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facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest This isn’t what anyone would call a ‘pitchers’ duel’.  On Saturday night, the seventh-ranked Minnesota State baseball team demolished Bemidji State by 21 runs in a Division II tilt. That’s an abnormally large margin of victory in baseball, but what was even more abnormal was the fact that Bemidji State scored 20 runs of their own.  MORE: Martinez, Gomes injured in Tigers/Indians | Mets’ Mejia suspended 80 games  Mavs break…

Starting pitcher projected Game Scores for April 12 2014 Statistics Past 21 Days GS Team Name T Opp W-L ERA WHIP W-L ERA WHIP 74 Felix Hernandez R @Oak 15-6 2.14 0.92 1-1 1.80 1.03 71 Max Scherzer R @Phi 18-5 3.15 1.18 3-0 2.36 1.35 70* Chris Sale L Min 12-4 2.17 0.97 1-1 2.84 1.16 64 Tyson Ross R SF 13-14 2.81 1.21 0-1 12.00 2.33 63 Alex…

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Don’t expect to get two bands with this. Photo: Apple Recently, Apple sparked a little bit of confusion when they announced that every Apple Watch Sport would contain two separate bands. People interpreted that to mean that it shipped with two complete bands: one for small and medium wrists, and one for large wrists. But the truth is more complicated. Bad news for swappers. The confusion over the Apple Watch…

MONS-EN-PÉVÈLE, France—When Daniel Accou closes his eyes, he sees cobblestones. Half a century of working on them will do that to you. On winding roads all over the Nord-Pas de Calais region, here by the Belgian border, he laid and re-laid them until he was doing it in his dreams. “The cobbles are my religion,” he said. Bicycle racing is a close second. This is France’s cycling heartland and the…

The Dutch Eredivisie match between FC Utrecht and Ajax Amsterdam held at Stadion Galgenwaard on April 5 in Utrecht, Netherlands. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) It was a beautiful day for soccer in the Dutch town of Utrecht. Spring sunshine filled the stadium as the local team, FC Utrecht, kicked off against perennial powerhouse Ajax Amsterdam. As the beautiful game slowly played out on the field, however, things in the stands quickly got ugly. “Hamas,…

USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Gluck breaks down the Duck Commander 500.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred stands on the field before a game between the Los Angeles Angels and Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field.(Photo: Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports) Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said Friday that the crime of betting on baseball is worse than using steroids, while appearing on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Those statements do not seem to help the case of Pete Rose, who has applied for reinstatement from…

Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel has been released from an undisclosed treatment center, multiple sources tell FOX Sports 1 Insider Bruce Feldman. Manziel entered the facility — that specializes in drug and alcohol treatment — in late January. One source said the second-year player seems to have really matured quite a bit in the past few months but added that it’s a tough road ahead. ESPN was first to report…

The Dutch Eredivisie match between FC Utrecht and Ajax Amsterdam held at Stadion Galgenwaard on April 5 in Utrecht, Netherlands. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) It was a beautiful day for soccer in the Dutch town of Utrecht. Spring sunshine filled the stadium as the local team, FC Utrecht, kicked off against perennial powerhouse Ajax Amsterdam. As the beautiful game slowly played out on the field, however, things in the stands quickly got ugly. “Hamas,…

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Listen, we know it’s tough to catch up on everything happening in the baseball world each morning. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage, and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day. Trying to find all of it while on your way to work or sitting at your desk just isn’t easy. It’s okay, though, we’re going to do the heavy lifting for you each…

A full day of action creates a lot of opportunity to make some money in daily fantasy baseball, but you have to make sure you grab the right players for your team. With so many top pitchers available, you shouldn’t be afraid of spending a high percentage of your budget on the big names while saving money elsewhere. Just make sure you don’t end up wasting it on the wrong…

Fantasy players are obsessed with what’s next. Rosters are littered with closers-in-waiting, and businesses have been built on the scouting and analysis of the game’s best prospects. But no “next” takes hold of a fantasy player stronger than the preoccupation with finding the new version of an out-of-nowhere breakout. In 2014, there were a host of unexpected fantasy surges — J.D. Martinez, Carlos Carrasco, Michael Brantley, Corey Kluber, Josh Harrison,…

Atlanta (CNN)A passenger on an Atlanta-bound Air Canada flight told a CNN reporter on the plane Friday that a stranger sitting behind him tried to choke him. Oliver Minatel, 22, said he was sleeping on Air Canada Flight 8623 from Toronto when he felt something around his neck. “With a rope, something that he has, he just jumped on me. That’s what happened,” Minatel told CNN’s Paula Newton moments after…

The Dutch Eredivisie match between FC Utrecht and Ajax Amsterdam held at Stadion Galgenwaard on April 5 in Utrecht, Netherlands. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) It was a beautiful day for soccer in the Dutch town of Utrecht. Spring sunshine filled the stadium as the local team, FC Utrecht, kicked off against perennial powerhouse Ajax Amsterdam. As the beautiful game slowly played out on the field, however, things in the stands quickly got ugly. “Hamas,…

The Dutch Eredivisie match between FC Utrecht and Ajax Amsterdam held at Stadion Galgenwaard on April 5 in Utrecht, Netherlands. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) It was a beautiful day for soccer in the Dutch town of Utrecht. Spring sunshine filled the stadium as the local team, FC Utrecht, kicked off against perennial powerhouse Ajax Amsterdam. As the beautiful game slowly played out on the field, however, things in the stands quickly got ugly. “Hamas,…

I thought the sport band came with 1 1/2 bands rather than 2 full ones? Err thought it was confirmed that you only get one and a half bands with the sport straps? I thought you only got 1 actual band then the other 1 is a s/m or m/l but its only half the strap? Photos popped up the other day that the Sport band comes…

The Dutch Eredivisie match between FC Utrecht and Ajax Amsterdam held at Stadion Galgenwaard on April 5 in Utrecht, Netherlands. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) It was a beautiful day for soccer in the Dutch town of Utrecht. Spring sunshine filled the stadium as the local team, FC Utrecht, kicked off against perennial powerhouse Ajax Amsterdam. As the beautiful game slowly played out on the field, however, things in the stands quickly got ugly. “Hamas,…

Sad Torii.(Photo: AP) In late April of 2006, the Twins visited Comerica Park in Detroit for a three-game series and were outscored 33-1. They would go on to win the AL Central. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say the same thing isn’t gonna happen in 2015. The Twins just opened the season with a three-game series in which they were outscored 22-1. Only an error by Tiger…