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OMAHA, Neb. — Mike Rivera isn’t one to be blunt. He knows exactly where the 2017 Florida baseball team ranks in school history. “I’ll say right now that we are definitely the greatest team to ever come out of Florida,” Florida’s junior catcher said. “We’re the first ones to finish it. No matter what rosters we had in the past. The freshman team that I was on, the sophomore team….

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It’s been a long time since any rookie player in Major League Baseball has made such a huge impact for his ball club, and left such large footprint upon the game in such a short period of time. It’s a rare occurrence, but when it happens, it’s special, and usually marks a new era for the sport.  Sixteen years ago Ichiro Suzuki came to play in America just a few…

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) Tim Tebow knows he can still improve on everything. Given his numbers, that’s obvious. If he’s the world’s most popular minor league .220 hitter, that’s just fine with the new left fielder for the St. Lucie Mets. Called up to the New York Mets’ advanced Class A affiliate in the Florida State League earlier this week, Tebow was batting eighth for his debut with his…

  Former Atlanta Braves player Keith Lockhart’s teenage son is battling for his life after being hit in the face with a baseball during a tournament game last week, multiple outlets report. Lockhart’s son, 15-year-old Jason Lockhart, was playing in a South Carolina baseball tournament on June 17 when he was hit by a ball as he crossed home plate, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The catcher was throwing the…

OMAHA, Neb. — In recent years, no one has developed pitchers like the Florida baseball team. And Tuesday night, the mythos of the school’s next legend might just begin. Florida baseball coach Kevin O’Sullivan sends Tyler Dyson to the mound for Game 2 against LSU. A freshman from Bradenton, Fla., Dyson is 3-0 with a 3.55 ERA in 33 innings and 23 appearances in 2017. Only one of those outings was a…

The eye test is enough. Byron Buxton is fast. Whether he’s running full-tilt through center field or coaxing a throwing error out of a scrambling infield, Twins fans have long pegged Buxton as one of the speediest players in the big leagues. Thanks to MLB’s Statcast, they now have proof. Statcast introduced Sprint Speed back in April, a metric described by MLB.com in the following terms: “How many feet per second…

Williams, whose NL record Steve Garvey later broke, understands why so few of today’s players are interested in being in the lineup 162 games. “With today’s travel and the excitement and the pressure, with so many things that are going on, managers give players rest now,” Williams said. “Once a manager sees someone struggle, not swinging the bat well, he takes him out of the lineup. It’s better for the…

Williams, whose NL record Steve Garvey later broke, understands why so few of today’s players are interested in being in the lineup 162 games. “With today’s travel and the excitement and the pressure, with so many things that are going on, managers give players rest now,” Williams said. “Once a manager sees someone struggle, not swinging the bat well, he takes him out of the lineup. It’s better for the…

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A federal appeals court on Monday said professional minor league baseball is exempt from U.S. antitrust laws, and rejected an appeal by players who complained that their wages were kept artificially low. By a 3-0 vote, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said minor league baseball falls “squarely” within the “business-of-baseball” antitrust exemption that the U.S. Supreme Court granted the sport in 1922. “The employment contracts…

Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw has been the presumptive Best Pitcher In Baseball for so long that it might as well be printed on the front of his baseball card. Since his debut during the 2008 season, Kershaw has over 10 more wins above replacement than any other pitcher in the game — his former Dodgers teammate Zack Greinke is a distant No. 2 — and he has consistently…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Our experts are here to provide the best hitters and pitchers for you to build your daily fantasy baseball lineups around on Monday. Hitters to build around Leo Howell: Cody Bellinger, Los Angeles Dodgers I don’t think there’s a price that would be too high for Bellinger tonight. His mound opponent on Monday, Ricky Nolasco, has allowed 10 earned runs over his…

A Cubs scout’s son has been placed on life support and is receiving serious medical attention to treat profuse bleeding after he was hit in the face with a baseball. Jason Lockhart, the son of Keith Lockhart, was hit June 17 while crossing home plate at a South Carolina tournament. Lockhart, 15, was originally given stitches to treat his injury. But two days after the incident, Lockhart began to bleed profusely…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Some things to know as Florida (50-19) and LSU (52-18) play for the national championship in the best-of-three College World Series finals starting Monday night: WHO IS THIS GUY? LSU is short on starting pitching because of a forearm injury to Eric Walker, so coach Paul Mainieri is throwing right-hander Russell Reynolds in Game 1. Reynolds has made 14 appearances this season,…

The New York Mets promoted the hottest player in the minor leagues on Sunday, and it didn’t take long for people to question why. The guy is hitting .222 with three home runs and 69 strikeouts in 63 games. Normally, that kind of performance would get a player a demotion. Tim Tebow is not a normal player. He really is the hottest player in the minor leagues. Not by old-fashioned…

OMAHA, Neb. — In the convention hall rising behind TD Ameritrade Park’s center-field stands is a cross section of memorabilia from the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, a movable feast of the game’s greatest feats and most memorable players. It’s making a layover here during the College World Series. In that treasure trove is a quote from the writer Loudon Wainwright Jr., blown up in big…

x Embed x Share CLOSE Ryan Roper leads off in the first inning of the first Dover Blue-White Challenger All-Star Game. Jerry Smith Buy Photo White team player Gabe Summers runs to second base with Shawn Mannering, his “buddy” from the First State Hornet 13U travel baseball team during the Blue-White Challenger All-Star Game held Saturday at Dover Little League.(Photo: Jerry Smith/The News Journal)Buy Photo It’s challenging sometimes to get…

x Embed x Share CLOSE All-South Texas Baseball MVP: Ray’s Nick Loftin Wochit Buy Photo All-South Texas Baseball MVP Nick Loftin from Ray High School poses for a photo Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Corpus Christi.(Photo: Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times)Buy Photo MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Nick Loftin, Ray Loftin did just about everything for the Texans this season in what was the program’s deepest playoff run in more than 60 years. As a…