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Don Trump was not a very great baseball player, according to his stats page on Baseball Reference. In fact, he was just a .222 hitter for the Leesburg Packers in 1952 as a 19-year-old out of Emmaus, Pa. This Trump should not be confused for Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, who has no professional baseball experience despite reportedly being the captain of his high school team. • You’ll…

SCOTTSDALE, Az. — It’s that time of year, the time when agents present executives and owners with elaborate brochures detailing their free-agent clients’ achievements. The statistics chosen by the agents are selective, but often revealing. And while many executives say they learn little from the agents’ work, most owners are less informed. What follows are highlights from the brochures for four players. It is intended to be a sampling, not…

Baseball Oak Lawn: Registration is open for the 2017 season for Oak Lawn Baseball, open to ages 4 to 18. Take advantage of early-bird prices. For more information or to register, visit www.oaklawnbaseball.com. Basketball Palos Hills: The South Side Shooters seventh grade boys team is looking for a few players to fill out their fall/winter roster. For more information or to schedule a tryout, contact Bill Finn, (708) 508-0170. Diving…

Gotham Chopra was in the stands on April 20, 1986 when Michael Jordan lit up the Boston Celtics for 63 points in an NBA playoff game. A wide-eyed, pre-teen boy then, Chopra still recalls the feeling of watching a sports deity register a defining performance against his favorite team at the Boston Garden.  “I remember thinking, ‘Holy shit, this is mythic,’” Chopra says.  SEE ALSO: The ugly intersection of World…

Anna Turley, MP for Redcar, told The Telegraph that a woman entered their meeting room, ostensibly with the purpose of bringing in a tray of sandwiches, and placed a recording device underneath a chair. “I couldn’t believe it,” Ms Turley said. “I watched her put the device on the floor and when she left I said: ‘Bloody hell guys, they are trying to record us.’ It’s not James Bond, more Austin Powers.”…

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Radio host Rush Limbaugh, who once called law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” for speaking out in support of birth-control access, is now defending the Harvard men’s soccer team, Media Matters reported. Last week, Harvard administrators canceled the rest of the team’s season after discovering players had kept an online scouting report that rated Harvard women players’ looks and assigned them a sexual position. The practice had been going on for…

My father was often a mystery to me. Like most men of his generation, he lived in the void between what he felt and what he could say — except about baseball. Even the most inscrutable student of baseball reveals himself over time. When I played, my father was my quiet advocate, observing closely from a spectator’s distance and missing nothing. To the untrained eye, baseball moves at a languid…

SCOTTSDALE, Az. — It’s that time of year, the time when agents present executives and owners with elaborate brochures detailing their free-agent clients’ achievements. The statistics chosen by the agents are selective, but often revealing. And while many executives say they learn little from the agents’ work, most owners are less informed. What follows are highlights from the brochures for four players. It is intended to be a sampling, not…

Kris Bryant, Jon Lester, Kyle Hendricks and manager Joe Maddon are finalists for the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s year-end awards, one year after the Cubs won three of the four National League categories. Bryant is up for Most Valuable Player against Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy and Dodgers rookie shortstop Corey Seager. Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo was not named as a finalist Monday night. Lester and Hendricks joined…

By the time you read this, or don’t read it, the World Series will be over, much to someone’s joy and someone else’s sorrow. But I’d like to talk about something besides who won and or lost. My concern? I can’t figure out why baseball players spit — so often and so vehemently and so publicly. As I watched the series, I sincerely wondered if spitting is required in the…

Dutch did it all. High-school football, lifeguard (when he says he rescued 77 people), captaining the swim team, running track and riding horseback with his beloved Nancy. Reagan was also a sportscaster, calling Iowa football games and broadcasting Chicago Cubs games in the 1930s, including the 1932 World Series best known for Babe Ruth’s called shot. (Reagan rarely went to the games, usually calling them off telegraph reports.) In 1988, while hosting…

Sports Direct’s board has said it did not know about or authorise an apparent attempt to secretly record a group of MPs who paid a surprise visit to its warehouse. Six MPs from the business select committee arrived at the site in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, on Monday after giving the company an hour’s notice. They were accepting an invitation made by the founder and chief executive, Mike Ashley, when he appeared…

SCOTTSDALE, Az. — It’s that time of year, the time when agents present executives and owners with elaborate brochures detailing their free-agent clients’ achievements. The statistics chosen by the agents are selective, but often revealing. And while many executives say they learn little from the agents’ work, most owners are less informed. What follows are highlights from the brochures for four players. It is intended to be a sampling, not…

Washington second baseman Daniel Murphy, who batted .347 for the NL East champions, and Dodgers rookie shortstop Corey Seager also are up for NL MVP. AL batting champion Jose Altuve of Houston, 2014 winner Mike Trout of the Angels and Boston outfielder Mookie Betts are the AL finalists. The MVPs will be announced Nov. 17. The AL Cy Young Award is between Cleveland ace Corey Kluber,…

Kris Bryant, Jon Lester, Kyle Hendricks and manager Joe Maddon are finalists for the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s year-end awards, one year after the Cubs won three of the four National League categories. Bryant is up for Most Valuable Player against Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy and Dodgers rookie shortstop Corey Seager. Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo was not named as a finalist Monday night. Lester and Hendricks joined…

Jack Perry Journal Staff Writer jgregoryperry The temptation is strong, and for some parents, it’s irresistible.  The thinking might go like this: My 10-year-old is tearing it up in Little League. If he plays 12 months a year instead of three, he will improve faster and have a better chance of earning a college scholarship and signing a big professional contract.  It’s apparently a…

The numbers are still not there for lacrosse to become an official championship sport in the Southern Section. According to the Southern Section, there are 91 high school boys teams and 76 high school girls teams for the upcoming season. There needs to be 117 boys teams and 117 girls teams playing lacrosse for the Southern Section to hold championships as it does for such sports as football, basketball, softball…

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