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Welcome to ‘Marty’s Musings’, my weekly column of numbers summarizing the past week in Major League Baseball. I am your guide for taking an analytic look at the previous week in MLB and previewing some of this week’s starting pitching matchups. In this week’s Musings, a triple play, a no hitter, a slugger hits a milestone, and the best pitcher in baseball crosses a major threshold. We also look at…

The Davidson Wildcats during the regular season went a middling 13-11 in Atlantic 10 play and made the field of 64 only after a title run in the A-10 tourney. They entered the NCAA Tournament with an RPI ranking of 126. If one were inclined toward bad jokes, one might say something like “Haha, lol, that’s more like an RIP ranking,” but I am not so inclined. Anyhow, despite that…

A disappointing end for UH baseball, but the future appears bright Program poised to take next step despite coming up short in regional By Joseph Duarte June 5, 2017 Updated: June 5, 2017 8:03pm ‘); } Like so many times this season, the University of Houston baseball team flirted with some late-game magic. Admitting that “crazy stuff” usually happens to the Cougars at NCAA regional time, coach Todd Whitting watched…

GIF via Robert Roeder on YouTube  Nearly three years after drunk NASCAR fan No. 1 climbed the catch fence during a race at Richmond International Raceway, it happened again Sunday. NASCAR never even threw a caution for this guy, and USA Today reports that local police said he “kicked an officer in the knee” while being taken into custody. This fan, identified by USA Today as John Infanti, was at…

Apply now to be an Entrepreneur 360™ company. Let us tell the world your success story. Get Started » It’s been fifteen years since I worked on the organizing committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and I can’t help but think back to our challenge at the time. In December 1998, the state of Utah felt dejected by a bribery scandal to host the winter games. As…

Welcome to ‘Marty’s Musings’, my weekly column of numbers summarizing the past week in Major League Baseball. I am your guide for taking an analytic look at the previous week in MLB and previewing some of this week’s starting pitching matchups. In this week’s Musings, a triple play, a no hitter, a slugger hits a milestone, and the best pitcher in baseball crosses a major threshold. We also look at…

Mississippi State’s Brent Rooker watches his three run homer against Mississippi fly into the stands in the fifth inning of the Governor’s Cup in an NCAA college baseball game at Trustmark Park Stadium in Pearl, Miss., Tuesday, April 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

It isn’t often that a game scheduled to start in the afternoon ends at 3 in the morning. Arkansas and Missouri State defied logic, by playing a game that did exactly that. It was a strange night all the way through, a six-hour romp that included a reset in the third inning — at 12:35 a.m. The Razorbacks were ultimately victorious, forcing a winner-take all match against Southern Missouri on…

GIF via CrashRacing NASCAR is the butt of many jokes over the fact that they won’t run any of their ovals in the rain. But NASCAR will run on a wet road course. The perfect combination of a soaking wet track and ludicrously powerful stock cars is more fun than anyone deserves to watch, and this Mosport battle is one of the best I’ve watched all year. This clip is…

Jimmie Johnson sped off on the final restart and earned another slice of NASCAR history, winning at Dover for the 11th time and moving into a tie for sixth on the career victories list. Johnson again made an impact Sunday at his favorite track — and he worked hard to take this checkered flag. He was forced to start from the rear of the field because of a gear change,…

A quarter century later, coach Acuna’s soccer players use a gym floor instead of a field baked in sunshine. They play four versus four, not the beautiful game’s universal 11 on a side. “When you play soccer, you’re not a rich kid. You’re not homeless. You’re not Muslim. You’re not Catholic,” Acuna says. “You’re just a soccer player.… I think one reason so many play is because it takes you…

Toughest high school opponent: Team-wise, definitely Parkview just because they’re so sound all-around. One to nine, every single one can hit, and they play very good defense, and they usually have one or two (Division I) arms that can throw. The toughest pitcher I’ve faced is probably Brant Hurter of Woodstock. He’s 6-6 and long to the plate. He can run it up to 92, 94 mph, and it looks…

CORVALLIS, Ore. >> The best season in the long history of Yale baseball came to an end in the most appropriate of ways. It came a game after setting the school record for wins in a season. It also came a game after the first multiple-victory NCAA Tournament showing since 1948. The final blow was delivered by the clear-cut, best team in the country in…

Starting pitcher: Carlos Martinez ($12,500) is the best pitcher on the board, but his matchup at Cincinnati isn’t great, and he’s so much more expensive than the rest of the SPs … Dan Straily ($9,100) looks solid against the Cubs if you get used to the idea that we’re two months into the season and the Cubs still aren’t hitting. But don’t you get the feeling that they have to…

Is it possible to play the roles of both David and Goliath at the same time? Yes it is — if you are Davidson. Davidson’s baseball team slew Goliath – twice – over the weekend. The Wildcats edged North Carolina, the No. 2 overall seed in the country, for the second time in three days Sunday night, winning 2-1 in a dramatic game that featured a Tar Heel being thrown…

The Warriors, on the other hand, have plenty of room for error. Talent allows that. It covers up the mistakes. Klay Thompson couldn’t shoot the ball in Game 1 – it didn’t matter. He played tough defense and Durant and Curry went off and the Warriors won easily. When you have four of the best 25 players in the league on your team, one of them can have an off…

Sky Sports News HQ understands Juventus have agreed a deal in principle to sign Wojciech Szczesny for €16m (around £14m) from Arsenal. The Italian champions have reached agreement with the Poland international over a four-year contract worth £3.5m per season. Szczesny has impressed the domestic double-winners during a two-season spell on loan at rivals Roma, who finished runners-up to Juventus in Serie A this season. However, the 27-year-old is likely…

If you grow up in California where there are no Hardee’s restaurants, and your favorite NASCAR driver raced a stock car and wore a fire suit plastered with the fast-food chain’s logos, you might begin to think that the stores served an even greater purpose than just serving up just hamburgers and fresh biscuits. That’s how Jimmie Johnson led into this fantastic family vacation story that shows just how much…