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National Baseball Day Redux – Memphis Flyer
click to enlarge Can’t you just hear a long-suffering Chicago Cubs fan in 1958 — a half-century since his team won the World Series — whining? “You know, the Cubs will win the World Series the day a…
Tim Tebow Says Baseball Is My Passion Now – TMZ.com
It’s not about the money or the fame … Tim Tebow says he’s simply pursuing a baseball career for the love of the game. Tebow appeared on “Good Morning America” in NYC Monday morning — even though he’s got a game tonight in Arizona — and told Robin Roberts he’s having a blast playing minor league baseball. “I’m so passionate about the game and pursuing it and playing every day…
The Bat Whisperers – The New York Times – New York Times
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2016 World Series: Chicago Cubs players’ college baseball careers – NCAA.com
The teams have been selected, the stadiums are getting prepped, and the 2016 World Series is so close that you can practically smell the hot dogs cooking. But the Fall Classic isn’t quite here yet, so in the meantime, let’s look back at the NCAA careers of the players on each team. Many major league players sign with the team that drafted them directly out of…
Baseball: ECR-West Ranch players shine in fall league debut – Los Angeles Times
If it’s October, it’s time for fall baseball in sunny Southern California. Defending City Section champion El Camino Real took on Division 1 semifinalist West Ranch on Saturday, and there were plenty of individual efforts to admire. Tim Josten, the ace left-hander for West Ranch headed to Cal State Fullerton, had one shutout inning and also had a triple, double and single. For El Camino Real, the next star player…
In Baseball’s Postseason, Slumping Batters Embrace the Unorthodox – New York Times
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US Baseball: Chicago Cubs End World Series Drought – Voice of America
The two teams squaring off in Major League Baseball’s World Series, which begins Tuesday night, have not won the fall classic for a combined 176 years. The Cleveland Indians, which will host the first two games in the best-of-seven series, last won the World Series (annual championship of Major League Baseball in North America) in 1948. The Chicago Cubs have not won the fall classic for 108 years – since…
Tim Tebow on ‘Amazing’ Baseball Career, New Book ‘Shaken’ – ABC News
Tim Tebow said his passion for the sport of baseball is making it “so much fun” to play with the New York Mets after transforming from a football star. “It’s amazing when you do something for the love of it,” Tebow, 29, said today on “Good Morning America.” “I’m so passionate about the game and pursuing it and playing every day is just so much fun.” The former NFL star,…
When baseball world descended on HS showdown: Javier Baez vs. Lindor – New York Post
CLEVELAND – The atmosphere. Everyone remembers the atmosphere. How unique it was for a high school baseball game, how there had to be just the right combination of factors to create an environment jammed with students, scouts, energy and possibility. “It was a special night,” said Tom McNamara, then the Mariners scouting director. “We go to hundreds and hundreds of games. That one I remember.” On Feb. 17, 2011, Javier…
In Baseball’s Postseason, Slumping Batters Embrace the Unorthodox – New York Times
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In Baseball’s Postseason, Slumping Batters Embrace the Unorthodox – New York Times
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Cubs Banish Decades of Anguish From Wrigley – New York Times
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Minnesota History: Rekindling a baseball great’s legacy – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Upward of 25,000 scraps of paper and yellowed newspaper clippings in Peter Gorton’s northeast Minneapolis basement tell dual stories that intersect at an improbable place: the central Minnesota town of Bertha. That mountain of research chronicles the dominant but largely forgotten career of a black baseball pitcher named John Wesley Donaldson. The other plot line centers on Gorton, a 46-year-old speech consultant and tireless researcher. For 14 years, Gorton has…
Mets’ Tim Tebow has yet to impress scouts with baseball skills – Newsday
MESA, Arizona — Regarding Tim Tebow’s future in baseball, the needle has not moved very much. After six games for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League, Tebow is hitting just .100, with two hits and an RBI in 20 at-bats, including seven strikeouts. Tebow, the former NFL quarterback who turned 29 in August, started out 0-for-12 in Arizona, but has picked it up a bit this week with…
The sad decline of baseball hero Curt Schilling: From “bloody sock” to right-wing afterthought – Salon
As we watch embers fly from the conflagration that is Donald Trump’s unhinged campaign for America’s presidency, it is tempting to start probing questions of its legacy. What will remain after this bad hombre retreats to Trump Tower and ascends the escalator from which he once entered our lives to announce his noxious candidacy? Much has been written about the toxic brew of misogyny, racism, Islamophobia and xenophobia that Trump…
In Baseball’s Postseason, Slumping Batters Embrace the Unorthodox – New York Times
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Chicago Cubs: City parties as baseball ‘curse’ ends after 71 years – BBC News
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The Cubs leapt for joy on the field Chicago has been celebrating after the Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, taking the team into the baseball World Series for the first time since 1945. They partied outside Wrigley Field stadium after the Curse of the Billy Goat – supposedly placed on the Cubs by a disgruntled fan – was finally lifted. The team’s decades in…
Minnesota History: Rekindling a baseball great’s legacy – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Upward of 25,000 scraps of paper and yellowed newspaper clippings in Peter Gorton’s northeast Minneapolis basement tell dual stories that intersect at an improbable place: the central Minnesota town of Bertha. That mountain of research chronicles the dominant but largely forgotten career of a black baseball pitcher named John Wesley Donaldson. The other plot line centers on Gorton, a 46-year-old speech consultant and tireless researcher. For 14 years, Gorton has…
Theo Epstein’s Shrewd Moves Fortify Cubs With Impact Players – New York Times
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Mets’ Tim Tebow has yet to impress scouts with baseball skills – Newsday
MESA, Arizona — Regarding Tim Tebow’s future in baseball, the needle has not moved very much. After six games for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League, Tebow is hitting just .100, with two hits and an RBI in 20 at-bats, including seven strikeouts. Tebow, the former NFL quarterback who turned 29 in August, started out 0-for-12 in Arizona, but has picked it up a bit this week with…
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