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Why Baseball Has More Money Power than Football | The MMQB … – Sports Illustrated
We spent a day with first-year Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay as the youngest coach in the NFL attempts to make his mark on his team at a recent minicamp. Welcome to Baseball Week. As training camp approaches and baseball takes a break for its mid-summer classic, The MMQB presents a week of stories on the crossover between hardball and football. I recently wrote about the…
The Home Run Derby is pure, uncut baseball candy – SB Nation
Here is a conversation between Charlotte Wilder and Grant Brisbee as they sat at the Home Run Derby and marveled at the dingers. Both of them came to the same realization that this event is truly marvelous at the same time, and rather than write two articles, figured they’d work through their excitement and thoughts together. Grant Brisbee: HELL YEAH, DINGERS! Charlotte Wilder: I am beyond excited for the dingers,…
Aaron Judge could be next face of baseball, commish says – ESPN
Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge is the kind of player “who can become the face of the game.” The rookie rises: Aaron Judge meets the hype with Home Run Derby power show The Yankees’ star slugger walked into Miami with every eye at Marlins Park and beyond on him. Instead of folding under the…
Stars aplenty, but does ‘The Face of Baseball’ exist right now? – USA TODAY
x Embed x Share CLOSE While becoming an All-Star is a great honor, what a player does in the game could leave a lasting impact on his legacy. USA TODAY Sports Aaron Judge leads the majors with 30 home runs at the All-Star break.(Photo: Steve Mitchell, USA TODAY Sports) MIAMI — In time, the gathering of young talent at this 88th All-Star Game might be remembered as one of the finest…
Fox Sports pushes ahead by poaching another ESPN analyst – New York Post
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Paul George On OKC, The Trade, And KD’s Advice – Sports Illustrated
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — The Conejo Valley lunch crowd was confronted by an alarming image Monday afternoon on the 3100 block of Willow Lane: Paul George lying face down on the floor of a 5,000-square-foot warehouse, garage doors open to the street, cursing under the weight of six 20-pound metal chains draped across his back. This is where George has spent the past three months, at ProActive Sports Performance in…
Olympics Officials Moving Closer to Giving Bids to Paris and Los Angeles – New York Times
Thomas Bach of Germany, president of the I.O.C., has called for an overhaul of the bidding process, saying that too many cities spend millions of dollars as candidates only to go away as losers and become reluctant to bid again. The awarding of two Olympics at the same time will alleviate that concern for the Summer Games for at least the next decade. Advertisement Continue reading the main story The…
NASCAR’s rebranded Richmond Raceway announces $30 million infield redevelopment project – Richmond.com
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Why Baseball Has More Money Power than Football – Sports Illustrated
We spent a day with first-year Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay as the youngest coach in the NFL attempts to make his mark on his team at a recent minicamp. Welcome to Baseball Week. As training camp approaches and baseball takes a break for its mid-summer classic, The MMQB presents a week of stories on the crossover between hardball and football. I recently wrote about the…
Stars aplenty, but does ‘The Face of Baseball’ exist right now? – USA TODAY
x Embed x Share CLOSE While becoming an All-Star is a great honor, what a player does in the game could leave a lasting impact on his legacy. USA TODAY Sports Aaron Judge leads the majors with 30 home runs at the All-Star break.(Photo: Steve Mitchell, USA TODAY Sports) MIAMI — In time, the gathering of young talent at this 88th All-Star Game might be remembered as one of the finest…
Major League Baseball boss says Charlotte ‘a possibility’ for expansion one day – Charlotte Observer
Could Charlotte one day land a Major League Baseball team? Speaking at an All-Star Game town hall meeting in Miami Monday night, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said the league is holding off on adding expansion teams until after the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays get new ballparks. But he named Charlotte as a possible expansion city. “The mayor of Montreal has been very vocal about bringing baseball back to…
Aaron Judge is the prototype for baseball’s beefy future – SB Nation
Aaron Judge is America’s dinger sweetheart right now — just an absolute tater moose — and he spent the entire 2017 Home Run Derby sending home runs into the abyss, saving us from the problems those rogue baseballs would have caused us if they were allowed to live among us. Judge is an earthquake of a man. He won the Home Run Derby with long, long, long home runs, and…
Predictions of lavish free-agent spending in baseball could be at odds with cable TV’s fragile state – Los Angeles Times
If the 2018 season represents a rainbow, there are many, many pots of gold waiting at the end of it. So goes the conventional wisdom that has settled over the major leagues, and here at the All-Star game. The greatest free-agent class in major league history is coming, and with it the greatest wave of spending. Bryce Harper is the star of the class, and $400 million is considered an…
Aaron Judge Is What Happens When You Let Paul Bunyan Play Baseball – The Ringer (blog)
Aaron Judge is 7 feet, 4 inches tall and 372 pounds. He was born to a lighthouse keeper and a fisherman and grew up carrying small boulders up hills to build character and find additional sources of fiber. It was he who, while on vacation, noticed a leak in a Dutch dam and kept his finger in it until the villagers could come repair the hole. Everyone he has ever…
Stars aplenty, but does ‘The Face of Baseball’ exist right now? – USA TODAY
x Embed x Share CLOSE While becoming an All-Star is a great honor, what a player does in the game could leave a lasting impact on his legacy. USA TODAY Sports Aaron Judge leads the majors with 30 home runs at the All-Star break.(Photo: Steve Mitchell, USA TODAY Sports) MIAMI — In time, the gathering of young talent at this 88th All-Star Game might be remembered as one of the finest…
Predictions of lavish free-agent spending in baseball could be at odds with cable TV’s fragile state – Los Angeles Times
If the 2018 season represents a rainbow, there are many, many pots of gold waiting at the end of it. So goes the conventional wisdom that has settled over the major leagues, and here at the All-Star game. The greatest free-agent class in major league history is coming, and with it the greatest wave of spending. Bryce Harper is the star of the class, and $400 million is considered an…
Baseball’s star rookies specialize in the art of the home run – PBS NewsHour
JUDY WOODRUFF: Professional baseball has reached the midpoint of its season, and it’s turning out to be a most compelling year. Many of the game’s best players are in Miami for the next couple of nights for the midsummer classic, the All-Star Game. Things kick off tonight with the Home Run Derby. Jeffrey Brown takes it from there. JEFFREY BROWN: Another at bat, another home run. Balls are flying out…
Baseball’s Upward Trend Is Leaving Some Players Grounded – New York Times
Reyes, by many measures, is having an awful year. Of the 164 players who qualify for the batting title, only two have a lower batting average on balls hit in play than Reyes does. And the Cubs briefly demoted one of those two players, Kyle Schwarber, to the minor leagues to work on his hitting. So why has Reyes been so bad when he makes contact? Examining the angle at…
As His Popularity Craters, Christie Eyes Another Sharp-Elbow Job: Sports Radio Host – New York Times
“I love getting calls from communists in Montclair,” Mr. Christie responded, adding, “You’re swearing on the air, Mike, you’re a bum.” Advertisement Continue reading the main story It was the unfiltered id of New Jersey — the brash governor seemingly free of any concern with plunging poll numbers, his eye already on his next chapter and the state’s residents at the end of their proverbial rope, grappling with disruptions caused…
At baseball’s All-Star Game, home runs dominate the conversation – Washington Post
MIAMI — The Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers appear unbeatable. The Chicago Cubs appear lost in a post-World Series fog. The Washington Nationals need a closer, the New York Yankees a first baseman, the New York Mets a wrecking ball. Bryce Harper is great again. Aaron Judge is a phenomenon. Mike Trout is hurt (but on his way back). Max Scherzer may be the best pitcher in baseball at…
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