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The traditional knock on baseball is that it’s boring, and this is because it is. We call it the American pastime for a reason: It involves a lot of time, which you pass, either by standing in the outfield praying that no one hits something near you or by sitting in the stands slowly getting drunk. If you’re watching it on TV, it’s either the playoffs or something you have…

DAVID GREENE, HOST: So in baseball, the difference between being a hero and being a lousy cheat sometimes depends on which era we are talking about and which era we are living in. Here’s Pablo Torre, senior writer for ESPN The Magazine. PABLO TORRE: If the Baseball Hall of Fame ever admits that it should be more of a museum and less of a shrine, these last two weeks would…

Ranking, Team, Record as reported by MHSBCA 1. Warren De La Salle, 6-3 2. Saline, 1-0 3. Saginaw Heritage, 2-0 4. Portage Central, 1-0 5. Midland, 1-0 

7:30 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment George Steinbrenner was fuming. At his Seinfeld caricature best, his legendary red-hot anger could’ve melted the phone line. It was a spring day in 1997 and The Boss was demanding to speak with Jean Afterman. Afterman was the vice president of KDN Sports, a Japanese-owned sports management firm based in San Francisco. She and Don Nomura represented the New…

7:30 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment George Steinbrenner was fuming. At his Seinfeld caricature best, his legendary red-hot anger could’ve melted the phone line. It was a spring day in 1997 and The Boss was demanding to speak with Jean Afterman. Afterman was the vice president of KDN Sports, a Japanese-owned sports management firm based in San Francisco. She and Don Nomura represented the New…

Last year was the first year I didn’t have an A’s season ticket package since 2010. I first signed on for A’s season tickets before year five of the “Geren Years.” I think “2011 A’s season ticket salesperson” was probably in the top 10 toughest jobs, somewhere between the Deadliest Catch guys and Coach Carter. I often wonder how many (few?) people decided to jump in and buy A’s tickets…

Buy Photo Marion Harding’s Kwuave Booker and pitcher Sam Mitchell remove their necklaces prior to their game against Northridge on Monday.(Photo: Matthew Hatcher/ The Marion Star)Buy Photo Story Highlights Harding baseball is 7-1 overall and 2-0 in the MOAC Red. The Presidents play Jonathan Alder Wednesday evening at home in a key MOAC game. MARION – Two years ago, Marion Harding’s baseball team suffered through a 1-24 season. Last year,…

I have long believed that the vast majority of polls aren’t worth the paper their results are printed on (Hillary Clinton, I am sure, would agree). For years polls have said baseball is the most problematic of the major U.S. sports and that the game is declining in popularity. Now, to reality. The average MLB team is worth $1.54 billion, 19% more than one year ago (to see the impact on the Forbes SportsMoney…

Michael Pineda had one of the best starts of the young season on Monday, a dazzling 11-strikeout performance against the Rays that saw him take a perfect game into the seventh inning. He was tremendous, recording a game score of 82, the second-highest in baseball through the first eight days of the season. Pineda also had one of the best starts of the 2015 season, when he struck out 16…

Major League Baseball games are too long, attention spans are too short, the fan base is aging and the next generation of fans — kids playing baseball — is down more than 40 percent in the past 15 years . The folks who run MLB are worried. Last year they started enforcing some existing rules — like the batter has to keep a foot in the box between pitches —…

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Albert Pujols hit his 592nd homer and a tying, two-run single in the ninth inning before Cliff Pennington’s drive to the wall capped the Los Angeles Angels’ rally from a six-run deficit for a 10-9 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. Pennington’s single drove in Mike Trout to end a preposterous comeback by the Angels, who trailed 8-1 in the seventh and 9-3 before Pujols homered…

The arrival of Division 3 state champion Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett only makes the Division 1 field all the more power-packed. Returning state semifinalist Hartland has the horses to make a push for its second state title in three years, fronted by second-team all-stater Hunter Delanoy and fellow returners Jack Slavin, Max Hendricks, Cade Martin and Jake Moyer. If Saginaw Heritage can weather the rugged Saginaw Valley League –…

When Marvin Lewis was a kid, he heard tales of his dad, who was a pitcher in the old industrial leagues around northwest Georgia. He said his dad was such a good pitcher that he was in demand from local mill managers who wanted bragging rights. “He wanted a job at one place, and he went there and the manager asked if he played baseball,” Lewis…

A look at the top 25 high school baseball teams in the Southland: Rk. School (W-L) Next (last week’s ranking) 1. SOUTH HILLS (13-3) vs. Mater Dei, Tuesday (3) 2. ST. JOHN BOSCO (13-3) at La Palma Kennedy, today (12) 3. CHATSWORTH (15-2) vs. Miami SLAM Charter at Las Vegas Durango, today (5) 4. HUNTINGTON BEACH (13-3) vs. Edison, Tuesday (2) 5. SHERMAN OAKS NOTRE DAME (13-3) vs. Aliso Niguel…

Nokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher/outfielder Shohei Otani is widely considered the best baseball player outside of Major League Baseball, and the closest thing to a modern-day Babe Ruth proxy .  Yet Otani has again been bit by the injury bug. He skipped the World Baseball Classic due to an ankle injury, and will now miss an additional six weeks due to a strained thigh he suffered while legging out an…

7:30 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment This story is also posted in Spanish. Read it here. FRANCISCO LINDOR REVEALED his stylish and hip side during the 2016 MLB postseason, when he entered the Progressive Field media room wearing a black fedora and two beaded necklaces while carrying a white leather backpack. The Cleveland Indians shortstop looked every bit the young star on a mission to…

Apr 6, 2017 Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment The point is to make you happy. Baseball makes me deliriously happy. Baseball, with standings and leaderboards and the whole deal, nourishes my soul. If following baseball won’t make you happy, please do something that will instead. Nobody wants you to be unhappy. But if baseball offers even the potential to make you happy, I want to help you…

Yadier Molina is among the greatest defensive catchers in Major League history. Thursday may have revealed the source of his powers: He is a human magnet. Otherwise, I don’t know how you would account for what happened when a baseball got stuck to Molina’s catching gear in the seventh inning of the Cubs-Cardinals game.  Anyone a physics major??? pic.twitter.com/MmXr3UqkTc – Cut4 (@Cut4) April 6, 2017 This also explained why Adam Wainwright needed to…

The baseball world lost corner infielder Andy Marte this past offseason at the far-too-young age of 33. He spent parts of seven season in Major League Baseball, but had played the last two years in Korean Baseball Organization for the KT Wiz.  Earlier this week, KT Wiz had their home opener and the ceremonial first pitch was referred to as “sent from heaven” in Marte’s honor. It was a flying…