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Zach Bosland takes the field during the Alexandria Little League re-opening ceremony for Eugene Simpson Stadium field.  (Photo by Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post) The smaller diamond at Alexandria’s Eugene Simpson Stadium Park — Little Simpson, to locals — attracted a reported 4,000 people when it opened for the city’s Little Major Leaguers in 1953. The field’s dimensions were laid out by the head groundskeeper at Griffith Stadium, courtesy…

8:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Twenty years ago, interleague play began. There have been many changes since then — instant replay, two wild-card teams per league, divisional realignment, the All-Star Game determining home-field advantage in the World Series, the steroid era, four fingers for an intentional walk and alterations to sliding rules to protect catchers and middle infielders. The changes have come swiftly, and…

Both candidates in the hotly-contested race for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District condemned an ad that claimed the “unhinged left” endorses attacks like the one that severely wounded House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported an ad from a group called the Principled Leadership PAC surfaced Sunday, just two days before the vote, tying progressives to the attack in northern Virginia that left four people shot, two others…

“I don’t care what side you’re on, no one deserves to have the violence we experienced just four days ago,” Rep. Rodney Davis said. | AP Photo By Hanna Trudo 06/18/2017 09:53 AM EDT Rep. Rodney Davis on Sunday called the shooting he witnessed last week while practicing for the congressional charity baseball game an act of “political terrorism.” Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” the Illinois Republican said the shooter,…

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) watched a Louisiana State University baseball game Saturday evening as he recovers from a gunshot wound. “Steve is watching @LSUbaseball, rooting hard for a big Tigers win tonight! #CWS #LSU,” the House majority whip’s Twitter account said. LSU, which beat Florida State, 5-4, in the College World Series, is the congressman’s alma mater. Steve is watching @LSUbaseball, rooting hard for a big Tigers win tonight! #CWS…

Saint Joseph’s High School celebrated its first state baseball title Saturday.(Photo: Stock art.) Nearly four months ago, St. Joseph’s High School in South Bend was celebrating a Class 3A girls basketball title. Saturday, it celebrated its first baseball championship. Michael Dunkelberger pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only three hits and giving up two walks in a 4-0 victory over Jasper at Victory Field. Jasper threatened early but could not get on…

The College World Series brings together the best eight teams in the nation for an egalitarian battle of double-elimination baseball that often pushes teams and rotations to their breaking points. No one will ever forget the 2016 CWS, when Coastal Carolina had to pitch a damn closer as a starter in the series’ final game just to eliminate pesky Arizona. Long live the Chanticleers. And so Florida State and LSU…

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Alexandria shooting victim and Michigan native Matt Mika is showing “positive results” after undergoing additional surgery over the weekend, and is expected to make a full recovery, his family said. “While we know there will be difficult and challenging days ahead for Matt and our family, the physicians and specialists at Matt’s side expect a full recovery,” the family said. Mika, of Oakland County, is the current…

El Camino Real baseball Coach Josh Lienhard has put together a 16-team summer  tournament for this coming week that he’s calling the Battle of the Valley. It begins on Wednesday and the championship game will be Saturday at Birmingham. First-round games at 5 p.m. on Wednesday: Crespi at El Camino Real; Poly at Taft; Sherman Oaks Notre Dame at San Fernando; Burroughs at Cleveland; Calabasas at Birmingham; Kennedy at Alemany;…

Saint Joseph’s High School celebrated its first state baseball title Saturday.(Photo: Stock art.) Nearly four months ago, St. Joseph’s High School in South Bend was celebrating a Class 3A girls basketball title. Saturday, it celebrated its first baseball championship. Michael Dunkelberger pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only three hits and giving up two walks in a 4-0 victory over Jasper at Victory Field. Jasper threatened early but could not get on…

Saint Joseph’s High School celebrated its first state baseball title Saturday.(Photo: Stock art.) Nearly four months ago, St. Joseph’s High School in South Bend was celebrating a Class 3A girls basketball title. Saturday, it celebrated its first baseball championship. Michael Dunkelberger pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only three hits and giving up two walks in a 4-0 victory over Jasper at Victory Field. Jasper threatened early but could not get on…

The man who shot House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and others at a congressional baseball practice earlier this week had with him a piece of paper with doodles and the names of three lawmakers, according to a person familiar with the case. The person told the Associated Press on Saturday that investigators weren’t sure of the significance of the names and didn’t know whether it was a list of people…

Saint Joseph’s High School celebrated its first state baseball title Saturday.(Photo: Stock art.) Nearly four months ago, St. Joseph’s High School in South Bend was celebrating a Class 3A girls basketball title. Saturday, it celebrated its first baseball championship. Michael Dunkelberger pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only three hits and giving up two walks in a 4-0 victory over Jasper at Victory Field. Jasper threatened early but could not get on…

Asked during a discussion at the College Republican National Committee’s convention to comment on the violent attack on a GOP baseball practice earlier in the week, Caitlyn Jenner quipped, “Liberals can’t even shoot straight.” Video of Jenner’s remarks, which were delivered at a dinner closed to press on Friday, was posted to Facebook Live by a College Republican group in Virginia. “Nobody deserves what happened out there,” Jenner began. “There’s…

James “Tommy” Hodgkinson must not have seen the signs.  They were hard to miss in the Alexandria, Virginia, neighborhood known as Del Ray where he gunned down Republicans playing baseball. “Practice Kindness” yard signs are ubiquitous in Del Ray. If he did see the signs, Hodgkinson must not have taken them very seriously. “Practice Kindness” sign, blocks from shooting (Image Credit: J. Christian Adams, PJ Media ) Del Ray prides…

NPR’s Melissa Block talks to Howard Bryant of ESPN about the latest in baseball, including what’s ahead for the Yankees and the Chicago Cubs.

WASHINGTON — The man who shot House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and others at a congressional baseball practice earlier this week had with him a piece of paper with doodles and the names of three lawmakers, according to a person familiar with the case. The person told The Associated Press on Saturday that investigators aren’t sure of the significance of the names and don’t know if it was a list…

For many fathers and sons, baseball marks the passage of time. It’s like the mythical Terrance Mann said in his famous soliloquy in the movie “Field of Dreams”: “America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time.” A couple of weeks ago, I had one of those moments on a…

x Embed x Share CLOSE The Raiders won 10-4 at Victory Field on Friday, June 16. Dakota Crawford, Joe Spears/IndyStar Buy Photo Cardinal Ritter High School players celebrate upon their victory over Wapihani High School, 2A baseball title game, Victory Field, Indianapolis, Friday, June 16, 2017. CRHS won 10-4. (Photo: Robert Scheer/IndyStar)Buy Photo INDIANAPOLIS — Cardinal Ritter’s first baseball state championship finished with a flourish. Senior shortstop Alex Vela cut…

For three months, James T. Hodgkinson lived out of a white cargo van in a gentrified neighborhood just miles from where U.S. laws are made. Fellow YMCA patrons saw him there most mornings working on his laptop. One bartender said he spent many evenings quietly sipping cans of Budweiser by himself. The Bernie Sanders supporter told his wife he had an interest in tax policy, and he sold his Harley…