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Is Baseball Too Slow? Here’s How Readers Would Fix the Game, or Not – New York Times
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Fantasy Baseball Instant Reaction: ‘Best-case scenario’ doesn’t get David Price entirely out of the woods – CBSSports.com
“He is going to get a second opinion from Dr. James Andrews on his sore elbow.” Baseball fans have been pretty well trained to cringe at the sound of those words. The second opinion is rarely, “My, what a nice elbow you’ve got there.” That sentence is more typically followed by words like “scalpel” and “12-to 14-month recovery process. So, the baseball world (and all of New England) held its…
South Carolina baseball aiming to get ‘rivalry back on track’ against Clemson – SECcountry.com
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jacob Olson felt a difference when he walked into the South Carolina baseball locker room on Wednesday. The first-year Gamecock knew the rivalry between South Carolina and Clemson was something fierce, but that different feeling let the Georgia native know just how much meaning it carries. “You can just feel it in the air,” Olson said. “It’s just different. It’s something that I have never experienced before….
College Baseball: Texas snaps Stanford’s win streak with 4-0 shutout – NCAA.com
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Seven scoreless innings from Nolan Kingham combined with a pair from Beau Ridgeway led No. 21 Texas Baseball (7-3) to its first shutout of the season, a 4-0 win over No. 19 Stanford (6-3) on Thursday night in game one of the four-game series at Sunken Diamond. The loss snapped Stanford’s six-game win streak as well as a 12-game home win streak that dated back to last season. Kingham was dominant…
Mexico’s Estrada found; extortion cited – ESPN
Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment MEXICO CITY — Francisco “Paquin” Estrada, the manager of Mexican League baseball team Bravos de Leon, was found Thursday hours after his club and league officials reported him missing. Authorities, the team and Estrada gave little explanation of what had happened, except to say he was the victim of an extortion attempt. At a news conference, team officials tried to steer questions…
Mexico’s Estrada found; extortion cited – ESPN
Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment MEXICO CITY — Francisco “Paquin” Estrada, the manager of Mexican League baseball team Bravos de Leon, was found Thursday hours after his club and league officials reported him missing. Authorities, the team and Estrada gave little explanation of what had happened, except to say he was the victim of an extortion attempt. At a news conference, team officials tried to steer questions…
College Baseball: Texas snaps Stanford’s win streak with 4-0 shutout – NCAA.com
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Seven scoreless innings from Nolan Kingham combined with a pair from Beau Ridgeway led No. 21 Texas Baseball (7-3) to its first shutout of the season, a 4-0 win over No. 19 Stanford (6-3) on Thursday night in game one of the four-game series at Sunken Diamond. The loss snapped Stanford’s six-game win streak as well as a 12-game home win streak that dated back to last season. Kingham was dominant…
Is Baseball Too Slow? Here’s How Readers Would Fix the Game, or Not – New York Times
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Mexico’s Estrada found; extortion cited – ESPN
Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment MEXICO CITY — Francisco “Paquin” Estrada, the manager of Mexican League baseball team Bravos de Leon, was found Thursday hours after his club and league officials reported him missing. Authorities, the team and Estrada gave little explanation of what had happened, except to say he was the victim of an extortion attempt. At a news conference, team officials tried to steer questions…
Save that money: Baseball’s best contracts – ESPN
4:20 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email comment One of my favorite annual features to put together is our list of best and worst contracts in baseball. You don’t see the impact of money directly on the field during the season, but there’s no denying it has been a crucial aspect of how individual teams are constructed for nearly a half century. Just like most kids have that…
MLB: World Baseball Classic Key to Global Ambitions – Fox Business
Major League Baseball will take the global stage next week in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, a tournament that league executives believe will accelerate the sport’s growth outside the U.S. Continue Reading Below America’s pastime has long had a footprint in countries like Japan, Cuba and Mexico. With the WBC set to begin, baseball hopes to break new ground in China and a host of other countries that will…
Don’t let politics ruin baseball – The Denver Post
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Dexter Fowler criticized President Donald Trump’s travel ban last month, saying it will dissuade him and his Iranian-born wife from visiting family in Iran. Jayson Stark, a longtime baseball writer for ESPN, recently asked whether Major League Baseball players’ lack of political involvement is an abdication of their responsibility as citizens. He asked: “Is 2017 the time for a new code of conduct? Is it time…
Mexico’s Estrada found; extortion cited – ESPN
Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment MEXICO CITY — Francisco “Paquin” Estrada, the manager of Mexican League baseball team Bravos de Leon, was found Thursday hours after his club and league officials reported him missing. Authorities, the team and Estrada gave little explanation of what had happened, except to say he was the victim of an extortion attempt. At a news conference, team officials tried to steer questions…
Is Baseball Too Slow? Here’s How Readers Would Fix the Game, or Not – New York Times
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Save that money: Baseball’s best contracts – ESPN
4:20 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email comment One of my favorite annual features to put together is our list of best and worst contracts in baseball. You don’t see the impact of money directly on the field during the season, but there’s no denying it has been a crucial aspect of how individual teams are constructed for nearly a half century. Just like most kids have that…
Is Baseball Too Slow? Here’s How Readers Would Fix the Game, or Not – New York Times
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Save that money: Baseball’s best contracts – ESPN
4:20 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email comment One of my favorite annual features to put together is our list of best and worst contracts in baseball. You don’t see the impact of money directly on the field during the season, but there’s no denying it has been a crucial aspect of how individual teams are constructed for nearly a half century. Just like most kids have that…
Mexico’s Estrada found; extortion cited – ESPN
Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment MEXICO CITY — Francisco “Paquin” Estrada, the manager of Mexican League baseball team Bravos de Leon, was found Thursday hours after his club and league officials reported him missing. Authorities, the team and Estrada gave little explanation of what had happened, except to say he was the victim of an extortion attempt. At a news conference, team officials tried to steer questions…
Baseball: No. 1 Chatsworth advances to semifinals of Easton tournament – Los Angeles Times
Pitching, defense, timely hitting _ No. 1 Chatsworth is doing it all early in the baseball season. The Chancellors (3-0) advanced to the semifinals of the Easton tournament with a 7-2 win over Dos Pueblos on Thursday in the quarterfinals. Josh Medina threw 5 2/3 innings and also contributed a two-run single. Daniel Zakosek and Zach Kaminkow each had three hits. In other quarterfinals, Harvard-Westlake defeated Newbury Park, 4-2. RJ…
Baseball Makes Changes to Speed Up Game (but Only a Little) – New York Times
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