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Baseball: Lesher, Glady lead Severna Park – CapitalGazette.com
George Lesher knocked in three runs in support of winning pitcher Matt Glady as Severna Park defeated Meade, 10-0, on Friday. WP: Glady (1-0). LP: June (0-1). 2B: SP – Milton, Key, Jeffries. RBI: SP – Lesher 3, Milton 2, Jeffries 2, Clark, Key. NORTH COUNTY 13, ANNAPOLIS 4: Jake Murphy struck out six and allowed one hit in four innings in his first varsity start. Jesse Roat belted a…
WeekEnd HaloLinks: Back to Baseball – Halo’s Heaven
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…
BASEBALL 2017: Key dates for the upcoming season – ABC News
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 win its first championship…
Mizzou baseball flirts with history – STLtoday.com
COLUMBIA, MO. • A lot has happened in Mizzou sports the last five weeks. Athletics director Jim Sterk fired his men’s basketball coach (Kim Anderson) and hired his replacement (Cuonzo Martin). Prized recruit Michael Porter Jr. entered college basketball’s version of free agency and has said he could pick Mizzou. Wrestler J’den Cox and long-distance runner Karissa Schweizer both captured national championships. The women’s basketball team earned…
Numbers Don’t Lie: World Baseball Classic Hits Home Run On TV, Attendance, And Merchandise – Forbes
Marcus Stroman #6 of team United States is awarded with the MVP trophy after their 8-0 win over team Puerto Rico during Game 3 of the Championship Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium on March 22, 2017, (Credit: Harry How/Getty Images) Rob Manfred and Tony Clark were smiling. Just a few short months from getting a new labor deal hammered out under tense circumstances and barely under…
Brandon coach’s baseball legacy includes 800 wins – Jackson Clarion Ledger
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…
WeekEnd HaloLinks: Back to Baseball – Halo’s Heaven
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…
The 10 best moments from the 2017 World Baseball Classic – MLB.com
In its fourth iteration, the World Baseball Classic proved to any and all doubters the sheer awesome power of an international baseball competition. With record-setting attendance, exciting play and big moments that likely put a strain on Twitter’s servers when every baseball fan needed to shout “WOW” into the void, 2017’s tournament may have been the best one yet. Now that it’s over, and with 10 days to go until…
2017 World Baseball Classic sets records for attendance, ratings – CBSSports.com
Download the CBS Sports App today and get the latest scores, news and alerts from Major League Baseball, plus get daily MLB picks from SportsLine! At least for America, the 2017 World Baseball Classic was by far the most exciting installment of the event that started in 2006. Sure, USA won, but I would hold that opinion even if Japan ousted my country in the semifinals. There were just so many different moments…
Three high school baseball players kicked off team for using jerseys to spell out racial slur – Washington Post
(Ross D. Franklin/AP) A California high school removed three players from the baseball team after they “manipulated” letters from their jerseys to spell out the n-word and post it on social media, the Ventura County Star reports. Nordhoff High Coach Sean Strben, who was not directly involved in the March 15 incident, also resigned this week. “There have been several issues and incidents of concern related to this year’s varsity baseball…
Cespedes says ‘I think baseball would grow’ if MLB added more Latin culture – CBSSports.com
Download the CBS Sports App today and get the latest scores, news and alerts from Major League Baseball, plus get daily MLB picks from SportsLine! The 2017 World Baseball Classic wrapped up Wednesday night , and one of my favorite parts of the tournament is seeing all the different baseball cultures. Latin American players play with a ton of energy and passion. In Asia the fans chant and sing songs…
Baffoe: WBC Is Baseball The Right Way – CBS Chicago
By Tim Baffoe– (CBS) All right, I’m sold. I used to be anti-World Baseball Classic, caught up in an ignorant “new is bad” obtuse mentality of American baseball consumer and the WBC’s initial appearance to be something terribly Olympic, but shucks if I won’t be tuning into future ones. And what got me? The stripped down, uninhibited love-of-the-game fun of it all. Apologies if it was there in previous years…
Ranking the five best moments of the 2017 World Baseball Classic – CBSSports.com
Download the CBS Sports App today and get the latest scores, news and alerts from Major League Baseball, plus get daily MLB picks from SportsLine! Wednesday night, the United States was crowned the winner of the 2017 World Baseball Classic . They bested Puerto Rico in a one-sided championship game to win their first WBC title. The 2017 WBC featured 40 games across three weeks, not including the four qualifying…
World Baseball Classic title is a perfect end to Jim Leyland’s career – FOXSports.com
LOS ANGELES — His voice cracked. His voice always cracks at times like this, times of triumph and emotion and reflection. This would be the last time for any of that. And Jim Leyland got sentimental, because at his core, that’s who he is, always has been. A few minutes earlier, he had held himself together saying almost the exact same words during the on-field ceremony at Dodger Stadium. But now,…
London, Taliban, World Baseball Classic: Your Thursday Briefing … – New York Times
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Amateur Baseball Players Get High-Tech Bats to Perfect Their Swings – Fortune
Young baseball players may soon be able to improve their swings with the help of sensors and data crunching. On Wednesday, the Amateur Athletic Union, which organizes sports leagues nationwide, said it had partnered with sensor maker Blast Motion to arm players with technology that makes bats smarter. AAU baseball players will have discounted access to sensors paired with a smart phone camera app that collect details like swing speed…
World Baseball Classic enhances Javier Baez’s Cubs preparation – Chicago Tribune
A 8-0 loss Wednesday night to the United States in the World Baseball Classic title game at Dodger Stadium did nothing to hurt the preparation of Chicago Cubs infielder Javier Baez for the 2017 season. In fact, Cubs manager Joe Maddon believed Baez benefited from his participation for Puerto Rico and should be ready for the 2017 season. “His confidence should be soaring,” Maddon said before Baez went 0-for-3 with…
3 Players Who Might Fulfill Baseball’s Quest For A Cultural Icon – The Federalist
The average American can likely identify LeBron James and Tom Brady, who transcend the world of sports and have seeped into the broader American culture. With lucrative endorsements from Nike, Coca-Cola, Under Armour, and UGGS, their faces are plastered across billboards, magazines, and television advertisements. They are routinely photographed rubbing shoulders with movie stars, musicians, and politicians, and have accumulated the statistics and championship pedigree necessary to become fixtures in…
United States Beats Puerto Rico for First World Baseball Classic Title – New York Times
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London, Taliban, World Baseball Classic: Your Thursday Briefing – New York Times
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