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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 the Class AAA International League were on a road trip playing the Miami Marlins when league president Frank Shaughnessy ordered…

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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…

The post-election pivots keep coming: HBO is indeed selling those blue “We’re Still Here” baseball caps unveiled on the November 11 fall season finale of Real Time With Bill Maher. Although HBO spokespeople were doubtful earlier this month when Deadline asked about the possibility of a hat sale, the channel’s online store HBO Shop is now hawking ’em, right alongside other “New Arrivals” like Game of Thrones crown-shaped Christmas ornaments and $39.95 Vice Principals spanking paddles. The…

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 the Class AAA International League were on a road trip playing the Miami Marlins when league president Frank Shaughnessy ordered…

The idea that baseball helped Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston become better quarterbacks sounds like the kind of flawed reach that’s only discussed to fill time in a pregame show. But this breakdown is fascinating and makes a ton of sense. Trent Dilfer and Matthew Hasselbeck took a look at some of the ways these two quarterbacks were aided by playing baseball. For Wilson, it comes down to the ability…

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…

The post-election pivots keep coming: HBO is indeed selling those blue “We’re Still Here” baseball caps unveiled on the November 11 fall season finale of Real Time With Bill Maher. Although HBO spokespeople were doubtful earlier this month when Deadline asked about the possibility of a hat sale, the channel’s online store HBO Shop is now hawking ’em, right alongside other “New Arrivals” like Game of Thrones crown-shaped Christmas ornaments and $39.95 Vice Principals spanking paddles. The…

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 the Class AAA International League were on a road trip playing the Miami Marlins when league president Frank Shaughnessy ordered…

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…

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 the Class AAA International League were on a road trip playing the Miami Marlins when league president Frank Shaughnessy ordered…

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…

The idea that baseball helped Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston become better quarterbacks sounds like the kind of flawed reach that’s only discussed to fill time in a pregame show. But this breakdown is fascinating and makes a ton of sense. Trent Dilfer and Matthew Hasselbeck took a look at some of the ways these two quarterbacks were aided by playing baseball. For Wilson, it comes down to the ability…

DuBOIS — Every young kid who competes in sports grows up dreaming about playing beyond high school, and that dream has come true for DuBois senior Nick LaBrasca. Not only will LaBrasca continue his baseball career in college, he will do so at the highest level after signing a letter of intent to play at Division I Youngstown State. “To play at YSU, and in the…

The 1967 World Series champion Cardinals will be feted on the 50-year anniversary of that championship at the 59th St. Louis Baseball Writers’ dinner at the Union Station Hotel on Jan. 15. Among the 1967 Cardinals slated to be in attendance are Hall of Fame players Bob Gibson and Lou Brock; Hall of fame manager Red Schoendienst; catcher Tim McCarver, who in is the broadcast wing…

The 1967 World Series champion Cardinals will be feted on the 50-year anniversary of that championship at the 59th St. Louis Baseball Writers’ dinner at the Union Station Hotel on Jan. 15. Among the 1967 Cardinals slated to be in attendance are Hall of Fame players Bob Gibson and Lou Brock; Hall of fame manager Red Schoendienst; catcher Tim McCarver, who in is the broadcast wing…

Fidel Castro, the father of communist Cuba who led the country as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008, died on Friday. He was 90. Castro’s legacy in political history is well-documented. Even in death, it will not be reflected kindly. His beliefs and methods were at the center of many painful moments for families from Cuba, and they were the source of…

Hundreds of Cuban students – shouting slogans against then president Fulgencio Batista – storm a stadium in Havana, interrupting a Cuban league baseball game. Moments later, a young law student by the name of Fidel Castro grabs the ball and takes to the mound. After throwing out a few practice pitches, he faces off against future American Major Leagues’ slugger Don Hoak, before being kicked off the…

Green softballs were being hit all around the Crespi football field on the day after Thanksgiving. The annual over-the-line tournament was back. Suspended last year, the tournament was started by former baseball Coach Scott Muckey in the early 1990s. Muckey passed away last March at the age of 63, but the tournament returned on Friday with 19 four-man teams, and there was a dedication ceremony of a plaque honoring Muckey,…

MAPLEWOOD — More than two years after Columbia High School baseball team’s coaching staff was accused of bullying players, the coaches have been replaced. But supporters of the coaches say the accusations against them were not true, and the years-long battle over the coaches’ positions was an abuse of the state’s anti-bullying law. At a meeting earlier this month, the South Orange-Maplewood school district board of education voted to hire James…