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When Todd Houseman became Northwestern baseball coach in 2014, he wanted to build up the program after several middling seasons. But he knew that wouldn’t happen without the players making a stronger commitment to the sport. He began preaching the importance of travel baseball, which lasts through the summer and beyond but is a surefire way to improve. “At the time, we were still Division II. We…

It’s almost time again. From opening day to a couple of potentially big games in September, here are a handful of dates to mark on the calendar: SUNDAY, APRIL 2 Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals: One of baseball’s best rivalries takes on a new look when the World Series champion Cubs kick off their title defense against Dexter Fowler and the Cardinals. Fowler helped Chicago…

COLUMBIA, MO. • After what he’d later call Missouri’s worst-played game of the season, baseball coach Steve Bieser woke up Saturday expecting a better effort from his 18th-ranked Tigers against Arkansas. On Friday, the No. 24 Razorbacks wrecked MU’s 20-game winning streak with a 9-2 win. In their first loss since the Feb. 17 season opener, the Tigers rarely reflected the clutch-hitting, efficient-pitching team that cruised…

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CLOSE x Embed x Share Highlights of Siegel’s 6-4 win over Oakland Friday. Cecil Joyce Buy Photo Siegel’s Zac Pearson, an MTSU recruit, fires to first during a recent game.(Photo: File / Tom Beckwith / For The DNJ)Buy Photo When you lose four key starters and one of the state’s best pitchers off a state championship team, there are going to be growing pains early the following year. Thus far…

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More than a baseball game was on the schedule when the St. Mary’s High School varsity team faced the John Carroll School on Wednesday. The St. Mary’s team held a pregame tribute for John Carroll sophomore Josh Hamer, a baseball player who died from injuries he suffered in a car accident on March 2, in a show of support for Hamer’s mother, teammates and coaches. St. Mary’s head baseball coach…

This week in baseball blogs: The Runner Sports asks whether Orioles third baseman Manny Machado or Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper would make for a better free agent target for the Yankees after the 2018 season. The Unbalanced explains why Team USA’s victory in the World Series Baseball Classic is a big deal. Baseball Hot Corner praises the WBC. Outside Pitch MLB delves into why the White Sox haven’t yet…

Kyle Schwarber recently retreated to his locker following a Cubs morning workout and removed a brace from his left knee, held it aloft and declared: “It’s going to be necessary for a long time.” This is a remnant of the devastating collision with Dexter Fowler during the third game of last season, which shredded the lefty slugger’s ACL and LCL. The more enduring remnant, however, is that Schwarber returned as…

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I was surprised to learn that the former video coordinator with the Miami Marlins thinks that his baseball experience has helped him become a better producer of pornographic movies. Cullen McRae told The Palm Beach Post’s Joe Capozzi that his old job, making baseball videos, has been valuable experience for his new job, making porn videos. “Baseball in a strange way has really helped me prepare for…

Jose Quintana stopped by White Sox reliever Nate Jones’ locker to offer a hug and congratulations Friday morning at Camelback Ranch. Sox closer David Robertson couldn’t get infielder Yolmer Sanchez to stop hugging him. “He’s a big hugger,” Robertson said. Needless to say, the Sox were happy to have their two most important bullpen pieces back at Camelback Ranch after they spent nearly three weeks away to join Team USA…

Buy Photo Chambersburg’s Sean Vessah (3), left, and Kevin Carbaugh collided while trying to catch the ball during a baseball game against Hamburg on Saturday, March 25, 2017. Vessah made the catch and the Trojans defeated Hamburg 4-0.(Photo: Noelle Haro-Gomez, GameTimePA.com)Buy Photo It wasn’t perfect, but it was enough to put a smile on Scott Folmar’s face. Chambersburg opened its baseball season on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at Greene Twp….

South Carolina baseball has moved up the start time for its series finale against Alabama on Sunday to noon so that Gamecocks fans can attend the game, then watch the men’s basketball team in the Elite 8, the school announced Saturday afternoon. The game was originally scheduled for 1:30 p.m., but with Frank Martin’s squad set to face Florida at 2:20 p.m. with a spot in the Final Four on…

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) Get `em on, move `em over, drive `em in. That old-school philosophy doesn’t play in the major leagues anymore. Teams rely more on the long ball than small ball. As a result, the sacrifice bunt is a dying art. There were only 1,025 sacrifices in the majors last season, down from 1,667 in 2011. The average of .21 sacrifices per game in 2016 was the lowest in…

The World Baseball Classic was fun. I know that, you know that, the fans know that. And part of what made this year’s WBC so fun was how much excitement and emotion you could see on the field from players of all countries. Even the members of Team USA—a normally staid bunch that has never quite seemed fully in the flow of previous WBCs—were jazzed as hell to bring home…

Buy Photo Brandon head baseball coach Stacy Hester is all smiles during a game against Yazoo City.(Photo: Greg Jenson, The Clarion-Ledger)Buy Photo If you look at the Brandon “B” on every Bulldog’s hat you’ll notice it bears a striking resemblance to a famous MLB logo, that of the Boston Red Sox. Brandon’s head coach, Stacy Hester, is a small town kid from Greenville with a deep passion for the game…

Ok, now I am not saying that this is real. Mike Trout does not call me up and confide in me. But I do find the coincidence of the timing to be delicious. When Team USA won the WBC the other night, this marked the final MLB participation of Jim Leyland’s career. He goes out on a high note. So he won’t be back for the next WBC, in 2021. This…