty Images Poker is gambling. Everyone knows that. But if poker is a game of “chance,” then why are some people so much better at it than others? For daily fantasy sports sites, that fine line between games of skill and games of chance could determine whether they stay in business. Over the past week, regulators and law enforcement have taken significant interest in the heavily advertised and nominally regulated…

FOOTBALL GOSSIP Scotland manager Gordon Strachan has vowed to make the nation proud again after signing a new two-year deal. (Various) Strachan is confident he can guide the national side to qualification for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. (Various) Celtic defender Efe Ambrose insists that the boo boys won’t force him out at the club, adding that he wants to be part of…

NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup will reach its halfway point Sunday at Kansas Speedway with 12 drivers alive in the Contender Round, the second of four stages in NASCAR’s version of the playoffs. Brad Keselowski, seeking his second championship, captured the Hollywood Casino 400 pole Friday with a high speed of 195.503 miles per hour. However, he was forced to forgo his pit selection as punishment for receiving…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Ex-Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard, 37, has ruled out returning to the Premier League on a loan deal during the MLS off-season after saying he needs rest. (Evening Standard)  Barcelona forward Neymar’s father says Manchester United made an offer for the 23-year-old Brazil international in the summer. (Sun,…

Volkswagenn Hayranları/YouTube See Also Volkswagen’s emissions crisis could hit American bicycle racing close to home and leave USA Cycling, the sport’s national governing body, scrambling to find a new title sponsor if the beleaguered automaker decides not to renew its partnership in the coming weeks. Volkswagen is USA Cycling’s biggest partner, and this is a contract-renewal year. Last month, an investigation by the US Environmental Protection Agency revealed Volkswagen had…

The United States men’s national team’s loss to Mexico in the CONCACAF Cup last Saturday was more evidence that the old model of U.S. Soccer has gone as far as it can. For Team USA to continue to improve, it needs to focus on developing world-class talent, and less on building the team itself. Ever since coach Bob Gansler led a group of college and amateur players to World Cup…

“Baseball just doesn’t have rules from another time, it has an old-fashioned code, too. When you score in baseball, the code says: ‘You better not look too happy about it. . .’ It’s the only game where there’s a ‘right way’ to play the game . . . the way it was played 100 years ago. This code doesn’t exist in other places where they play baseball, like Korea, where bat flipping is an…

As more states scrutinize the daily fantasy sports industry, the office of Nevada’s attorney general said it used DraftKings’ own words and online images as evidence the sites qualify as gambling. A day after Nevada regulators ordered the sites out of the state unless they get a gambling license, a memo issued Friday cited a three-year-old online “Ask Me Anything” interview on Reddit.com where the office of the state’s attorney…

Brad Keselowski won the pole for Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 with a final-round speed of 195.503 mph Friday. But Keselowski won’t get first pick of his pit stall — a perk that comes from winning the pole. Teams pick their pit stalls based on where they qualify. Keselowski and Tony Stewart both received their fourth written warnings for pre-race inspection infractions last week at Charlotte, costing them their picks. Stewart,…

“Baseball just doesn’t have rules from another time, it has an old-fashioned code, too. When you score in baseball, the code says: ‘You better not look too happy about it. . .’ It’s the only game where there’s a ‘right way’ to play the game . . . the way it was played 100 years ago. This code doesn’t exist in other places where they play baseball, like Korea, where bat flipping is an…

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Matt Harvey bringin’ heat, Kris Bryant goin’ deep. Noah Syndergaard firing 100 mph fastballs as Kyle Schwarber swings from his heels. Jacob deGrom rearing back and going right after Anthony Rizzo. In an N.L. Championship Series teeming with top young talent, it’s a classic baseball confrontation: the New York Mets and their power pitching versus the Chicago Cubs and those potent sluggers. “Strength against strength, in some respect,” Chicago executive…

The University of South Carolina’s baseball stadium is about to get a new identity. USC trustees are expected to approve a naming-rights contract with Lancaster-based Founders Federal Credit Union on Friday that will change the name of the Gamecocks’ baseball home from Carolina Stadium to Founders Park. Nicki Nash, senior vice president for marketing at Founders, confirmed the proposed deal Thursday but declined to discuss details. USC Athletic Director Ray…

It happens just about every time there is a big game of any kind in any sport, mayors of cities whose teams are playing bet things their city’s are known for on their team. Honestly, it’s getting a little played out. Fortunately, there is a new trend starting in baseball, transit authorities making bets through Twitter. It started late last month when New York’s MTA and the Los Angeles Metro…

It keeps getting worse for daily fantasy sports companies and the people and organizations connected to them. Last week, amidst news that the New York Attorney General had launched an inquiry into daily fantasy leaders DraftKings and FanDuel, a Florida gaming attorney, Dan Wallach, reported that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa, Florida had opened an investigation into daily fantasy sports operators and convened a grand jury to do so….