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As other baseball writers will tell you, finding a subject to write about during the offseason is pretty tough. It’s especially difficult during that period of time between the end of the World Series and the beginning of the hot stove. So, I enlisted the help of my Twitter followers for the subjects of this post. I simply asked them to name a random baseball player. The only criteria beyond…

Authorities are recommending charges against eight members of a high school baseball team in Florida for a series of alleged hazing incidents during a tournament earlier this year. Eight players from the Cooper City High School baseball team could face charges of simple battery, false imprisonment and sexual battery in connection to the alleged hazing during the tournament in Altamonte Springs in March, according to Altamonte Police Department Officer Evelyn…

SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER Upon the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, many mainstream media outlets and sports pages happily denoted his wonderful devotion to the sport of baseball. But few noted how he used the sport like he used everything else, as a weapon to oppress his people and promote his own desires. In the days after Castro finally died after a 47-year reign of terror over his…

They couldn’t . . . could they? They wouldn’t be so greedy, so shortsighted, so, so . . . foolish — would they? Who’s “they” you ask? The baseball owners and baseball players, the billionaires and the millionaires who are taking talks down to Thursday’s wire, when the current collective bargaining agreement expires. That the sides have the potential to set in motion the first work stoppage in 22 years — the threat of…

Authorities are recommending charges against eight members of a high school baseball team in Florida for a series of alleged hazing incidents during a tournament earlier this year. Eight players from the Cooper City High School baseball team could face charges of simple battery, false imprisonment and sexual battery in connection to the alleged hazing during the tournament in Altamonte Springs in March, according to Altamonte Police Department Officer Evelyn…

Authorities are recommending charges against eight members of a high school baseball team in Florida for a series of alleged hazing incidents during a tournament earlier this year. Eight players from the Cooper City High School baseball team could face charges of simple battery, false imprisonment and sexual battery in connection to the alleged hazing during the tournament in Altamonte Springs in March, according to Altamonte Police Department Officer Evelyn…

Negotiators for big-league baseball players and owners are meeting this week in Irving, Texas, in an attempt to reach agreement on a collective bargaining agreement to replace the five-year contract that expires Thursday. After eight work stoppages from 1972-95, baseball has had 21 years of labor peace. Some of the key issues in negotiations: Schedule rules • Concerned about players getting run down, the sides discussed…

Nov. 28, 2016 2017 Schedule | Purchase Tickets AUBURN, Ala. – Season tickets for the 2017 Auburn baseball season are on sale now through the Auburn ticket office. Season tickets, which cover the 36 game home schedule, are $185 per seat and include all 15 Southeastern Conference games. Auburn University faculty and staff may purchase up to two season tickets for $148 per seat. Fans can reach the Auburn ticket…

Authorities are recommending charges against eight members of a high school baseball team in Florida for a series of alleged hazing incidents during a tournament earlier this year. Eight players from the Cooper City High School baseball team could face charges of simple battery, false imprisonment and sexual battery in connection to the alleged hazing during the tournament in Altamonte Springs in March, according to Altamonte Police Department Officer Evelyn…

The Montreal Expos were the best team in the major leagues. Bo Jackson was playing left field for the Angels. Deion Sanders was playing center field for the Cincinnati Reds. That was the state of baseball in August 1994, in the last days before players went out on strike. The players returned the following year — after the intervention of a judge who now sits on the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor…

A lot of athletes have sports dreams and fantasies, and sometimes they are unattainable — like pitching to a pretend catcher out in the backyard in the World Series. Easthampton native Anthony Redfern’s baseball dream was well within reach. The goal was to play Division 1 college baseball. On Monday, he announced that he accomplished his goal. After Redfern finishes his baseball career at Philips Andover Academy in 2018,…

Authorities are recommending charges against eight members of a high school baseball team in Florida for a series of alleged hazing incidents during a tournament earlier this year. Eight players from the Cooper City High School baseball team could face charges of simple battery, false imprisonment and sexual battery in connection to the alleged hazing during the tournament in Altamonte Springs in March, according to Altamonte Police Department Officer Evelyn…

This will be an article that appeals to the rational side of Major League Baseball’s negotiations with the Major League Baseball Players Association. There will be no appeals to emotion, no fawning mentions of Curt Flood, and no references to Matewan or the young Will Oldham therein. The premise is that Major League Baseball will not end on Thursday. Both sides have too much to lose, not enough to gain…

The five-year process that earned the Chicago Cubs their first World Series title since 1908 has earned them 2016 Organization of the Year honors by Baseball America. The Cubs, who overhauled their baseball operations department after the 2011 season through trades, shrewd draft picks and free-agent signings under the supervision of President Theo Epstein, earned the honor for the first time since the publication started the award in 1982. The…

We’re just a few months away from the onset of the fourth World Baseball Classic — the once-every-four-years global tournament that began play in 2006. Turns out, we could be just a few months away from the end of the World Baseball Classic in multiple senses. That’s because the 2017 tournament could be the final edition of the WBC unless there’s a significant uptick in revenue, according to Cristian Moreno…

Welcome to California Inc., the weekly newsletter of the L.A. Times Business Section. I’m David Lazarus, and here’s a rundown of upcoming stories this week and the highlights of last week. The Dow Jones industrial average topped 19,000 for the first time last week as a long post-election rally continued to boost stocks, with investors betting on higher growth during the upcoming Trump administration. But trading volume has slowed, so…

Fidel Castro’s death over the weekend has, not surprisingly, led to a lot of commentary about the contradictions presented by Cuba’s late dictator. The best and most thorough example I’ve seen so far is the Miami Herald’s extensive, incredibly researched and no doubt long-in-advance written obituary of Castro. Go read it in full if the topic interests you, but nowhere will you read a better handling of the life of…

BOSTON (AP) — Singer-songwriter James Taylor has announced a summer tour of four baseball parks, culminating in a date at Fenway Park, home of his beloved Boston Red Sox. Taylor and his All-Star Band will open the tour July 14 at Nationals Park in Washington. It continues July 17 at Wrigley Field in Chicago; July 29 at AT&T Park in San Francisco; and Aug. 11 at Fenway. Bonnie Raitt is…

x Embed x Share Cuban-Americans gathered Saturday in communities around New Jersey to celebrate the death of Fidel Castro. AP In this Feb. 1, 1959 file photo, a rebel solider from Fidel Castro’s army holds the bat of Detroit catcher Charley Lau who’s playing ball in the Cuban winter league in Havana, Cuba.(Photo: AP) The end for minor-league baseball in Cuba came in July 1960. The Havana Sugar Kings of…

Year 2 is Dave Dombrowski’s chance to show off his creativity. Year 1 was paint-by-numbers. Last offseason, the Red Sox’ plan was clear cut: Find a starter, reliever and backup outfielder. The president of baseball operations signed David Price to a record contract, traded four prospects for closer Craig Kimbrel and signed outfielder Chris Young. The team got better. This winter it’s not so simple. The Red Sox’ obvious needs…