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Baseball season is done. The urge may strike to visit a ballpark, but you’ll find them empty, waiting for the action to return in spring. As always, I conclude my column for the year with a recommendation to help you get through the winter and satisfy that longing for mano-a-mano action while cheering for your favorites during the frosty days to come. All you have to do is pay a…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – For three days, the brain trusts of all 30 Major League Baseball teams gathered at a ritzy resort in this wealthy desert suburb and tried to find common ground. The start of a baseball offseason is traditionally slow, and in a year when a new collective bargaining agreement is due, the action was even quieter. …

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South Carolina coach Chad Holbrook expects two-sport athlete Brandon McIlwain to be back with the baseball team in January. “He’s preparing to be with us,” Holbrook said. “He’s excited about playing baseball here.” McIlwain, from Newtown, Pa., was viewed a potential high-round pick in the 2016 MLB draft before opting to attend USC to play football and baseball. The true freshman has played in seven games as a quarterback for…

Baseball season is done. The urge may strike to visit a ballpark, but you’ll find them empty, waiting for the action to return in spring. As always, I conclude my column for the year with a recommendation to help you get through the winter and satisfy that longing for mano-a-mano action while cheering for your favorites during the frosty days to come. All you have to do is pay a…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – For three days, the brain trusts of all 30 Major League Baseball teams gathered at a ritzy resort in this wealthy desert suburb and tried to find common ground. The start of a baseball offseason is traditionally slow, and in a year when a new collective bargaining agreement is due, the action was even quieter. …

By Larry Fine Nov 10 (Reuters) – The Atlanta Braves agreed to a one-year deal with former Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey on Thursday in a move foreshadowing what could be a lively offseason of wheeling and dealing in Major League Baseball. From the newly-crowned champion Chicago Cubs, facing the possible loss of free agents, to teams pondering a rebuilding effort, MLB’s 30 clubs will be jockeying for talent…

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Kelly Ripa had a good connection with Kyle Schwarber — until she threw him a ball. The Cubs catcher/outfielder visited “Live with Kelly” Thursday morning to discuss the team’s World Series victory with Ripa and guest co-host Alex Rodriguez. Ripa and Schwarber hit it off immediately.  He gave her a Cubs hat, and she complimented his dimple. “I gotta tell you, you have the cutest dimple,” Ripa said. “I just want to, like,…

x Embed x Share Hall of Fame quarterback says he would ‘like nothing more’ than to see Tebow become a Major League Baseball player. USA TODAY Sports Tim Tebow is following his baseball dream with the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League.(Photo: Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports) SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — This week, a month after Tim Tebow made his debut in the Arizona Fall League as a member…

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Clothing and other items celebrating a 2016 Cleveland Indians World Series championship that never happened will be destroyed instead of donated to those in need. Championship merchandise is produced for both teams when a major title is on the line so items can be immediately sold to the winning team’s fans. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Indians in the Series last week. ESPN and The Huffington Post report Major League…

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The baseball players’ union has fired arbitrator Fredric Horowitz, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the firing was not publicly announced. Dan Halem, Major League Baseball’s chief legal officer, informed general managers at their meeting this week. The players’ association made the decision after Horowitz ruled against it in an injury assignment case involving Los Angeles Dodgers…

TOKYO Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture could play a part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after organizers on Wednesday approved a plan to hold part of the baseball-softball competition in the disaster-hit region. The prefecture was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that triggered the world’s largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. Baseball is returning to the Olympics for the first time since Beijing 2008 and organizers are keen…

Article Tools Print friendly E-mail story Tip Us Off Comments (0) Share Article Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+1 del.icio.us. Digg! Yahoo! Buzz Diigo google newsvine reddit technorati Yahoo! Myspace Before moving on to the most exciting time of the football season, I must look back on a fantastic year for baseball. It included UCSB’s first appearance in the College World Series (a quest of 69 years since the college tournament was…

Photo The Yankees’ Brian Cashman said pitching — both starting and relieving — would be a priority in the off-season. Credit Kathy Willens/Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — When the Yankees’ Brian Cashman arrived here for Major League Baseball’s general manager meetings, it was not to pick up a World Series ring or a handsome playoff bonus. But he could have made an argument for them. “He had a huge impact…

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Caption Close A man was beaten with a baseball bat while his family was held at gunpoint after three masked intruders entered their Marin County residence early Tuesday — the latest in a string of recent violent home invasions throughout the Bay Area. Officers received reports of the home invasion robbery shortly after midnight in a suburban neighborhood of Marinwood. Three men wearing masks entered the home on Mount Muir…

Don Trump was not a very great baseball player, according to his stats page on Baseball Reference. In fact, he was just a .222 hitter for the Leesburg Packers in 1952 as a 19-year-old out of Emmaus, Pa. This Trump should not be confused for Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, who has no professional baseball experience despite reportedly being the captain of his high school team. • You’ll…