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Just about the entire internet reacted to the Los Angeles Chargers’ new logo on Thursday, and minor league baseball teams are never ones to be left out of the fun.  The Chargers’ new logo bears a striking resemblance (no pun intended) to that of the Los Angeles Dodgers, but with a lightning bolt added to it. In response, several other teams began adding lightning bolts to their own logos, or…

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has already decided three cases under Baseball’s new domestic violence policy.  However, the next case, involving star New York Mets relief pitcher Jeurys Familia, may present the most challenging factual scenario for the commissioner to date. On the morning of October 31, 2016, Jeurys Familia was arrested and charged with simple assault in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident in his Fort Lee apartment.  A criminal…

The progress made by the Marblehead baseball program over the last 12 years is undeniable. So if the mark of a solid coach is leaving a team in better shape than when he found it, the grade for Jason Tarasuik as he steps down as the Magicians’ skipper is all aces. Tarasuik, now 40, made the decision not to return to the bench for the 2017…

+4  Longtime baseball coach Tony Guzzo has returned to ODU, and his hometown of Norfolk, as an assistant coach. On Friday, he receives the Bud Metheny award.  Harry Minium | The Virginian-Pilot NORFOLK I first saw Tony Guzzo’s passion for coaching baseball four decades ago when he burst out of a dugout at Norfolk Catholic High School and began jawing with an…

PRINCETON — Dropping the ball is never a good thing in baseball. Don’t expect the Princeton Baseball Association to allow it to happen again. They have seen the error of their ways.  “We are looking at the future. We are taking the position that you and I will be standing here next year talking about 2018 because they are going to be here,” said Dewey Russell,…

I spend a lot of time writing and reading at a cafe in the heart of Brooklyn. I love the strong coffee and homemade muffins. I’m also fond of a regular named George. Twice a day he comes for a small pot of hot tea, walking around the corner from his house, as fast as his frail 81-year-old legs will take him. George struck pay dirt, trading a few coins…

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has already decided three cases under Baseball’s new domestic violence policy.  However, the next case, involving star New York Mets relief pitcher Jeurys Familia, may present the most challenging factual scenario for the commissioner to date. On the morning of October 31, 2016, Jeurys Familia was arrested and charged with simple assault in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident in his Fort Lee apartment.  A criminal…

I spend a lot of time writing and reading at a cafe in the heart of Brooklyn. I love the strong coffee and homemade muffins. I’m also fond of a regular named George. Twice a day he comes for a small pot of hot tea, walking around the corner from his house, as fast as his frail 81-year-old legs will take him. George struck pay dirt, trading a few coins…

Pitchers and catchers are about four weeks from reporting to camp. That means the offseason is winding down, which in turn means it’s time to figure out who were the winter’s winners and losers. We’re not going to address every team in this space, simply the one that stood out for having arguably the most disappointing offseason: the Detroit Tigers . The Tigers exited last season with 86 wins —…

I spend a lot of time writing and reading at a cafe in the heart of Brooklyn. I love the strong coffee and homemade muffins. I’m also fond of a regular named George. Twice a day he comes for a small pot of hot tea, walking around the corner from his house, as fast as his frail 81-year-old legs will take him. George struck pay dirt, trading a few coins…

Yeah, yeah … same old story. Thin air, great hitting, but they’ll never succeed because they can’t develop — Wait, what’s this? Colorado Rockies starters didn’t combine for the worst ERA in baseball last year? Not even second or third or fourth? Surely, this has never happened before. Actually, it has, just not with any regularity. The deck is stacked so high against them because they play a mile above…

NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey man who admitted to forging the signature of a Major League Baseball executive as part of an office equipment leasing scam will serve four years in federal prison for the crime. A federal court judge in Brooklyn sentenced 41-year-old Michael Conway on Wednesday after the Verona man pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud last February. Conway forged the signature of New…

Since he was 3 years old, Brady Kahle has collected baseball cards. Then, after two of his friends were diagnosed with cancer, Kahle started selling off his collection to raise money for their support. Since February 2016, Kahle has raised more than $13,000, WWLP reported. “I just had a lot of baseball cards and I wanted to help them out,” the Springfield, Massachusetts, boy told the news station….

Kade McClure file Position: Starting pitcher School: University of Louisville Height, weight: 6-foot-7, 235 High school: Mentor For the record: Ranked No. 42 overall draft prospect by Baseball America for the 2017 baseball draft. … Went 12-0 with a 2.54 ERA in 2016. … Will be the Cardinals’ No. 2 starter in 2017. Kade McClure was on the edge…

NEW YORK — A New Jersey man who admitted to forging the signature of a Major League Baseball executive as part of an office equipment leasing scam will serve four years in federal prison for the crime. A federal court judge in Brooklyn sentenced 41-year-old Michael Conway on Wednesday after the Verona man pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud last February. Conway forged the signature of New York…

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Major League Baseball and USA Baseball announced on Tuesday the inaugural “Dream Series,” an event designed to provide both exposure and developmental opportunities to a diverse group of high school pitchers and catchers from across the nation. The Dream Series will take place at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Arizona this coming weekend, kicking off another year of diversity-focused amateur events in 2017. The series joins the Breakthrough Series and Elite…

PETAH TIKVA, Israel –  Israel has just one baseball-specific field, and most Israelis know little about the game. Yet the country has emerged as a potential spoiler in the upcoming World Baseball Classic thanks to quirky regulations that allow it to pack its squad with American pro players of Jewish descent. Major leaguers Ike Davis, Sam Fuld and Ryan Lavarnway were among 10 team members who visited Israel for…

Maybe Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Manny Ramirez and others who were on the cutting edge of the performance-enhancing-drug era eventually will be voted into the Hall of Fame by the general electorate. Maybe last month’s election of former commissioner Bud Selig will be the tipping point. But that’s nonsense. And it’s largely a non sequitur. One new “narrative” to emerge this winter in advance of next Wednesday’s…

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